Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 778707
Acting Principal Beamline Scientist:
Dave Hall
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778926
E-mail: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778926
Unattended Data Collection (UDC) is a new mode of operation for the MX beamlines and can be used for fast and efficient data collection from 'reasonable-quality' macromolecular crystals whilst you do something more productive with your time. X-ray centring is used to align crystals to the X-ray beam and then data collections are performed based on user-provided diffraction plans.
When to use UDC | When not to use UDC |
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Single crystals | Split crystals, multiple lattices |
Projects requiring data collections from many crystals e.g.
Rapid feedback on a well characterised system from a small number of new crystals |
Projects requiring manual input e.g.
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Standard SAD phasing experiments
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Phasing from limited number of crystals Complex multicrystal phasing experiments |
Energy range: 7-18KeV |
Energies outside this range are supported in remote access |
It is currently available on I03 and I04 is a key part of providing responsive beamtime allocation.
Further options for more complex experiments and broadening the scope of samples that can be collected automatically will be made available.
I03 is testing a new software stack for UDC that does not require GDA. As a result of this, you may see some differences in the presentation of output from I03 vs I04.
The main functional differences are:
Please contact Neil Paterson ([email protected]) if you have any queries regarding your UDC session.
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