BEAMLINE GUIDE
ALS BSISB (5.4, 1.4)

Funded by DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research, the Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structral Biology Program (BSISB) has constructed Beamline 5.4, a new infrared beamline at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) to advance the imaging of living microbes relevant to DOE missions. Because of its unique location on the roof blocks of the ALS’s linac and beamline test facility, there is space available for biological equipment necessary to grow and prepare living specimens next to the FTIR microscopes.1ALS Synchrotron Infrared Beamlines, BSISB Program Overview . (n.d.). Retrieved January 2, 2013 from
http://infrared.als.lbl.gov/content/home

We recommend the following tools for their compatibility and ease-of-use.

Convenient kits of compatible assemblies of MiTeGen recommended products

Beamline Sample Preparation Kits are available in 3 aperture size assortments based on your crystal sizes and include:

• Assemblies of 100 Crystal Mounts, on 18 mm pins, available in the following assortment:
  • 20 x Dual-Thickness MicroLoops ™ LD  (5 each of 10, 20, 30 and 50 μm aperture sizes)
  • 40 x Dual-Thickness MicroMount ™ (10 each of 75, 100, 150 and 200 μm aperture sizes)
  • 20 x Dual-Thickness MicroLoops ™  (5 each of 300, 400, 500 and 600 μm aperture sizes)
  • 20 x MicroMeshes ™  (5 each of 10, 25, 50 and 25L μm aperture sizes)
• Installed in 100 B5-R reusable bases or 100 regular bases
• Packaged and stored in 5 MiTeGen base holders

Uni-puck Starter Kit 2 includes:

• (7) Universal V-1 Pucks
• (1) Double Puck Loading Dewar with Lid
• (1) Puck Wand
• (1) Puck Dewar Loading Tool
• (1) Puck Separator Tools
• (1) Shelved Puck Shipping Cane
• (1) Bent Cryo-Tong
• (1) Cryo Express Dry Shipper (CX100)
• (1) Shipping case for CX100

*custom kits are available, contact MiTeGen with specific requests.