Re: [ccp4bb] Glu+Arg solutions for solubility

2008-02-29 Thread Lisa A Nagy
and HCl the result is soluble... Lisa -- Lisa A. Nagy, Ph.D. University of Alabama-Birmingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ccp4bb] problem on protein precipitation

2008-01-23 Thread Lisa A Nagy
Hi Lei, Try this: 50-100 mM Arginine in your buffers. Or Glutamic Acid. Or both. -- Lisa A. Nagy, Ph.D. University of Alabama-Birmingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zheng, Lei Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:51 AM

Re: [ccp4bb] Fwd: [ccp4bb] crystallisation robot

2008-01-18 Thread Lisa A Nagy
Al's Oil on the plates: What a nightmare!!! The oil creeps up the plate and over the sides. It dissolves adhesives. It makes me say bad words in multiple languages. Bigger drops + no oil = fewer bad words. Lisa -- Lisa A. Nagy, Ph.D. University of Alabama-Birmingham [EMAIL PROT

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallisation robot

2008-01-17 Thread Lisa A Nagy
than 15 widely different conditions. Lisa BTW "teeny" is the highly technical term for drops smaller than 50nl total volume. -- Lisa A. Nagy, Ph.D. University of Alabama-Birmingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oganesyan, Va

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallisation robot

2008-01-16 Thread Lisa A Nagy
tures on your machine. Or we needed features yours didn't have. 5. Sending snarky email messages about me to my coworkers makes all of us less inclined to view your company favorably for future purchases. -- Lisa A. Nagy, Ph.D. University of Alabama-Birmingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallization robot

2008-01-10 Thread Lisa A Nagy
I was wrong on the price- yes $300/per, but still, it was a lot of money when we had catastrophic crash several years ago (due to something going haywire- not a script or operator error). I know the nitonol tips are not fool-proof- they just seem a bit more forgiving than the ceramic tips. As

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallization robot

2008-01-09 Thread Lisa A Nagy
am in Molecular Medicine Biotech II, 373 Plantation Street, Suite 115 Worcester MA 01605 Phone: 508 856 1201 (office); 508 856 1211 (lab) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.umassmed.edu/pmm/faculty/vandenberg.cfm From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Lisa A Nag

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallization robot

2008-01-09 Thread Lisa A Nagy
Looking at the mosquito, it doesn't have any cover-slip handling robotics, either. So it's the same thing- rearrange the dispense location and flip the cover- which is either a glass plate or mylar or a tape seal. -- Lisa Nagy University of Alabama-Birmingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallization robot

2008-01-09 Thread Lisa A Nagy
It doesn't have a cover slip flipper. We only do sitting drops with our robot- even large volumes (2 ul drops). We don't have the space to store the volume of linbro plates that would be generated by a robot. Also, 24 well linbro plates use a lot of well solution- making them very expensive fo

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallization robot

2008-01-09 Thread Lisa A Nagy
We chose the Phoenix crystallization robot because: It has no expensive consumables (tips) intrinsic to the machine. This was also a big item for us because we worry about being able to run the machine for more than 3 years. Would the tips for our 2008 machine be available in 2014? It is easy to

[ccp4bb] crystal with precipitation

2007-08-23 Thread Lisa A Nagy
Shivesh, You also might be precipitating out a contaminant, aggregate, isoform, etc., and its removal from the solution allows crystallization of the other. Lisa -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Rob Gruninger Sent: Thu 8/23/2007 10:30 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Re: [ccp4bb] crystal with precipitation

2007-08-22 Thread Lisa A Nagy
Oh, there is do much you can do! Lots of alternatives: 1. Decrease or increase the protein concentration (with a corresponding increase or decrease of precipitant. 2. Use a temperature gradient. 3. Set up in a capillary with liquid-liquid diffusion 4. SEED! #3 or #4 are your best bets, probably.

Re: [ccp4bb] The importance of USING our validation tools

2007-08-18 Thread Lisa A Nagy
Dear all, I agree with MM about the ligand and complex structures. Even in the most honest circumstances, it is easy to get carried away with hopes and excitement. My personal embarassing experience was some years ago. It involved a protein that I had crystallized in a different space group in the