18-ID-D: BioCAT

BIO-CAT
Life Sciences

The Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT) is an NIH P30 Mature Synchrotron Resource for Structural Biology supported national user facility that runs the Sector 18 beamline for the study of the structure and dynamics of disordered and partially ordered biological systems. Solution scattering (BioSAXS) experiments, which provide data about macromolecular conformation in solution, can be done in equilibrium or in a time-resolved mode with microsecond to second time resolution. Separation coupled modes, such as SEC-SAXS, as well as more traditional batch mode experiments, are supported for BioSAXS. Fiber diffraction patterns of exceptional quality can be obtained from complex, weakly diffracting biological systems in very short exposure times. Part of this fiber program is a unique muscle diffraction program, providing instrumentation and expertise to measure equilibrium and time-resolved patterns from both skinned and intact muscle.

Beamline Specifications
Source : 3.3 Undulator (Undulator A)
Monochromator Type : Si(111) w/ Mirror
Energy Range : 5-16 keV
Resolution : 1 x 10-4
Flux : 5.5 x 1013 @12 keV
Beam Size Hxv :
Focused : 16µm x 25µm
Unfocused : 1mm x 1mm

Source : 3.3 Undulator (Undulator A)
Monochromator Type : Si(111) w/ CRL
Energy Range : 5-16 keV
Resolution : 1 x 10-4
Flux : 4.9 x 1012 @12 keV
Beam Size Hxv :
Focused : 1.4µm x 2.9µm
Unfocused : 1mm x 1mm

Quick Stats
Current Status
Operational/Accepting General Users
Access Mode
On-site Remote Mail-in
Beamline Contacts
THOMAS C IRVING
(PI)
Email
JESSE B HOPKINS
(Director)
Email
WEIKANG MA
(Beamline Scientist, Fiber diffraction)
Email
MAXWELL B WATKINS
(Beamline Scientist, SAXS)
Email
MARK F VUKONICH
(Chemical & Bio Safety Coordintor)
Email
RICHARD F HEURICH
(Electrical Safety Coordinator)
Email
MARIE C CLARK
(Administrator)
Email
Beamline Techniques
Fiber diffraction
Small-angle x-ray scattering
Time-resolved x-ray scattering
BioSAXS/BioSANS
Microdiffraction
Endstations
18-ID-D
monochromatic beam station (15m x 5m)
Detectors
EIGER2 XE 9M
Mar 165 CCD detector
EIGER 500k pixel array detector
Equipment
Muscle mechanics/X-ray diffraction apparatus
Small angle camera (up to 5.5 m camera length)
Coflow SAXS cell
Continuous-flow and stopped-flow mixers for SAXS
Combined x-ray cell/muscle physiology apparatus
Agilent 1260 Infinity II HPLCs
Wyatt Eclipse AF4
Wyatt DAWN Helios II Multi-angle light scattering w/ DLS
Wyatt Optilab T-rex (Refractive Index detector)
Fully capable wetlab for protein purification and sample and buffer preparation
Additional Information
Additional Information
https://www.bio.aps.anl.gov/