on a related matter, what are current experiences with taking crystals at room temperature by plane? (we are interested in trying the HC1 at a synchrotron but the closest are at ESRF, which is quite a drive or train-ride from Madrid)
Mark J van Raaij Lab 20B Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC c/Darwin 3 E-28049 Madrid, Spain tel. (+34) 91 585 4616 http://www.cnb.csic.es/~mjvanraaij On 6 Feb 2014, at 11:52, Marco Mazzorana wrote: > Hi Theresa, > Diamond Light Source currently offers this capability at all of its beamlines > (all equipped with Pilatus detectors). > This can be performed either standard pins under controlled humidity > conditions, via the HC1 (Sanchez-Weatherby et al. Acta Cryst. (2009). D65, > 1237-1246 http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444909037822 ) available > on request at all beamlines. > The alternative is using the in-situ capabilities of three of our beamlines, > where diffraction datasets can be collected from crystals within the 96well > format crystallization plates. > Fast data collection and Pilatus detectors help enormously (as a reference > read the paper from Owen et al Acta Cryst. (2012). D68, 810-818 > http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444912012553 ) > A dedicated software for merging and clustering partial datasets is also > available to all users (Foadi et al. Acta Cryst. (2013). D69, 1617-1632 > http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444913012274 ). > If you want to know more, please check http://diamond.ac.uk/mx-home/ > Hope this helps. > Ciao, > > Marco > > > > > 2014-02-06 9:51 GMT+00:00 Theresa Hsu <theresah...@live.com>: > Dear crystallographers > > Just out of curiosity, is it possible to collect datasets from crystals at > room temperature at synchrotron? Are fast detectors like Pilatus useful for > this? > > Thank you. > > Theresa >
