| Primary Contact: Name | Raj Rajashankar |
| Secondary Contact: Name | Malcom Capel |
| Owner/Operator | NE-CAT |
| Status | operational |
| %Time Available (general use) | 50 |
| Experiments | SAD |
| Experiments Details | The beamline is optimized to address challenging cases in macromolecular crystallography such as large complex molecular assemblies, poorly diffracting crystals and microcrystals by providing extremely stable and intense x-ray beams with beam sizes ranging from 5 to 70 microns. |
| Special Capabilities | Microdiffraction |
| Special Capabilities Details | Se-SAD data collection - Microbeams of size 5, 20, 50 and 100 microns are achived by use of beam shaping apertures. |
| Source Type | insertion device |
| Source Details | inboard-projecting down-stream undulator |
| Spot Size (mm): Height | 0.120 |
| Spot Size (mm): Width | 0.020 |
| Monochromator | Cryogenically-cooled single crystal |
| Optics Details | Cryogenically-cooled single crystal Si(220) side bounce monochromator. Optional Si(311) to achive 13.474 keV. |
| Crystal Type | Si(220) or Si(311) |
| Mirrors | Bent cylinders |
| Flux(PHOTONS/SEC) | 2.85 x 10^12 |
| Flux Details | focused at 12.68 keV |
| Wavelength Range (Å) | Fixed: 0.98 |
| Energy Range (keV) | Fixed: 12.68 |
| Goniometer | Maatel MD2 |
| Goniometer Details | MD2 Microdiffractometer (MK3 minikappa NOT available) |
| Sample Handling: Robotics | ALS type automounter |
| Robotics: More Info | Automounter has a capacity of 14 pucks (ALS or unipuck) |
| 1. Detector: Type | CCD |
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| 1. Detector: Model | ADSC QUANTUM 315 |
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| 1. Detector: Details | LR-Design detector positioner |
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| 1. Detector: Activated for Service | info currently not available |
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| 1. Detector: Removed from Service | 2017-02-26 |
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| 1. Removed from Service: Details | Replaced with Dectris Eiger 16M |
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| 2. Detector: Type | PIXEL |
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| 2. Detector: Model | DECTRIS EIGER 16M |
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| 2. Detector: Details | DECTRIS EIGER 16M |
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| 2. Detector: Activated for Service | 2017-02-27 |
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| 2. Detector: Removed from Service | 2017-02-26 |
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| Cryo Capability | CryoJet from Oxford Instruments |
| Lab Facilities | Essential wet lab facility exists. Cold room is available. |
| Software: Name | Beam line is controlled by in house developed "Console" suite of programs. Automated data processing is enabled by locally developed software suite called RAPD. Most of the current crystallographic programs are made available via SBGrid distribution. |
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| Hardware | Data storage composed of three NeXan SataBeasts. SAN is accessed via high performance GPFS file system which gives upto 5 times the performance over NFS. |
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| Backup Services | External firewire and USB disks. |
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