title: Automated data collection for macromolecular crystallography.
abstract: An overview, together with some practical advice, is presented of the current status of the automation of macromolecular crystallography (MX) data collection, with a focus on MX beamlines at Diamond Light Source, UK.
authors.affiliation: Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK. graeme.winter@diamond.ac.uk
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: McAuley
mesh_terms: D057205:Automation, Laboratory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D017356:Synchrotrons
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins