| Primary Contact: Name | Michel Fodje |
| Owner/Operator | Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility - Canadian Light Source, Inc. |
| Status | Operational |
| Status Details | Accepting Proposals |
| %Time Available (general use) | 65 |
| Experiments | MAD, SAD, MONOCHROMATIC, FLUORESCENCE |
| Special Capabilities | Absorption Edges, Automatic Crystal Alignment, Automated Sample Screening, High Intensity, High Resolution, High Throughput |
| Special Capabilities Details | High flux |
| Services | High quality data collection, Mail-in, Processing, Rapid access |
| Source Type | INSERTION DEVICE |
| Source Details | 20 mm hybrid small-gap in-vacuum undulator |
| Spot Size (mm): Height | 0.005-0.05 |
| Spot Size (mm): Width | 0.005-0.05 |
| Monochromator | Double Crystal Multilayer Monochromator (Axilon DCMM) comprising a pair of indirectly cryo-cooled Si(111) crystals (DCM) and Bo/B4C-coated Si(111) multilayers (300 bilayers, DMM mode) |
| Crystal Type | Si(111) |
| Mirrors | Elliptically bent vertical and horizontal focussing Rh/Ir coated Si(001) crystals in a Kirkpatrick-Baez configuration. |
| Flux(PHOTONS/SEC) | 8.2 (DCM) or 1.2 (DMM) x 10^12 (DCM) or 14 (DMM) |
| Flux Details | Maximal flux measure at 12 keV (DCM) and 9.72 keV (DMM) at 200 mA |
| Wavelength Range (Å) | 0.62 - 2.48 |
| Energy Range (keV) | 5 (DCM) or 7.2 (DMM) - 20 (DMM) or 10.4 (DMM) |
| Goniometer | MD2-S (Arinax) with SmartMagnet. On-axis visualization (Arinax OAV-B-zoom), Bruker X-flash 410 fluorescence detector, and Oxford CryoJet |
| Goniometer Details | Optional Plate Holder and Mini-Kappa attachments. Optional HC1 humidity control device |
| Sample Handling: Manual | Default: 18 mm pin in magnetic Hampton/Mitegen base. Alternative: Low-profile SBS standard plates |
| Sample Handling: Robotics | Irelec ISARA Automated Sample Changer, 29 puck capacity |
| Robotics: More Info | Uni-puck |
| 1. Detector: Type | PIXEL |
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| 1. Detector: Model | Eiger x 9M |
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| 1. Detector: Activated for Service | 2022-05-10 |
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| 1. Detector: Removed from Service | 2010-03-31 |
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| 2. Detector: Type | CCD |
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| 2. Detector: Model | RAYONIX MX-300 |
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| 2. Detector: Activated for Service | 2010-04-01 |
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| 2. Detector: Removed from Service | 2017-02-03 |
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| 2. Removed from Service: Details | Upgraded to Dectris Pilatus 6M |
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| 3. Detector: Type | PIXEL |
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| 3. Detector: Model | DECTRIS PILATUS 6M |
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| 3. Detector: Activated for Service | 2017-05-01 |
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| 3. Detector: Removed from Service | 2020-05-01 |
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| 3. Removed from Service: Details | Upgraded to Dectris Eiger 9M |
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| Cryo Capability | Oxford Cryojet |
| Lab Facilities | Olympus SZ61 microscope with standard stand, light source and dual fibre optic light guides |
| 1. Software: Name | MxDC |
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| 1. Software: Classification | Control/collection |
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| 2. Software: Name | MXproc (XDS, BEST, POINTLESS based automatic processing script), XDS, HKL2000, iMosflm |
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| 2. Software: Classification | Processing |
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| 3. Software: Name | CCP4, PHENIX, COOT |
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| 3. Software: Classification | Phasing/refinement, Modeling/graphics |
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| Hardware | 128-core SUN computing cluster with 8Tb RAID and 30Tb of long-term storage. Precsion 360 user workstations |
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| Backup Services | Archiver for external USB disks, DVD/Blu-Ray Robot |
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