{"id":59227,"date":"2023-05-10T13:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=59227"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:18:15","slug":"time-resolved-crystallography-for-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/science\/time-resolved-crystallography-for-the-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"Time-resolved crystallography for the masses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists from four research institutes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencecity.hamburg\/\">Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld<\/a> have joined forces to develop a ground-breaking experimental setup. Their new <em>Spitrobot<\/em> greatly simplifies observing changes in proteins as they carry out their functions. This makes time-resolved crystallography accessible for non-specialist research groups, as samples can now be prepared in standard labs and processed by automated established high-throughput methods elsewhere. The device will accelerate fundamental research in health and disease. The team has now presented the concept behind the <em>Spitrobot<\/em> in <em>Nature Communications<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To develop future drugs and design new biotechnological applications, it is fundamental that scientists understand the changes in proteins while these are taking place. Currently, the beginning and the end of the reaction can be addressed but the many intermediate steps are usually missing from the picture. The simplest way to visualise these different steps is to take \u2018snapshots\u2019 of the protein throughout the reaction. Many such snapshots put together then produce a 3D \u2018stop-motion-movie\u2019, showing the changes in the protein structure over time from all angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, such experiments have required direct access to particle accelerators (synchrotrons and XFELs) and complex experimental setups, which are out of reach for many scientists. Therefore, researchers from Hamburg University (UHH), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpsd.mpg.de\/en\">Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/sites\/hamburg\/\">EMBL Hamburg<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uke.de\/english\/index.html\">University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE)<\/a> (all in Hamburg) have devised a different and far more accessible alternative \u2013 the <em>Spitrobot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Spitrobot<\/em> dramatically simplifies the entire sample preparation process, from the initial fixing of the protein crystals and kick-starting the reaction through to the precise cryo-trapping of the proteins at various stages of their transformation. Reactions are initiated simply by \u2018spitting\u2019 the substrate solution onto the target \u2013 a technology previously developed by the team. By vitrification of the samples (i.e. cooling them to a glass-like state) the <em>Spitrobot<\/em> uncouples sample preparation from data collection. Using industry standards ensures the convenient dispatch of the samples and their compatibility with high-throughput routines commonly available at synchrotrons and other facilities. Thus the experiment can be carried out in standard laboratories without immediate access to light sources \u2013 a major advantage to most researchers in structural biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMBL Hamburg scientists from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/wilmanns\/\">Wilmanns Group<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/schneider\/\">Schneider Group<\/a> tested the robot on biological samples. 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