Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Frederic VELLIEUX
. www.oxford-diffraction.com -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ezra Peisach Sent: 26 January 2010 16:01 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue First you need to establish if it is your cryo

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Flip Hoedemaeker
. www.oxford-diffraction.com -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ezra Peisach Sent: 26 January 2010 16:01 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue First you need to establish if it is your cryo conditions or the crystals

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Matthew BOWLER
A : CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Copie à : Objet : Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue Thanks for so many quick responses! Actually, I have test several different cryo-protectants, including glycerol, EG, and PEG400. I did not see much differences between these cryo conditions. So, I choose glycerol. I would like

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Ezra Peisach
-Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ezra Peisach Sent: 26 January 2010 16:01 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue First you need to establish if it is your cryo conditions or the crystals. Depending where you

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Clayton, Gina Martyn
RT system very useful. Good luck! -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ezra Peisach Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:41 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue MiTeGen (www.mitegen.com) sells a RT device

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Mark J. van Raaij
, 2010 7:41 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue MiTeGen (www.mitegen.com) sells a RT device - plastic capillary to put over loop... I do not know how well it would work for a long data collection - but people here have used it to evaluate their crystals Ezra On 1/27

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-27 Thread Ho Leung Ng
Hi Zhiyi, I think the easiest way is to mount your crystal in an air-impermeable, viscous oil like Paratone in a loop. Of course, your crystals may not tolerate oil. ho

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Ezra Peisach
First you need to establish if it is your cryo conditions or the crystals. Depending where you are - they might have the equipment to do a wet mount - without freezing. Yes the crystal will not last - but then you know if the problem is in the crystal. If it is - you need better crystals.

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Ed Pozharski
http://hamptonresearch.com/documents/product/hr000175_what_is_tacsimate_new.pdf turns up once you use google's I'm feeling lucky button. On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:42 +, Zhiyi Wei wrote: Dear all, I got a problem with my crystals. I have two total different proteins that both can be

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Zhiyi Wei
I forgot to mention a phenomenon when I did crystal mounting. I found that if open a coverslip, phase separation will appear in drops in minutes and damage to the crystals. And I have tried additive screen. The optimized crystals are really big (a few hundred microns) with sharp edge but

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Jürgen Bosch
how much %PEG3350 ? Try different additives such as glycerol, EG, MPD or smaller PEGs 200 or 400. Try flash annealing Try freezing directly in liquid nitrogen if you have previously frozen your crystals in the stream Try liquid annealing by dipping the frozen crystal into a new cryo

[ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Marcus Winter
, Marcus Winter. www.oxford-diffraction.com -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ezra Peisach Sent: 26 January 2010 16:01 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue First you need to establish if it is your cryo

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Kelly Daughtry
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue First you need to establish if it is your cryo conditions or the crystals.  Depending where you are - they might have the equipment to do a wet mount - without freezing.  Yes the crystal will not last - but then you know if the problem is in the crystal

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Joseph Ho
Hi, Zhiyi: You can always put a layer of oil on the top of your drop when you open the coverslip. It will get you more time to mount the crystals. Good luck Meng-Chiao Ho On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 11:48 -0500, Zhiyi Wei wrote: I forgot to mention a phenomenon when I did crystal mounting. I found

Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue

2010-01-26 Thread Zhiyi Wei
-diffraction.com -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ezra Peisach Sent: 26 January 2010 16:01 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal rescue First you need to establish if it is your cryo conditions or the crystals