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Part of the Annual Users' Meeting
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Find out how recent advances in beam
line automation can simplify data collection and structure
determination at SSRL and ALS as well as other synchrotron facilities.
Topics will include robotic sample mounting, automated loop
centering, crystal screening software, and new options for data
backup. Learn how to take advantage of these new tools, hear about
what is being developed, and let us know how to best meet your
needs.
Organized by:
Aina Cohen ( acohen@slac.stanford.edu)
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Schedule Overview
At ALS
At SSRL
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ALS Hands-on Session:
Tuesday October 7th 1:00-4:00
(session contact: Gerry McDermott,
GMcDermott@lbl.gov)
Speakers and Discussion: Wednesday October 8th 8:00-2:10
SSRL Hands-on Session or Tour and Demonstration:
Wednesday October 8th 2:20-4:30
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Detailed SSRL Schedule
Registration
Coffee and Muffins
8:00-8:30
Morning Speakers
8:30-12:15
Afternoon Speakers
1:00-2:10
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Location: Redwood Room,
SLAC building 48
New
technologies for high-throughput crystallography at synchrotrons
will be introduced focusing on the benefits and concerns of general
users. Speakers on each
topic will be given a short list of issues to address during their
presentations (discussion topics).
These questions are based on user concerns such as system
efficiency, information transport, remote accessibility, cross
compatibility, and data retrieval. Following the speakers on each topic, there will
be an open discussion about these issues.
This feedback is extremely valuable for planning developments
that best match the needs of our user community.
The names of colleagues
who have agreed to contribute and topics are listed below.
- Sample Mounting Systems
Thomas Earnest
(ALS)
Steve Ginell (APS SBC-CAT)
Aina Cohen (SSRL)
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Automated Crystal
Centering
James
Holton (ALS)
Timothy McPhillips
(SSRL)
- Data Backup
Ken Sharp (SSRL)
James Holton
(ALS)
- Crystal Screening
Interfaces
Ana Gonzalez
(SSRL)
Nick Sauter (ALS)
Discussion Facilitators:
Frank Topper, Tim McPhillips, and Aina Cohen
Download PowerPoint Presentations
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Lunch
Break
12:15-1:00 |
We recommend signing up for the conference boxed lunch. |
SSRL Hands-on
Session
(Option 1)
2:20-4:30
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Location: SSRL beam line 9-2, SLAC building 120
This hands-on session will prepare SSRL users to perform
automated crystal screening, as this capability will be available at
all macromolecular crystallography beam lines during the first
SPEAR3 run. Each
participant will be given a ‘cassette loading kit’ and will use the
kit contents to mount crystals into SSRL sample cassettes. They will find out how to
best ship cassettes and how to upload crystal information into the
blu-ice control system database. They will then learn to use
the new blu-ice screening interface to control the sample mounting
robot to carry out automated screening and data
collection.
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Cassette
Loading and Database Entry
Irina Tsyba, Irimpan Mathews, and Aina
Cohen
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Crystal Screening, Data Collection and Data Backup
Paul Ellis and Dan Harrington
This
section of the workshop is restricted to one representative per
group with a maximum of 20 participants.
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SSRL Tour and Demonstration
(Option 2)
2:20-4:30
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Location: SSRL beam line 11-1, SLAC building 120
Participants in this session will view a demonstration of the SSRL
robotic sample mounting system in action at BL11-1 and get a sneak
preview of new blu-ice features. They will also see the new cassette loading tools and will meet some
of the SSRL software and hardware developers. A tour will also
give an overview of the SPEAR3 upgrade. (Visiting lecturers are welcome to attend.)
- SSRL Tour with
Ashley Deacon
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Robot and Blu-ice
Demonstration with
Scott McPhillips, Mitch Miller, Jinhu Song,
Henry van den Bedem, and Guenter Wolf
This
section of the workshop is restricted to a maximum of 20 participants.
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Reception
5:00 |
Location: SLAC Pankofsky auditorium breezeway
Please join us for this post-workshop / pre-users' meeting registration reception.
The vendor exhibits will also be open at this time. | |
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