Beamline 8.2.1

Macromolecular Crystallography (BCSB/HHMI)

Current status	Operational; open to general users
ALS-U Status	This beamline may temporarily close ~2 months before the ALS-U dark time and will resume operations after a commissioning period. For more information, see ALS-U Beamline Impacts and other ALS-U web pages.
Source	Superbend
Minimum energy (eV)	6,000
Maximum energy (eV)	18,000
Research areas	Applied Sciences Biological Sciences Energy Sciences Materials Sciences
Technique category	Scattering/Diffraction Protein crystallography (PX)
Flux/Brightness	6x10¹¹ photons/sec in a 100x50 μm spot with 2 mrad divergence; multilayer option gives 2x10¹² photons/sec
Resolving power	7,000
Access modes	Onsite Remote - robotic Remote - ALS-operated
Additional notes	Computers for data processing and analysis, automounter takes 5 ALS style, Unipucks or Rigaku pucks
Primary contact(s)	Marc Allaire mallaire@lbl.gov 510-495-2621 Corie Ralston cyralston@lbl.gov 510-495-2594
Beamline website	http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov
Beamline phone number	510-495-2081