| Thursday May 11, 2000 | |
| 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | Registration |
| 1:05 pm - 1:20 pm | Welcome - Ashley Deacon, SSRL |
| 1:20 pm - 1:30 pm |
Gerd Rosenbaum, University of Georgia.
"Introduction to the purpose and scope of the workshop" |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Thomas Earnest, LBNL
"The role and direction of automation for future structural biology research" |
| Session A. Chaired by Ashley Deacon | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
A1: Steven Muchmore, Abbott
Laboratories.
"An automated system for mounting, aligning and collecting diffraction data from pre-frozen protein crystals" |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
A2: Derek Yegian, LBNL
"Task-specific robotics for sample loading, centering and retrieval" |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Coffee/Tea Break |
| Session B. Chaired by Gerd Rosenbaum | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
B1: Deming Shu, ANL
"Preliminary design and testing of an automated crystal mounting device" |
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
B2: Florent Cipriani, EMBL - Grenoble
outstation
"The EMBL micro-diffractometer and ESRF sample changer" |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | B3: Bi-Cheng Wang, University of Georgia "Towards increased data collection efficiency through automation and time-sharing" |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Additional questions on the afternoon sessions |
| 7:00 pm - onwards | Informal Dinner at the California Cafe |
| Friday May 12, 2000 | |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| Session C. Chaired by Thomas Earnest | |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am |
C1: Earl Cornell, LBNL
"Automated viewing and centering of protein crystals at LBNL" |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am |
C2: Gerd Rosenbaum, University of
Georgia.
"The tricky task of seeing that tiny crystal in a crummy water glass loop (plus a few ice flakes)." |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am |
C3: Paul Phizackerley, SSRL
(Talk to be given by Ashley Deacon in Paul's absence) "A sample mounting system proposed for SSRL, based on a compact cylindrical sample cassette and a small-scale commercial robot" |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am |
C4: Malcolm Capel, BNL
"CCD-based beam visualizer for spindle alignment and a simple Cryogenic sample loader" |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Coffee and tea |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 pm | Additional questions on the morning session |
| 11:30 pm - 12:30 pm | General discussion and summary. Chaired by co- organisers |
| 12:30 pm | Workshop Ends |