Open AccessMXCuBE2 : the dawn of MXCuBE Collaboration
Author(s) -
Oscarsson Marcus,
Beteva Antonia,
Flot David,
Gordon Elspeth,
Guijarro Matias,
Leonard Gordon,
McSweeney Sean,
Monaco Stephanie,
Mueller-Dieckmann Christoph,
Nanao Max,
Nurizzo Didier,
Popov Alexander N.,
von Stetten David,
Svensson Olof,
Rey-Bakaikoa Vicente,
Chado Idrissou,
Chavas Leonard M. G.,
Gadea Laurent,
Gourhant Patrick,
Isabet Tatiana,
Legrand Pierre,
Savko Martin,
Sirigu Serena,
Shepard William,
Thompson Andrew,
Mueller Uwe,
Nan Jie,
Eguiraun Mikel,
Bolmsten Fredrick,
Nardella Alberto,
Milàn-Otero Antonio,
Thunnissen Marjolein,
Hellmig Michael,
Kastner Alexandra,
Schmuckermaier Lukas,
Gerlach Martin,
Feiler Christian,
Weiss Manfred S.,
Bowler Matthew W.,
Gobbo Alexandre,
Papp Gergely,
Sinoir Jeremy,
McCarthy Andrew A.,
Karpics Ivars,
Nikolova Marina,
Bourenkov Gleb,
Schneider Thomas,
Andreu Jordi,
Cuní Guifré,
Juanhuix Judith,
Boer Roeland,
Fogh Rasmus,
Keller Peter,
Flensburg Claus,
Paciorek Wlodek,
Vonrhein Clemens,
Bricogne Gerard,
de Sanctis Daniele
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s1600577519001267
Subject(s) - interfacing , beamline , graphical user interface , computer science , software , session (web analytics) , user interface , interface (matter) , component (thermodynamics) , software engineering , operating system , world wide web , computer hardware , optics , physics , thermodynamics , beam (structure) , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
MXCuBE2 is the second‐generation evolution of the MXCuBE beamline control software, initially developed and used at ESRF – the European Synchrotron. MXCuBE2 extends, in an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), the functionalities and data collection methods available to users while keeping all previously available features and allowing for the straightforward incorporation of ongoing and future developments. MXCuBE2 introduces an extended abstraction layer that allows easy interfacing of any kind of macromolecular crystallography (MX) hardware component, whether this is a diffractometer, sample changer, detector or optical element. MXCuBE2 also works in strong synergy with the ISPyB Laboratory Information Management System, accessing the list of samples available for a particular experimental session and associating, either from instructions contained in ISPyB or from user input via the MXCuBE2 GUI, different data collection types to them. The development of MXCuBE2 forms the core of a fruitful collaboration which brings together several European synchrotrons and a software development factory and, as such, defines a new paradigm for the development of beamline control platforms for the European MX user community.