NECAT

Center for Advanced Macromolecular Crystallography

Iam Campton of FMB Oxford was here in April to install the channel cut crystal for the new monochromator.  The crystal is surrounded by a cage and then both items are installed inside the steel vaccuum chamber.

To help you continue collecting data during the APS-U down time (est. April 2023-April 2024), we are putting together a data collection program. We plan to combine proposals into Block Allocation Group (BAG) proposals at the US sources: NSLSII, MacCHESS, ALS, and SSRL. (If sufficient time is not obtainable in the US, foreign synchrotrons will be explored.) This is an alternative to submitting your own individual or BAG proposals.

Some benefits of the NE-CAT BAG Program:

WARNING

LOCKING ROD MUST BE IN PLACE FOR SHIPPING

...are the words at the top of every shipping cane.  How many of us have read the words or even noticed that they exist?  What happens if you don't put the locking pin in the hole before shipping your pucks?  

Starting this run, we are sending scheduling emails from a central address: necat@cornell.edu  Please feel free to send emails to that address if you need to request time as well.   We are letting everyone know of this change, because it seems to be going to SPAM for some people, or getting overlooked since it’s not expected.  

If you have any needs for this run, please feel free to reach out to necat@cornell.edu

Structures based on data collected by Asim Bera, Institute of Protein Design, is part of work by David Baker's lab featured on the APS website.