title: Beamline 08ID-1, the prime beamline of the Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility.
abstract: Beamline 08ID-1 is the prime macromolecular crystallography beamline at the Canadian Light Source. Based on a small-gap in-vacuum undulator, it is designed for challenging projects like small crystals and crystals with large cell dimensions. Beamline 08ID-1, together with a second bending-magnet beamline, constitute the Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility (CMCF). This paper presents an overall description of the 08ID-1 beamline, including its specifications, beamline software and recent scientific highlights. The end-station of the beamline is equipped with a CCD X-ray detector, on-axis crystal visualization system, a single-axis goniometer and a sample automounter allowing remote access to the beamline. The general user program is guaranteed up to 55% of the useful beam time and is run under a peer-review proposal system. The CMCF staff provide `Mail-in' crystallography service to the users with the highest-scored proposals.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Light Source Inc., 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grochulski
authors.forename: Michel N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Fodje
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gorin
authors.forename: Shaunivan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Labiuk
authors.forename: Russ
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berg