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Access
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One of the services offered by EMBL to the scientific community is the structural analysis of biological samples using synchrotron and neutron sources. These are available at the outstations in Hamburg and Grenoble.
EMBL Hamburg is located on the site of DESY [German
Synchrotron Research Centre] that provides synchrotron
radiation [SR] through its DORIS positron storage
ring. This radiation is used to study the structure
and function of proteins using state of the art
equipment and methods.
The EMBL Grenoble, France, is located in very
close proximity to two unique European facilities
for research in structural biology: the nuclear
reactor of the Institut Laue Langevin [ILL], which
provides high flux neutron beams, and the European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility [ESRF], which produces
amongst the world's most intense X-ray beams.
The Outstation collaborates very closely with
both of these facilities in building and operating
beamlines for macromolecular crystallography,
in developing the associated instrumentation and
techniques, and in providing biochemical laboratory
facilities and expertise to help external visitors
making measurements. |
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