title: RIKEN structural genomics beamlines at the SPring-8; high throughput protein crystallography with automated beamline operation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: SPring-8/RIKEN, Kouto, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan. ueno@spring8.or.jp
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Raita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Koh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumasaka
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins