ID30A-3 / MASSIF-3

Synopsis

Disciplines

• Life Sciences

Applications

• MASSIF3 is a microfocus beamline (15 µm diameter), operating at fixed energy (12.81 keV). The beamline is dedicated to protein crystals of small size, inhomogeneous protein crystals, and fast data collection, and is also suitable for SAD measurements (Se, Pt, Au, ...). Massif-3 is equipped with a Mini-Diffractometer (MD2) and with a EMBL/ESRF Sample Changer (SC3). Diffraction data are recorded on a Pilatus3 2M detector (to be replaced by an Eiger 4M in January 2016) that allows data collection at a very high frame rate (>200Hz).

Techniques

• XRD - X-ray diffraction
• Anomalous diffraction
• MX - macromolecular crystallography
• Microbeam
• Microcrystallography
• Single-crystal diffraction
• Optical spectroscopy

Sample environments

• 100 K cryostream
• automatic sample changer
• dehydration device
• online microspec

Detectors

• Pilatus3 2M
• Eiger 4M (starting Jan. 2016)

The Upgrade Programme for the Structural Biology beamlines at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility – High throughput sample evaluation and automation, P. Theveneau et al. (2013) J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 425 012001 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/425/1/012001