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:

http://biosync.sbkb.org/stats.do?stats_sec=GALLRY&stats_focus_lvl=BMLN&stats_site=ESRF&stats_bmln=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.