User Guide to Macromolecular Crystallography experiments at SSRL

The User Guide contains documentation about all aspects of an experiment at SSRL. The Guide provides the following:

• Information on how to become an SSRL user, with links to all the administration procedures and forms.
• Applicable policies for beamline access and safety procedures.
• Specific procedures for on-site and remote experiments.
• Instructions to prepare and mount cryogenic samples using the Stanford Automatic Mount (SAM) robot, including video tutorials
• Instructions to prepare samples for remote access at non-cryogenic conditions and controlled humidity experiments.
• A guide to use Blu-Ice effectively to set up and carry out data collection and process the data.
• Automated data processing
• References to methods and software available at the beamlines.
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding the beamline set-up and experiments.