Equipment

The crystallisation facility is based in the Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) adjacent to the Diamond synchrotron building for easy transfer of samples and collaborative work. The facility is located alongside the RCaH Biophysics facility.

We stock a range of commercial crystallisation screens, readily available for dispensing from deep well blocks. We also have liquid handling robots capable of producing custom & optimisation screens. 

Hydra

Dispense from deep well blocks to crystallisation trays with 96 Hamilton needles

TTP Mosquitos

TTP Mosquito LCP at 20^oC with humidity control

TTP Mosquito at 4^oC with humidity control

Rock imager 1000

Three Rock Imager RI1000 Formulatrix imagers at 20^oC of which one can image LCP plates

One Rock Imager RI1000 Formulatrix imager at 4^oC.

All have Rock Maker available, enabling registered Users to remotely monitor their experiments.

LCP-FRAP system (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)

Seven crystallisation incubators

Available temperatures: 4^oC, 12^oC, 16^oC, 19^oC and 20^oC

Leica Microscopes: we have three available at 20^oC and two at 4^oC + 3 digital cameras.

Cryo-Cooling: there is equipment available for fishing cryo-cooled samples, though we normally ask you to provide pins & pucks.

Thin film set-up: equipment needed to set up thin film protocols