Hi Andrea, If you haven't already done so it might be worth trying a room temperature mount (capillary or in-situ) to get a feeling for how well the crystals diffract to start with.
Dave David Hargreaves Associate Principal Scientist _____________________________________________________________________ AstraZeneca DECS, CP&SS Mereside, 50F49, Alderley Park, Cheshire, SK10 4TF Tel +44 (0)01625 518521 Fax +44 (0) 1625 232693 David.Hargreaves @astrazeneca.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AstraZeneca UK Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number: 03674842 and a registered office at 2 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD. Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may contain confidential, proprietary and legally privileged information. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system and note that you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Any unauthorised use or disclosure of the contents of this message is not permitted and may be unlawful. Disclaimer: Email messages may be subject to delays, interception, non-delivery and unauthorised alterations. Therefore, information expressed in this message is not given or endorsed by AstraZeneca UK Limited unless otherwise notified by an authorised representative independent of this message. No contractual relationship is created by this message by any person unless specifically indicated by agreement in writing other than email. Monitoring: AstraZeneca UK Limited may monitor email traffic data and content for the purposes of the prevention and detection of crime, ensuring the security of our computer systems and checking Compliance with our Code of Conduct and Policies. -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Andrea L Edwards Sent: 26 August 2011 21:53 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Methods for dehydrating crystals Hi all, What are the most successful methods you know of for dehydrating a crystal prior to freezing it? I am trying to push the resolution of my crystals. Thanks, Andrea
