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Welcome to the home page of the Biological Crystallography Facility at the NSRRC (BioNSRRC). Biological Crystallography is a technique that can determinate the 3-D molecular structures of biological macromolecules from their single crystals. The goal of BioNSRRC is to provide users with a sophisticated research facility, including a full complement of instrumentation, software, and support for high-throughput data collection and processing. We also provide professional discussions and substantial user support; therefore both experienced and non-experienced users are all welcome to use this facility. Worldwide researchers can access to this facility through the NSRRC proposal submitting procedure.

BioNSRRC Beamline	SP12B2	BL13B1	BL13C1	BL15A1	TPS-PX
Location	SPring-8, Japan	NSRRC, Taiwan	NSRRC, Taiwan	NSRRC, Taiwan	NSRRC, Taiwan
X-ray Source	BM on 8 GeV SPring-8	Wiggler on 1.5GeV TLS	Wiggler on 1.5GeV TLS	Wiggler on 1.5GeV TLS	Undulator on 3GeV TPS
General User Time	50%	85%	85%	85%	85%
Status	Operational	Operational	Operational	Constructing	Planning
Experiment	MAD	MAD	Mono/SAD	MAD	Micro-beam
Wavelength (Å)	1.77-0.54	1.77-0.689	0.975	2.21-0.826	2.26-0.799
Energy Range (keV)	7-23.0	7-18	12.7	5.6-15	5.5-15.5
Defined Beam Size (μmΦ)	200	200	200	200/100/50	50/30/5
Flux After Beam Size (p/s)	1.5x10¹¹	4x10¹¹	4x10¹⁰	59/15/3.9 x10¹⁰	150/60/1 x10¹⁰
Detector	Q210r	Q315r	Q315r	MX300HE	TBD
Detector Size (mm²)	210x210	315x315	315x315	300x300	> 400x400
Xtal-Detector (mm)	120-800	130-800	110-900	70-800	-
Throughput (images/min)	12	12	12	12	-
Sample Changer	SPACE	SAM	SAM	SAM	SAM
Remote Access	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mail-In Service	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Historical Events

The first de-novo structure solved at BioNSRRC on 2001

The first protein structure selected as the Research Highlights of 2008 by NIH, USA

The first membrane protein structure solved at BioNSRRC on 2009

Funding Agencies

National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC

National Research Program for Genomic Medicine