Hi everyone, I’ve become very fond of the Mitegen reusable bases for mounting crystals, since the reusable aspect savse me from having to discard the base every time I break a microloop. However, once the crystals arrive at the synchroteon, I observe motions of the loops (some gradual, some sporadic). The the amplitudes of these motions are becoming significant as I take data from smaller and smaller crystals. I don’t think I’m imagining this, since the good folks at NSLS-2/AMX have warned me about this very issue.
I’m writing to ask if anyone has any clever ideas about stabilizing these assemblies. Obviously, I can epoxy the pins in place, but then I’ll probably need to discard the entire assembly when I break a loop, and I’d prefer not to waste more money than necessary. I’ve considered putting a bead of wax at the point where the pin enters the base (although I haven’t yet checked to see if that will survive immersion in liquid nitrogen). Does anyone have any other (better) ideas? Much obliged in advance, Pat __________________________ Patrick J. Loll, PhD Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Drexel University College of Medicine Room 10-102 New College Building 245 N. 15th St. Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA (215) 762-7706 pj...@drexel.edu ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
