Third Korea/Sweden Advanced X-ray Science Symposium : Science at the diffraction limit : opportunities for Sweden/Korea collabortions

3 Jun 2026, 18:00 → 5 Jun 2026, 18:35 Europe/Berlin

MAX III Meeting Room - Floor 4 (MAX IV Laboratory)

Aymeric Robert (MAX IV Laboratory), Hyunjung Kim (Sogang University)

Following the success of the first (Sept 2024) and second (Sept 2025) Korea/Sweden Advanced X-ray Science Symposium, organized in Lund and funded by KNTEC, the third edition will take place on June 4-5, 2026, in Lund.

This time the theme is:

"Science at the diffraction limit: Opportunities for Sweden/Korea Collaborations"

 

 

                    

 

Pictures from the second Korea/Sweden Symposium in 2025

https://indico.maxiv.lu.se/e/Kor-Swe-Xray-symposium-2

 

Pictures from the first Korea/Sweden Symposium in 2024

We want to thank KNTEC for their financial support.

Wednesday 3 June

Dinner-1

Thursday 4 June

Introductions

1 Introduction- MAX IV - Olof Karis

2 Introduction- Korea - Hyunjung Kim

Speaker: Hyunjung Kim (Sogang University)

3 Introduction-KNTEC

Fika-1

Introductions

4 MAX IV and MAX 4U

Speaker: Dr Aymeric Robert (MAX IV Laboratory)

5 4GSR Presentation

Speaker: Dr Kyung Tae Ko (4GSR)

Lunch-1

Environmental and Health Sciences

6 Env-1

Speaker: Kajsa Sigfridsson Clauss

7 Env-2

8 Env-3

9 Env-4

Fika-2

Energy Materials

10 Energy-1

Speaker: Robert Temperton

11 Energy-3

Speaker: Hyunjung Kim

12 Energy-2

Speaker: Prof. Bongjin Simon Mun (GIST)

13 Energy-4

Speaker: Dr Kyuseok Yoon (Sogang University)

Dinner-2: Symposium Dinner .

Friday 5 June

Energy Materials

14 Energy-5 : Mechanistic Understanding of Electrocatalyst Degradation via In Situ/Operando Analysis

Speaker: Prof. Heejong Shin (Sogang University)

15 Energy-6

16 Energy-7

Fika-3

Advanced Materials

17 Mat-1

Speaker: Kim Nygård

18 Mat-2

Speaker: Prof. Do-Young Noh (GIST)

19 Mat-3

20 Mat-4

Speaker: Hyeong Jin Kim (KBSI)

Lunch-2

Health and Life Sciences

21 Health-1

Speaker: Dean Lang

22 Health-2 : Accelerating Drug Development: Current Status and Advancement Plans for PAL MX Beamline

The Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) at PLS-II operates three macromolecular crystallography (MX) beamlines—5C, 7A, and 11C—supporting protein structure determination and structure-based drug discovery. Beamlines 5C and 11C are equipped with robotic sample mounting systems, enabling efficient high-throughput and remote experiments. In particular, the 5C beamline provides a dedicated Fragment-Based Drug Discovery (FBDD) platform, facilitating early-stage therapeutic development.
The 7A beamline is currently undergoing major upgrades, including the installation of an EIGER2 detector, robotic system, and advanced goniometer to enhance throughput and data quality. The 11C beamline, optimized for microcrystals (<50 µm) and synchrotron serial crystallography (SSX), is being expanded from 90 to 1,332 sample capacity through a high-throughput automation system. In addition, a compound refractive lens (CRL) transfocator will enable flexible beam size control, significantly broadening experimental capabilities.
Furthermore, a novel flip-type fixed-target holder has been developed to address key challenges in SSX, enabling reliable room-temperature data collection.
Together, these developments position PAL’s MX beamlines as advanced platforms for high-throughput structural biology, further accelerating structure-based drug discovery.

References
[1] Novel fixed-target serial crystallography flip-holder for macromolecular crystallography beamlines at synchrotron radiation sources. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2025 Mar 1;32(Pt 2):315-320.
[2] BL-11C Micro-MX: a high-flux microfocus macromolecular-crystallography beamline for micrometre-sized protein crystals at Pohang Light Source II. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2021 Jul 1;28(Pt 4):1210-1215.
[3] Upgrade of BL-5C as a highly automated macromolecular crystallography beamline at Pohang Light Source II. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2021 Mar 1;28(Pt 2):602-608.

Speaker: Suk-Youl Park (PAL)

23 Health-3

24 Health-4

Fika-4

Quantum Materials

25 Quantum-1

Speaker: Dr Leonardo Oliveira (MAX IV laboratory)

26 Quantum-2

27 Quantum-3

Speaker: Sae Hee Ryu (KBSI)

28 Quantum-4

Conclusion