Call for access to Synchrotron Beamline Facilities 2008
We announce a call for synchrotron beam time applications in biological X-ray crystallography (PX) and small-angle scattering (SAXS). Up to 12 weeks of beam time will be available at the DORIS storage ring (DESY) during the period September 2008 until December 2008. The EMBL Outstation will operate the following beamlines: Beamline Type Wavelength Scientist responsible X11 PX 0.80 A Paul Tucker X12 PX tuneable Manfred Weiss X13 PX 0.80 A Matthew Groves X33 SAXS 1.5 A Dmitri Svergun, Manfred Roessle The deadline for submission of proposals is May 16th, 2008. An external Priorities Committee will assess the proposals. Electronic beam proposal forms and detailed description of the beamline facilities are available via the web links http://www.embl-hamburg.de and http://www.embl-hamburg.de/services In parallel, EMBL-Hamburg is constructing three new beamlines for applications in biological X-ray crystallography (PX) and small-angle scattering (SAXS) at the Petra-III synchrotron storage ring, with an expected opening in 2010/11. Further information can be obtained under http://www.embl-hamburg.de/services/petra. Two of the DORIS-III beamlines (BW7A, BW7B) will be used as test beamlines for future Petra-III applications. Depending on circumstances, they may become temporarily available to the external user community. Applications to use the EMBL-Hamburg high-throughput crystallisation facility can be made at any time at http://www.embl-hamburg.de/services/crystallisation Further information can be obtained by tel. +49-40-89902-110, (fax +49-40-89902-149), Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PX), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SAXS). Access to the EMBL Hamburg facilities is supported by the European Commission, Research Infrastructure Action under the FP6 'Structuring the European Research Area Specific Programme', Contract Number RII3-CT-2004-506008.
