Our system is fitted with a Saturn 944 HG CCD for detecting crystal diffraction. The goniometer is equipped with a Micro-glide 3-axis head that allows automated centering. Crystals can be mounted manually, but the facility also has an ACTOR robot that can mount crystals from up to 5 ALS or Uni pucks. With this system, up to 80 crystals can be automatically screened in a single run. The robot can then collect the best samples on a single puck for a synchrotron trip, or devise and execute a strategy for in-house data collection.

Crystallization and Condition Screening

Calero G, Cohen AE, Luft JR, Newman J, and Snell EH. "Identifying, studying and making good use of macromolecular crystals". Acta Cryst. F 2014 (F70): p 993-1008. DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X14016574

Collecting Diffraction Data

Mueller M, Wang M, and Schulze-Briese C. "Optimal fine φ-slicing for single-photon-counting pixel detectors". Acta Cryst. D 2012 (D68): p 42-56. DOI: 10.1107/S0907444911049833

Krojer T, Pike ACW, and von Delft F. "Squeezing the most from every crystal: the fine details of data collection." Acta Cryst. D 2013 (D69): p 1303-13. DOI: 10.1107/S0907444913013280