The ID23-1 structural biology beamline at the ESRF.
The demand for access to macromolecular crystallography synchrotron beam time continues to increase. To meet this demand the ESRF has constructed a dual station beamline using a canted undulator system as the X-ray source. The first phase of the beamline to be constructed is ID23-1, a tunable MAD-capable station with a mini-focus X-ray beam. The beamline makes use of well characterized optical elements: a channel-cut monochromator with a high-precision toroidal mirror to focus the X-ray beam. The beamline has been conceived with the aim of providing high levels of automation to create an industrial-like environment for protein crystallography. A new software suite has been developed to permit reliable easy operation for the beamline users and beamline staff. High levels of diagnostics are built in to allow rapid trouble-shooting. These developments are now being exported to the ESRF macromolecular crystallography beamline complex and have been made in a modular fashion to facilitate transportability to other synchrotrons.
Nurizzo
Didier
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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP-220, F-38043 Grenoble CEDEX 09, France. nurizzo@esrf.fr
Mairs
Trevor
T
Guijarro
Matias
M
Rey
Vicente
V
Meyer
Jens
J
Fajardo
Pablo
P
Chavanne
Joel
J
Biasci
Jean Claude
JC
McSweeney
Sean
S
Mitchell
Edward
E
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005602:France; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017356:Synchrotrons / Q000295:instrumentation*