I have learned to refrain from catapulting my crystals. Happy holidays, God bless us ... everyone (with diffracting crystals)
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Keller, Jacob <kell...@janelia.hhmi.org> wrote: > >In a second case we were working on a beamline on the west coast of the > US. Every crystal we put on vanished before we could even collect data – > the loops appeared empty as soon as we looked through the microscope (this > sets the decade). The beamline had an extra strong magnet on the goniometer > and on closer inspection we saw that the hutch wall next to the goniometer > was peppered with many crystals - they were being catapulted out of the > loop when the base ‘flipped’ onto the magnet. There were so many that > others will know this beamline. > > > > Yes, I also catapulted some crystals—but I actually saw one of mine fly > off the loop…. > > > > JPK > > >
