3March 2022 ESRFnews

CONTENTS

Number 90 March 2022

On the cover: The protein complex behind early budbreak, p14 ESRF Young Scientist praised for bioimaging work, p8

EDITORIAL 5 In support of basic science

NEWS 7 IPCC scientist joins User Meeting 8 Nanofoams found in nature; ESRF Young

Scientist Award announced 9 EBS beamlines gear up; Dentists study

fillings with ESRF X-rays 11 Dinosaurs doomed in spring; ESRF co-hosts international school; ERC grants awarded; New directors step into roles

USER CORNER 12 Dates for the diary; Useful contacts; News from the

beamlines

Cover image: Shutterstock / Swetlana Wall

FEATURES 14 The structure of spring 19 Seeking texture

PORTRAIT 24 New research directors on their plans for the ESRF

Texture tomography could reveal the basis of orthopaedic injury, p19

INDUSTRY 23 BM23 mines thousands of samples for trace elements

EVENTS 26 SRI 2021; Instruct cryo-EM workshop; Characterisation of molecular complexes by integrative structural biology; New frontiers in molecular crowding; ESSRI 2022

MOVERS & SHAKERS 26 Alexandra Pacureanu; Bernhard Keimer; Giacomo Ghiringhelli