Beamlines

Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility
08B1-1 (CMCF-BM)

Overview

Status

Operational, Accepting Proposals

Source

Bending Magnet

Energy Range

4 – 18 keV

Wavelength

3.1 – 0.69 Å

Resolution Δ E / E @ E=12 keV

10-4

Flux

1 x 1011 ph/s at 250 mA and 12 keV

Spot size (Horizontal x Vertical)

210 μm x 190 μm

Description: Designed for complementary performance to the existing CMCF 08ID-1 beamline, the 08B1 beamline will be used for automated screening and for high-throughput crystallographic analysis of well-ordered crystals. The optics design incorporates a vertical collimating mirror, a double crystal monochromator (DCM) with water-cooled first crystal, and a toroidal focusing mirror. The endstation includes a versatile MD2 microdiffractometer and a Rayonix MX300HE X-ray detector. The beamline user software is the same MXDC user interface available at 08ID-1.

Endstation:

  • SAM Automounter
  • Oxford Instruments Cryojet
  • Rayonix MX300HE
  • MD2 Microdiffractometer
  • HC1-Humidity Control Device

Techniques:

  • X-ray diffraction
  • Multiwavelength Anomalous Dispersion (MAD)
  • Single Anomalous Dispersion (SAD)
  • XANES & EXAFS on crystals
  • Small biological molecules crystallography

Optics:

  • Vertical collimating mirror
  • DCM with indirectly water-cooled first crystal
  • Toroidal focusing mirror

Technical beamline one-pager (PDF)

 

Beamline Webpage

CMCF Team
Left to right: Pawel Grochulski, Michel Fodje, Shaun Labiuk, James Gorin, Kathryn Janzen

Contacts

Beamline Scientist: Michel Fodje (306) 657-3758

Science Associate: Kathryn Janzen (306) 657-3836

Research Associate: Shaun Labiuk (306) 657-3828

Beamline Team Leader: Natalie Strynadka

Beamline Team Members (PDF)

Beamline Telephone: (306) 657-3619

 

Last modified: 2012-02-02 09:02:45