Instruments and Software
Equipment | Description |
RockMaker crystallization software (Formulatrix, version 1.11) | Covers the full experimental workflow – from plate design to image acquisition and evaluation. |
Crystal Gryphon (Art Robbins Instruments) | Serves as the standard platform for our 100 nl + 100 nl screening service. |
Crystal Gryphon LCP (Art Robbins Instruments) | LCP module supports optional microseeding experiments (default volume: 20 nl seed stock). |
Cartesian 8-channel Nanodispenser | Saves sample by dispensing 60 nl + 60 nl droplets (currently not available). |
Rockimager Imaging Hotels (Formulatrix) at 20 °C | Automated imaging of crystallization experiments |
Tecan Evo 150 with 8 needles | Liquid handler for refinement and optimization |
Liquidator 96 (Mettler-Toledo) | Manual pipetting system |
PX Scanner (Rigaku) | In situ diffraction screening directly from high-throughput crystallization plates, with crystals remaining protected in their native growth environment. This instrument is useful to indentify salt crystals and to screen cryoprotactants at 20 °C (works only for large, well-diffracting crystals). |
Tools, equipment, and chemical solutions for manipulation, optimization, cryoprotection, freezing, and storage of crystals |
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M125 stereomicroscopes (Leica) at 20 °C and 4 °C with optional polarizing filters, one with a camera |
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Dry shipping equipment (CX 100 dryshippers and transport containers) |
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Sample changer equipment (SPINE pucks, Unipucks) for synchrotrons and the institute’s Metaljet home source |
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