The Stanford Automated Mounter: pushing the limits of sample exchange at the SSRL macromolecular crystallography beamlines

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The Stanford Automated Mounter System, a system for mounting and dismounting cryo-cooled crystals, has been upgraded to increase the throughput of samples on the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. This upgrade speeds up robot maneuvers, reduces the heating/drying cycles, pre-fetches samples and adds an air-knife to remove frost from the gripper arms. Sample pin exchange during automated crystal quality screening now takes about 25 s, five times faster than before this upgrade.

Source: Journal of Applied Crystallography

DOI: 10.1107/s1600576716000649

Authors: Silvia Russi, Jinhu Song, Scott E. McPhillips, Aina E. Cohen

Institutions: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

Language: English

Topic: Enzyme Structure and Function

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $5,110

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, Office of Science, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

OpenAlex ID: W2276038575