BioMAX – the first macromolecular crystallography beamline at MAX IV Laboratory

BioMAX is the first macromolecular crystallography beamline at the MAX   IV Laboratory 3   GeV storage ring, which is the first operational multi-bend achromat storage ring. Due to the low-emittance storage ring, BioMAX has a parallel, high-intensity X-ray beam, even when focused down to 20   µ m × 5   µ m using the bendable focusing mirrors. The beam is tunable in the energy range 5 – 25   keV using the in-vacuum undulator and the horizontally deflecting double-crystal monochromator. BioMAX is equipped with an MD3 diffractometer, an   ISARA high-capacity sample changer and an EIGER 16M hybrid pixel detector. Data collection at BioMAX is controlled using the newly developed MXCuBE3 graphical user interface, and sample tracking is handled by ISPyB. The computing infrastructure includes data storage and processing both at MAX   IV and the Lund University supercomputing center LUNARC. With state-of-the-art instrumentation, a high degree of automation, a user-friendly control system interface and remote operation, BioMAX provides an excellent facility for most macromolecular crystallography experiments. Serial crystallography using either a high-viscosity extruder injector or the MD3 as a fixed-target scanner is already implemented. The serial crystallography activities at MAX   IV Laboratory will be further developed at the microfocus beamline MicroMAX, when it comes into operation in 2022. MicroMAX will have a 1   µ m × 1   µ m beam focus and a flux u...
Source: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation - Category: Physics Authors: Tags: beamline macromolecular crystallography MBA micro-focus serial crystallography automation remote operation beamlines Source Type: research