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======================================================================= SYNCHROTRON BEAM TIME FOR MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AT SLS ======================================================================= Proposal application deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Periods: January 1, 2015 - April 30, 2015 (Normal / Test proposals) January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016 (Long-term proposals) Proposal submission: http://www.psi.ch/sls/px-beamlines-call-for-proposals Travel support: http://www.psi.ch/useroffice/sls-calipso-biostructx-esmi What's New? - X06SA X-ray optics upgrade phase I: Focused 10 x 5 um beam with flux of 10^12 photons/sec at 12.4 keV - X06SA one experimental station with variable beam size form 5 um to 100 um (no more MD2 station) - Fast rastering with the new version of SLS PX software (DA+) X06SA Beamline features (http://www.psi.ch/sls/pxi/pxi) - Undulator beamline with flux of 2x10^12 photons/sec at 12.4 keV (1Å) and fully tunable from 6.0 to 17.5 keV (2.07 - 0.71 Å) - Focused beam size and divergency: 10x5 microns and 2.0x0.3 mrad - PILATUS 6M pixel detector enabling continuous and fine phi-sliced data acquisition (25 frames per second) with 20 bit dynamic range (see http://pilatus.web.psi.ch/ or www.dectris.com for further information) X06DA Beamline features (http://www.psi.ch/sls/pxiii/pxiii) - Super-bending magnet beamline with flux of 5x10¹¹ photons/sec at 12.4 keV (1Å) and fully tunable from 6.0 to 17.5 keV (2.07 - 0.71 Å) - Focused beam size and divergency: 80x45 microns and 2x0.5 mrad (with possibility to reduce horizontal divergency to 0.4 mrad) - Mini-hutch design for fast manual mounting - PILATUS 2M (60 Hz, 450 um Si sensor) - Multi-axis goniometer (PRIGO) for crystal re-orientation - New phasing protocols with energy interleaving and multi-orientation strategy - In-situ X-ray diffraction screening (with any SBS format plate) available during users shifts (R. Bingel-Erlenmeyer, et al., Crystal Growth & Design 2011, 11, 916) X10SA Beamline features (http://www.psi.ch/sls/pxii/pxii) - Undulator beamline with flux of 2x10^12 photons/sec at 12.4 keV (1Å) and fully tunable from 6.0 to 20 keV (2.07 - 0.62 Å) - Focused beam size and divergency: 50x10 microns and 0.6x0.1 mrad - Micro-beam with apertures (10 x 10, 30 x 30 micrometer) - PILATUS 6M pixel detector Best regards, The MX group at SLS __________________________________ Meitian Wang Swiss Light Source at Paul Scherrer Institut CH-5232 Villigen PSI - http://www.psi.ch/sls/ Phone: +41 56 310 4175