I tend to like considering below 10microns as a micro-focus, below the micron as a sub-micron beamline. I don't know if any nano-focus, sort to say. XFELs are dealing with 100 nm, without the wings, which is really sub-micron to me.
Regards, Leo - Leonard Chavas - Synchrotron SOLEIL PROXIMA-1 L'Orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin - BP 48 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France - Phone : +33 169 359 746 Mobile : +33 644 321 614 E-mail : leonard.cha...@synchrotron-soleil.fr - > On 27 Jun 2020, at 14:35, John R Helliwell <jrhelliw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > At the ISDSB 2019 in Osaka last November I asked Stephen Burley about the > BioSync pages, commending how useful they are. Stephen said they had asked > for a budget line in their last renewal to help keep the pages up to date but > it had been cut. At the next renewal, or earlier, we should write our Letters > of Support for the BioSync pages. > Best wishes, > John > Emeritus Professor John R Helliwell DSc > > > > >> On 27 Jun 2020, at 10:41, Rasmus Fogh <rhf...@globalphasing.com> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> The link http://biosync.rcsb.org/index.jsp looked very interesting, but a >> cursory look found the following line in a beamline description: >> >> "Next proposal submission period Mid 2013" >> >> Not 100% up to date, then. >> >> Yours, >> Rasmus >> >>> On 25/06/2020 09:36, Andrew Leslie wrote: >>> Dear Morpholino, >>> I think 10 microns or under is a reasonable way to define a micro focus >>> beam line. There is a list of all MX beamlines at the following web site: >>> http://biosync.rcsb.org/index.jsp >>> This gives details of each beam line, including beam size, but you would >>> have to go through them all to find the actual number. Also I’m not totally >>> sure how often this is updated. >>> Best wishes, >>> Andrew >>>>> On 24 Jun 2020, at 23:23, Murpholino Peligro <murpholi...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:murpholi...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> That's a good point... >>>> I was thinking that a decent crystal has a size in the hundreds of >>>> micrometers (say 100 in a, b and c). So, with such a specimen we can use >>>> any MX beamline. >>>> But if the crystal is smaller (say 10 micrometers in a, b and c) You must >>>> use a microfocus beamline. >>>> *Please correct me if I am wrong.* >>>> So what are the number of MX beamlines that can get useful data from >>>> smaller crystals (as defined above)?.... >>>> >>>> Thanks again >>>> >>>> El mié., 24 de jun. de 2020 a la(s) 13:02, James Holton (jmhol...@lbl.gov >>>> <mailto:jmhol...@lbl.gov>) escribió: >>>> >>>> Define "micro focus" ? >>>> >>>> -James Holton >>>> MAD Scientist >>>> >>>> On 6/24/2020 9:18 AM, Murpholino Peligro wrote: >>>>> I would like to know how many MX beamlines are micro focus? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >>>>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >>>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> >> >> >> -- >> Rasmus H. Fogh Tel.: +44 (0)1223 353033 >> Global Phasing Ltd., Fax.: +44 (0)1223 366889 >> Sheraton House, >> Castle Park, >> Cambridge CB3 0AX >> United Kingdom >> >> ######################################################################## >> >> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> >> This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing >> list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing > list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
