Data Collection Time Available

A Research Resource for Protein Crystallography has been set up at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This resource has a high speed data colleccion system using very high brilliance (FR) rotacing anode X-ray Source, two focusing mirrors and a large (30 cm) Mar Research imaging plate detector. This detector has been modified to collect data for crystals with very large unit cell dimensions (up to 55 Å) at high resolution. A cryo system is attached to lower the decay rate of the crystal, if needed.

Another high speed data collection system (Mark III) using a rotating anode and two multiwire area  detectors is also available. It can routinely collect very precise data for protein crystals with unit cell dimensions up to 200 Å.

To apply for machine time, please send a short proposal (about one page) to N.-H. Xuong, Dept. of Physics 0319, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0319, USA. The proposals will be examined by an Advisory Committee, which will assign priorities on the basis of feasibility and scientific merit. The Advisory Committee meets in July and January.