Services of the X-ray Crystallography platform

The infrastructure offers services for research groups on the SLU and UmU Campus.

The services provided by the X-ray Crystallography platform include:

Screening of crystallization conditions using the nano-drop pipetting robot (mosquito®)
Monitoring, evaluation and scoring of crystallization screens
Optimization of initial screens
Diffractions tests and iterative crystal optimization (diffraction quality and resolution)
Full diffraction data collection incl. data processing and data analysis
X-ray crystal structure determination, refinement and validation
Deposition of coordinates with the Protein Data Bank (PDB) or the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)
Compound screens: co-crystallization with fragments and compounds (in collaboration with LCBU)
Cryogenic preservation of crystals (vitrification) and storage in liquid nitrogen
Powder data collection