The MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY FACILITY (beamline 5.0) at the
Advanced Light Source has recently been commissioned and has begun to
initiate a user program for biological crystallography. The MCF
presently consists of a multipole wiggler, collimating mirror,
double-crystal monochromator, and toroidal refocussing mirror, along
with a kappa-geometry camera, 2x2 array CCD detector, and low
temperature system, and is optimized for multiple-wavelength anomalous
diffraction measurements. The computational environment is set up for
high throughput of data collection and data processing. A second
beamline, utilizing the same wiggler, is under development with
participation from industrial, academic, and national laboratories.
Please contact Thomas Earnest at TNEarnest at lbl.gov, 510 486 4603,
for further information, or go to
http://www-als.lbl.gov/als/quickguide/independinvest.html
for application forms for the independent investigator program.
Further beamline information can be obtained on the web at
http://www-als.lbl.gov/als/quickguide/bl5.0.2.html
