Dear all,
The Alba Synchrotron (Barcelona, Spain), and in particular its MX beamline, BL13-XALOC, is open for user applications for the first time. In order to apply, please register at the Alba User Office Application ( <http://useroffice.cells.es/> http://useroffice.cells.es ). Worldwide institutes are eligible for beamtime, which is established based on the peer-reviewed proposals. Application deadline is January 17, 2012. User operation is foreseen to start mid 2012. You can find information about the beamline at <http://www.cells.es/Beamlines/XALOC> http://www.cells.es/Beamlines/XALOC Experimental setup includes: * In-vacuum undulator IVU21, 2-m long * Tuneable energy range 5.5-21 keV, DE/E = 2×10-4 * User defined beam shaping from 10µm-200µm vertically and 50µm-200µm horizontally, less on demand * Vertical beam divergence <0.1µrad * Possibilty to work in focused beam (small beam) or unfocused beam (small vertical divergence 0.03µrad) * Pilatus 6M detector * Microdiffractometer (MD2) with Mini-kappa goniometer MK3 * Automatic sample changer (CATS), 90 sample storage capacity (SPINE pin compatibility) * Bruker AXS X-Flash fluorescence detector * Common MX software installed Near future upgrades include 96-well crystallization plates scanning. Best regards, Jordi Juanhuix
