To answer Mark's question, if your crystals are capillary mounted then planes are no problem. My protocol is to mount them, wrap them in cotton batting, put them in a 50 ml falcon tube, and pack that in bubble wrap. I managed to get them through security in my carry-on with no issues. I suggest using a long, thin strip of paper across the bottom of the batting before putting it in the falcon tube so you can get it out without putting any lateral pressure on the capillary. Also, grey hair is not a prerequisite for capillary mounting. Mine haven't shown up yet and I still manage just fine. It's actually quite simple once you get the hang of it.
Cheers, Katherine On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Mark J van Raaij <mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es>wrote: > on a related matter, what are current experiences with taking crystals at > room temperature by plane? > (we are interested in trying the HC1 at a synchrotron but the closest are > at ESRF, which is quite a drive or train-ride from Madrid) > > Mark J van Raaij > Lab 20B > Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas > Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC > c/Darwin 3 > E-28049 Madrid, Spain > tel. (+34) 91 585 4616 > http://www.cnb.csic.es/~mjvanraaij > > > > > > On 6 Feb 2014, at 11:52, Marco Mazzorana wrote: > > > Hi Theresa, > > Diamond Light Source currently offers this capability at all of its > beamlines (all equipped with Pilatus detectors). > > This can be performed either standard pins under controlled humidity > conditions, via the HC1 (Sanchez-Weatherby et al. Acta Cryst. (2009). D65, > 1237-1246 http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444909037822 ) > available on request at all beamlines. > > The alternative is using the in-situ capabilities of three of our > beamlines, where diffraction datasets can be collected from crystals within > the 96well format crystallization plates. > > Fast data collection and Pilatus detectors help enormously (as a > reference read the paper from Owen et al Acta Cryst. (2012). D68, 810-818 > http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444912012553 ) > > A dedicated software for merging and clustering partial datasets is also > available to all users (Foadi et al. Acta Cryst. (2013). D69, 1617-1632 > http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444913012274 ). > > If you want to know more, please check http://diamond.ac.uk/mx-home/ > > Hope this helps. > > Ciao, > > > > Marco > > > > > > > > > > 2014-02-06 9:51 GMT+00:00 Theresa Hsu <theresah...@live.com>: > > Dear crystallographers > > > > Just out of curiosity, is it possible to collect datasets from crystals > at room temperature at synchrotron? Are fast detectors like Pilatus useful > for this? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Theresa > > > -- "Nil illegitimo carborundum"* - *Didactylos
