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) | 55 |
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 | 0.05 |
Spot Size (mm): Width | 0.15 |
Monochromator | Double Crystal Monochromator (ACCEL DCM) with an indirectly cryo-cooled first crystal and sagittally focusing second crystal |
Crystal Type | Si(111) |
Mirrors | Vertically focusing mirror |
Flux(PHOTONS/SEC) | 5 x 10^12 |
Flux Details | flux measure at 12.658 keV at 250 mA |
Wavelength Range (Å) | 0.69 - 1.9 |
Energy Range (keV) | 6.5 - 18 |
Goniometer | Huber Model 410 with a single phi axis complemented with on-axis visulization system |
Sample Handling: Manual | 18 mm Hampton pin is recommended |
Sample Handling: Robotics | (SAM) Stanford Automated Mounting System |
Robotics: More Info | SSRL cassette, Uni-puck |
1. Detector: Type | PIXEL |
1. Detector: Model | Eiger x 9M |
1. Detector: Activated for Service | 2022-05-10 |
1. Detector: Removed from Service | 2010-03-31 |
2. Detector: Type | CCD |
2. Detector: Model | RAYONIX MX-300 |
2. Detector: Activated for Service | 2010-04-01 |
2. Detector: Removed from Service | 2017-02-03 |
2. Removed from Service: Details | Upgraded to Dectris Pilatus 6M |
3. Detector: Type | PIXEL |
3. Detector: Model | DECTRIS PILATUS 6M |
3. Detector: Activated for Service | 2017-05-01 |
3. Detector: Removed from Service | |
Cryo Capability | Oxford Cryojet |
Lab Facilities | Olympus SZ61 microscope with standard stand, light source and dual fibre optic light guides |
1. Software: Name | MxDC |
1. Software: Classification | Control/collection |
2. Software: Name | AutoProcess (XDS, BEST, POINTLESS based automatic processing script), XDS, HKL2000, iMosflm |
2. Software: Classification | Processing |
3. Software: Name | CCP4, PHENIX, COOT |
3. Software: Classification | Phasing/refinement, Modeling/graphics |
Hardware | 128-core SUN computing cluster with 8Tb RAID and 30Tb of long-term storage. Precsion 360 user workstations |
Backup Services | Archiver for external USB disks, DVD/Blu-Ray Robot |