Latest News

Stay up-to-date with DECTRIS development, product updates, and featured users.

All Featured beamlines Synchrotron X-ray scattering Success Stories X-ray diffraction Electron microscopy Corporate news Product updates X-ray Crystallography Laboratory Medical Data & software X-ray imaging X-ray spectroscopy Industry Featured labs Interviews Conferences

Cockroach milk research earns 2026 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Sometimes the most unexpected scientific discoveries can lead to the most memorable stories. Ramaswamy Subramanian, a professor in Purdue University’s Department of Biological Sciences; Leonard “Leo” Chavas, structural biologist and general manager and representative director of DECTRIS Japan; and Nathan Coussens, director of the In Vitro Evaluation and Molecular Pharmacology Laboratories at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, received the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research into how a species of cockroach nourishes its developing embryos.

Achieving the Highest Resolution Protein Structure Through Advanced X-Ray Diffraction Techniques

Through Advanced X-Ray Diffraction Techniques , researchers have determined the structure of the protein rubredoxin at 0.43 Ångström resolution, marking the highest resolution ever achieved for a protein structure.

DECTRIS Assumes Stewardship of XDS to Ensure Long-Term Reproducibility in Macromolecular Crystallography

Modern Macromolecular crystallography (MX) relies on a foundation of trusted, highly optimized software to translate raw diffraction images into meaningful structural biology insights. For decades, XDS - the software program developed by Wolfgang Kabsch - has served as a critical component in this workflow. Max Planck Innovation and Wolfgang Kabsch have chosen to entrust DECTRIS with the long-term stewardship, distribution, and support of XDS through an exclusive licensing agreement. Through this transition, DECTRIS ensures that (a) XDS remains freely available to academic researchers without

From User to Application Scientist: Meet Hans Gildenast

Meet our new Application Scientist Hans Gildenast! Hans is an experienced DECTRIS detector user and passionate crystallographer who will be working with researchers, understanding their projects, and helping them achieve their scientific goals with DECTRIS detectors.

Celebrating Emerging Talent in Crystallography: Meet the 2025 Andreas Förster Travel Grant Recipients

DECTRIS announces Andreas Förster Travel Grant Recipients 2025

Interview with Leonard Chavas: Empowering Science Through Cutting Edge Technology

Structural biology is a field where precision meets discovery, and few understand this better than Leonard Chavas. He has been at the forefront of structural biology at synchrotrons for 25 years. As of April 1, 2025, he joins DECTRIS Japan as a sales manager. We sat down with him to discuss his journey, motivations, and vision for the future.

Celebrating Our Global Impact In Life Sciences and Drug Development On World’s Health Day

April 7, 2024 BADEN, April 7, 2024 - On the World Health Day, we commemorate the global impact of our technology, enabling structural biologists worldwide to make important breakthroughs in public health. Since the first PILATUS X-ray detector revolutionized biological research at synchrotron light sources over fifteen years ago, progress in life sciences, drug discovery and drug development accelerated, including the development of vaccines. This faster, more structure-based approach to do biological research led to many important discoveries. As a pioneering technique in Structural Biology,

Introducing the DECTRIS PILATUS4 CdTe 1M Detector at the Swiss Light Source

Discover the MX group members’ journey of integrating a DECTRIS PILATUS4 detector into their beamline control system at the Swiss Light Source (SLS). Learn about the remarkably smooth integration, minimal effort, and great user experience!

Meet Sofia Trampari, Our Application Scientist for Crystallography

Sofia is passionate about science and new collaborations. She joined DECTRIS this April, and she is looking forward to getting to know our detector users better. IUCr 2023 in Melbourne is a great opportunity for her to do just that.

PILATUS4, a High-end Hybrid-photon-counting Detector, Will Follow the Legendary PILATUS3

Today, we formally announce that PILATUS3 will have a successor: next summer, we will officially launch PILATUS4.

Preparing for EPDIC: Tips, Tricks, and Trivia

EPDIC and Šibenik seen through the eyes of powder crystallographers, locals and enthusiasts

About Cadmium-Telluride Detectors: Behind the Scenes

In a series of webinars, we brought you the best of high-energy research with CdTe detectors. Today we share with you our CdTe journey.

Key Contact

Marketing & Communications

Team

marcom@dectris.com

Contact Marketing