Dear all, The call for applications to use Diamond’s MX and BIOSAXS beamlines from October 2018 – March 2019 is now open for users – these beamlines use the BAG proposal system<http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Users/UserGuide/Proposals/Access-Routes.html> (http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Users/UserGuide/Proposals/Access-Routes.html). To ensure you can avail of beamtime at Diamond during the ESRF upgrade period we strongly advise that you submit a proposal within the current call deadline which is the 4th April at 17:00 hours – please note carefully this deadline in your diaries. Successful applications will then be able to access the Diamond MX and BIOSAXS beamlines from October 2018. Successful BAG proposals are valid for 2 years and the Diamond BAG system mirrors generally the ESRF BAG system. Hence, successfully peer-reviewed BAG applications that have been submitted in the current call will have access to Diamond MX and BIOSAXS beamlines for the entirety of the ESRF upgrade period.
To start your application as a Diamond user either log in to or as a new user simply register in our User Administration Software (UAS) - https://uas.diamond.ac.uk/uas/#register. ….. Information on the beamline capabilities can be found at http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Beamlines.html. The MX beamlines are I03, I04, I04-1, I23 and I24 and the BioSAXS beamline is B21. Note most of the beamlines are highly automated and available via remote access. ….. Access to Diamond for European users is supported through the H2020 iNEXT project http://inext-eu.org. Informal inquiries can be directed to Dave Hall david.h...@diamond.ac.uk<mailto:david.h...@diamond.ac.uk> for MX specific questions, Rob Rambo robert.ra...@diamond.ac.uk<mailto:robert.ra...@diamond.ac.uk> for BIOSAXS queries and Martin Walsh martin.wa...@diamond.ac.uk<mailto:martin.wa...@diamond.ac.uk> for queries related to iNEXT and support. Thanks Dave Hall Diamond Light Source -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
