RIKEN structural genomics beamlines at the SPring-8; high throughput protein crystallography with automated beamline operation.
RIKEN Structural Genomics Beamlines, BL26B1 & BL26B2 at the SPring-8, have been constructed for the structural genomics research. The main feature of the beamline is full automation of the successive data collections to maximize the beam-time efficiency. The beamline optics adopted a standard design commonly used for the SPring-8 bending magnet beamlines. Beamline instruments are operated by centralized control system through the computer network to achieve the automatic operation. The core part of the beamline development is a sample management system composed of sample changer robots for laboratory and beamline, and a networked sample database. BL26B1 has started user operation, and the automatic operation with the sample management system has been implemented at BL26B2.
Ueno
Go
G
SPring-8/RIKEN, Kouto, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan. ueno@spring8.or.jp
Kanda
Hiroyuki
H
Hirose
Raita
R
Ida
Koh
K
Kumasaka
Takashi
T
Yamamoto
Masaki
M
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016208:Databases, Factual; D023281:Genomics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D011506:Proteins