First experiences with semi-autonomous robotic harvesting of protein crystals

Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-82

  Viola, Robert ^a   Walsh, Jace ^a   Melka, Alex ^a   Womack, Wesley ^a   Murphy, Sean ^b   Riboldi Tunnicliffe, Alan ^c   Rupp, Bernhard ^d  

^a Square One Systems Design ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^d kk Hofkristallamt   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous robotics; Cryo protection; Flash cooling; High throughput crystallography; Protein crystal harvesting; Protein crystallography; Protein crystals; Robotic harvesting; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYOPROTECTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY;

PROTEIN;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; PROTEINS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 80054021511     PISSN: 1345711X     EISSN: 15700267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10969-011-9103-5     Document Type: Article

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