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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Robert A. Nordmeyer, San Leandro, CA (US);
Gyorgy P. Snell, Richmond, CA (US);
Earl W. Cornell, Antioch, CA (US);
William Kolbe, Moraga, CA (US);
Derek Yegian, Oakland, CA (US);
Thomas N. Earnest, Berkeley, CA (US);
Joseph M. Jaklevic, Lafayette, CA (US);
Carl W. Cork, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Bernard D. Santarsiero, Chicago, IL (US);
Raymond C. Stevens, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert A. Nordmeyer, San Leandro, CA (US);
Gyorgy P. Snell, Richmond, CA (US);
Earl W. Cornell, Antioch, CA (US);
William Kolbe, Moraga, CA (US);
Derek Yegian, Oakland, CA (US);
Thomas N. Earnest, Berkeley, CA (US);
Joseph M. Jaklevic, Lafayette, CA (US);
Carl W. Cork, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Bernard D. Santarsiero, Chicago, IL (US);
Raymond C. Stevens, La Jolla, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the transportation, remote and unattended mounting, and visual alignment and monitoring of protein crystals for synchrotron generated x-ray diffraction analysis. The protein samples are maintained at liquid nitrogen temperatures at all times: during shipment, before mounting, mounting, alignment, data acquisition and following removal. The samples must additionally be stably aligned to within a few microns at a point in space. The ability to accurately perform these tasks remotely and automatically leads to a significant increase in sample throughput and reliability for high-volume protein characterization efforts. Since the protein samples are placed in a shipping-compatible layered stack of sample cassettes each holding many samples, a large number of samples can be shipped in a single cryogenic shipping container.