MASSIF-1: a beamline dedicated to the fully automatic characterization and data collection from crystals of biological macromolecules

Matthew W. Bowler (1, 2) , Didier Nurizzo (3) , Ray Barrett (3) , Antonia Beteva (3) , Marjolaine Bodin (3) , Hugo Caserotto (3) , Solange Delageniere (3) , Fabian Dobias (3) , David Flot (3) , Thierry Giraud (3) , Nicolas Guichard (3) , Mattias Guijarro (3) , Mario Lentini (3) , Gordon A. Leonard (3) , Sean Mcsweeney (3) , Marcus Oskarsson (3) , Werner Schmidt (3) , Anatoli Snigirev (3) , David von Stetten (3) , John Surr (3) , Olof Svensson (3) , Pascal Theveneau (3) , Christoph Mueller-Dieckmann (3)

1 EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Grenoble]
2 UVHCI - Unit of Virus Host Cell Interactions = Biologie structurale des interactions entre virus et cellule hôte
3 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

MASSIF-1 (ID30A-1) is an ESRF undulator beamline operating at a fixed wavelength of 0.969 angstrom (12.8 keV) that is dedicated to the completely automatic characterization of and data collection from crystals of biological macromolecules. The first of the ESRF Upgrade MASSIF beamlines to be commissioned, it has been open since September 2014, providing a unique automated data collection service to academic and industrial users. Here, the beamline characteristics and details of the new service are outlined

Mots clés: automatic data collection; automation; beamline; radiation damage

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Matthew W. Bowler, Didier Nurizzo, Ray Barrett, Antonia Beteva, Marjolaine Bodin, et al.. MASSIF-1: a beamline dedicated to the fully automatic characterization and data collection from crystals of biological macromolecules. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2015, 22, pp.1540-1547. ⟨10.1107/S1600577515016604⟩. ⟨hal-01572785⟩