Development of X-ray diffraction instrument using ultrasound acoustic levitation

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 18726.2 PFLS-LS

Short description (German)

Development of X-ray diffraction instrument using ultrasound acoustic levitation

Short description (English)

Development of X-ray diffraction instrument using ultrasound acoustic levitation

Abstract (German)

We develop a new X-ray diffraction instrument for room temperature protein crystallography combining ultrasonic acoustic levitation with a high frame rate pixel array detector and crystal and liquid droplet ejector. This high throughput and high efficiency atomic-resolution crystallography method has the potential to significantly accelerate the structural anysls of biomolecules and structure-based drug developments.

Abstract (English)

We develop a new X-ray diffraction instrument for room temperature protein crystallography combining ultrasonic acoustic levitation with a high frame rate pixel array detector and crystal and liquid droplet ejector. This high throughput and high efficiency atomic-resolution crystallography method has the potential to significantly accelerate the structural anysls of biomolecules and structure-based drug developments.