Synchrotrons
For a list of synchrotrons please see Synchrotron beamlines
The following beamlines offer mail-in service or remote access: (compiled from the CCP4 BB July 2008)
1. The ALS BCSB beamlines http://bcsb.lbl.gov/beamlines.htm have a mail-in type program name collaborative crystallography on beamlines 5.0.2 (MAD) and 5.0.1 (Se-SAD/ Fixed Wavelength). Remote access is currently available on the sector 5 stations (5.0.1 5.0.2 and 5.0.3) for PRT members only. ALS 4.2.2 beamline has remote capability
2. Beamline 3BM1 at the Australian Synchrotron http://www.synchrotron.org.au has full remote access available for users. We use the same Blu-Ice gui as SSRL and use the SAM robot. When 3ID is available for general user program (2009) it will also have full remote access capabilities.
3. BNL / NSLS Mail-in program http://www.px.nsls.bnl.gov/, where three scientists spend about one full-time equivalent of effort, employing about one full-time beamline among the six PXRR beamlines. Access to Beam Time http://www.px.nsls.bnl.gov/beamtime_requests.html Mail-in Program http://www.px.nsls.bnl.gov/Mailin.html
4. The canadian light source http://www.lightsource.ca/ has at least mail in protein crystallography.
5. MacCHESS http://www.macchess.cornell.edu/ does "remote" collection on MX beamline F1, monochromatic wavelength set near Se edge.
6. All the ESRF MX/PX beamlines (ID14-1, ID14-2, ID14-4, ID23-1, ID29), and the CRG beam-line BM14, have remote access. http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access For industrial users there is also the MXpress mail in service: http://www.esrf.eu/Industry/our_services/xpress-service/xpress-service
7. SEC-CAT 22-ID and 22-BM at APS http://www.ser-cat.org/ will do both mail-in (for CAT members) and remote
8. SPring8 in Japan http://www.spring8.or.jp/en/about_us/organization/research_utilization/biology has a mail-in system.
9. SSRL http://smb.slac.stanford.edu/ all PX beamlines have remote capability. About 75% of the users use fully remote data collection routinely
10. CAMD's PX beamline http://www.camd.lsu.edu/gcpcc/GCPCChome.htm has a mail-in program for both consortium members and outside users.
11. BESSY BL14.1 and BL14.2 http://www.mx.bessy.de, The BESSY-MX group is offering the "mail-in" service for industrial collaborators.
12. SLS (http://sls.web.psi.ch/): For industrial users there is a Mail-In Service available since more than 3 years. For technical questions please contact Joachim Diez (Joachim.Diez@psi.ch) or Clemens Schulze-Briese (clemens.schulze@psi.ch), for questions about contracts please contact Philipp Dietrich (philipp.dietrich@psi.ch). Remote operation is in preparation for all beamlines.
A useful link from PDB containing synchrotron info: http://biosync.rcsb.org/ e.g. to find info on number of solved structures, method, and so on: choose one of the structure galleries, for example Europe:
http://biosync.sbkb.org/stats.do?stats_sec=GALLRY&stats_focus_lvl=RGNL&stats_region=European
Then choose a beamline, say ID23-1:
Then, near the top of the page, see the line "Table of general information (software, resolution, R-factors, etc) in tab delimited text format"
http://biosync.sbkb.org/biosync_pdbtext/measureESRFID23-1.txt
You'll get a table where the solution method and software follows the PDB_ID. There's a RELEASE DATE at the end on which you may sort.
| Synchrotron | Beamline | Mail-in/ Remote | type of puck | Fixed Wavelength/ Se-SAD/ MAD | URL |
| ALS | 4.2.2 | Remote capabilities | ACTOR magazine | MAD | http://www-als.lbl.gov/als/techspecs/bl4.2.2.html |
| ALS | 5.0.1 | Mail & Remote (PRT members) | ALS puck and Uni-puck | Fixed Wavelength/ Se-SAD | http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/5.0.1 |
| ALS | 5.0.2 | Mail & Remote (PRT members) | ALS puck and Uni-puck | MAD | http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/5.0.2 |
| ALS | 5.0.3 | Remote (PRT members) | ALS puck and Uni-puck | Fixed Wavelength/ Se-SAD | http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/5.0.3 |
| ALS | 8.2.1 | ? | ALS Puck, Uni-Puck and ACTOR magazines | MAD | http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/8.2.1 and automonter notes |
| ALS | 8.2.2 | ? | ALS Puck, Uni-Puck and ACTOR magazines | MAD | http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/8.2.2 and automonter notes |
| Australian Synchrotron | 3BM1 | remote | SSRL cassettes ? | MAD ? | http://www.synchrotron.org.au/ |
| Australian Synchrotron | 3ID (2009) | remote | SSRL cassettes ? | MAD ? | http://www.synchrotron.org.au/ |
| BNL/NSLS | six PXRR beamlines | Mail-in | ? | ? | http://www.px.nsls.bnl.gov/ http://www.px.nsls.bnl.gov/Mailin.html |
| CLS | ? | Mail-in | ? | ? | http://www.lightsource.ca/ |
| MacCHESS | F1 | Remote | ALS puck, Uni-puck and ACTOR pucks | Fixed Wavelength/ Se-SAD | http://www.macchess.cornell.edu/ |
| ESRF | ID14-1 | Remote | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access |
| ESRF | ID14-2 | Remote | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access |
| ESRF | ID14-4 | Remote | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access |
| ESRF | ID23-1 | Remote | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access |
| ESRF | ID29 | Remote | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access |
| ESRF | BM14 | Remote | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/MX/How_to_use_our_beamlines/remote-access |
| ESRF | MXpress | Mail-in | ? | ? | http://www.esrf.eu/Industry/our_services/xpress-service/xpress-service |
| APS | SEC-CAT 22-ID | Mail-in & Remote | ALS Puck (14?) | MAD | http://www.ser-cat.org/ |
| APS | SEC-CAT 22-BM | Mail-in & Remote | ALS Puck (6) | MAD | http://www.ser-cat.org/ |
| Spring8 | ? | Mail-in | ? | ? | http://www.spring8.or.jp/en/about_us/organization/research_utilization/biology |
| SSRL | all PX beamlines | remote | SSRL cassette and Uni-puck | 4 MAD, 2 Se-SAD | http://smb.slac.stanford.edu/ -- user guideautomounter and contents -- |
| CAMD | PX beamline | Mail-in | ? | MAD | http://www.camd.lsu.edu/gcpcc/GCPCChome.htm |
| BESSY | BL14.1 | Mail-in (industrial) | ? | ? | http://www.mx.bessy.de/ |
| BESSY | BL14.2 | Mail-in (industrial) | ? | ? | http://www.mx.bessy.de/ |
| SLS | ? | Mail-in (industrial) | ? | ? | http://sls.web.psi.ch/ |
| APS | IMCA-CAT 17-ID | Mail-in; Remote (industrial) | ACTOR magazines | MAD | http://www.imca.aps.anl.gov/ |
| APS | IMCA-CAT 17-BM | Mail-in; Remote (industrial) | ACTOR magazines | MAD | http://www.imca.aps.anl.gov/ |
Please copy and paste the empty row for the next person to fill in
See also the robosync page on automounters at synchrotrons.