13 June 2011: The strikingly orange robot arm on I04-1 is kept busy changing samples on Diamond’s Monochromatic MX beamline. With a fixed wavelength at its source, I04-1 has been specifically designed for high-throughput experiments, collecting data for rapid structure solution using molecular replacement (MR). In academic research, high-throughput crystallography has led to the birth of structure genomic consortiums all around the world, with structural biologists now foreseeing the possibility of knowing the 3D structures of proteins of an entire genome.
Posted on Monday June 13th
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Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industry research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth and environmental sciences.Please do not copy and use these images without our permission. Contact Sarah Boundy for image use permission and/or high-res versions. We are happy to help.
