Primary Contact: Name | Randy Abramowitz |
Secondary Contact: Name | John Schwanof |
Owner/Operator | New York Structural Biology Center |
Status | This beamline was shut down September 30, 2014 |
Status Details | This beamline was shut down on September 30, 2014 |
%Time Available (general use) | 25 |
Experiments | MAD, SAD |
Source Type | bending magnet |
Spot Size (mm): Height | 0.3 |
Spot Size (mm): Width | 0.3 |
Monochromator | Bent single crystal monochromator |
Crystal Type | Si (111) |
Mirrors | vertical focusing mirror |
Flux(PHOTONS/SEC) | |
Flux Details | Not measured |
Wavelength Range (Å) | info not available |
Energy Range (keV) | 7 - 50 eV about the Se edge (12,658 eV). |
Goniometer | MAResearch Diffractometer. |
Sample Handling: Manual | adaptors are available for variable pin lengths from 16 to 22 mm. |
Sample Handling: Robotics | (CSC) MAR Cryogenic Sample Changer |
Robotics: More Info | two carousels, each hold 19 crystals. 18 mm standard pin lenght |
1. Detector: Type | image plate |
1. Detector: Model | MAR scanner 345 mm |
1. Detector: Activated for Service | info currently not available |
1. Detector: Removed from Service | |
2. Detector: Type | CCD |
2. Detector: Model | MAR 165 mm |
2. Detector: Activated for Service | info currently not available |
2. Detector: Removed from Service | |
Cryo Capability | Oxford Cryostream, temperature typically maintained at 100K. |
Lab Facilities | Biochemical lab with cold room |
Software: Name | Custom pXSCAN motion control software coupled with the Mar345 data collection software. |
Software: Classification | |
Hardware | A dual Xeon workstation running Red Hat 9 Linux runs the Mar345 program. An AMD Athalon XP3000 running Windows 2000 runs the pXSCAN software. A Pentium 4 Windows XP machine is used for backup. |
Backup Services | Dual Layer 16x DVD backup as well as backup to external USB 2.0 and Firewire hard drives. |