The year 2014 was a very special one for DESY Photon Science. It marked the 50 year anniversary of the success story of research with synchrotron radiation at DESY. At DESY the experimental opportunities offered by this unique light were already recognized in 1964 at the synchrotron nDESYo. For the first time, in a small laboratory, scientists characterized and explored the exceptional properties of this new radiation. Their pioneering work, in the so-called nparasitic useo of a synchrotron dedicated to high energy physics, was worldwide one of the first nuclei for the growing research activities with synchrotron radiation. Right from the start DESY joined forces with scientists from strong partners like EMBL, MPG and many universities they played a decisive role, in particular in the development of structural biology but also in many other fields.
