Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource - SSRL

Contact

Lisa B Dunn: lisa@slac.stanford.edu

1- Register as a collaborator on B001 in the user portal 

2 - Request a SLAC ID number here    

Please make Lisa the point of contact by clicking on the magnifying glass and searching by my last name Dunn and first name Lisa.   

Just enter “Proposal B001 for data collection,” as your reason for requesting an ID number.  

If you are not a US citizen you will be asked to upload copies of your passport biopage, immigration documents and CV.

        1 training is required for remote data collection: Cybersecurity

        3 trainings for on-site data collection:

Once you receive your SLAC ID number, you will get access to these courses:

                 219 – ESH Safety Orientation

                 115 – GERT

                 CS100 – Cyber Security for Lab Users

There is also a required in-person safety orientation. These are held on weekdays at 2 pm and you can sign up on a sheet provided in SSRL’s Building 120 lobby area (ONLY FOR ONSITE COLLECTION)

Protocol

1. Sign up at SSRL 

2. View the SSRL schedule 

Where there's a "-" there's an open time.  PAAM/AP are maintenance and accelerator physics days and the beam-lines are not available.

3. Your UCSF contact person is Violla. To schedule beamtime, send her a message on slack or by email on violla.rbassim@gmail.com and she will contact Lisa Dunn on your behalf 

4. Be ready to take a dewar to Stanford or ship a dewar. Your lab will purchase the shipping label. Make sure to have the dewar arrived one day before the beamtime if shipped. ALWAYS EMPTY LN2 from the shipping dewar otherwise it will be returned to you by FEDEX

5. Read How to collect data remotely from SSRL 

   • Follow Remote desktop protocol before your scheduled beam-time. Simulated sessions can be arranged.

6. Freeze crystals into Uni-pucks (Universal Pucks) see below

For the near term everyone will go with rapid access.  

Rapid access for COVID projects

7. Sign up at SSRL 

8. View the SSRL schedule 

9. Fill out Rapid Access form (COVID)

10. Get ready to take or ship the dewar to Stanford. Your lab will purchase the shipping label.

11. Read How to collect data remotely from SSRL 

    • Follow Remote desktop protocol before your scheduled beam-time. Simulated sessions can be arranged.

For SSRL, please make sure to use the Universal pucks