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Sample management system for a vast amount of frozen crystals at SPring‐8
Author(s) -
Ueno Go,
Hirose Raita,
Ida Koh,
Kumasaka Takashi,
Yamamoto Masaki
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889804019296
Subject(s) - beamline , spring 8 , sample (material) , spring (device) , throughput , computer science , optics , engineering , operating system , mechanical engineering , physics , chemistry , chromatography , beam (structure) , wireless
The RIKEN Structural Genomics Beamlines at SPring‐8 have been constructed for high‐throughput protein crystallography. Beamline operation is automated, cooperating with the sample management system developed along with the beamline facilities. The system consists of a database of a large number of sample crystals, and sample handling robots, named SPACE (SPring‐8 Precise Automatic Cryo‐sample Exchanger), at the beamline and the laboratory. The system has been working reliably during the commissioning of the automatic beamline operation, started in October 2003.