Structural Molecular Biology
General Purpose
SMB Lab, Building 131
The Structural Molecular Biology user labs at SSRL are dedicated to researcher experiments, including x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies, macromolecular crystallography, x-ray scattering, and x-ray imaging. The labs are maintained for final-stage sample preparation and other relatively straight-forward laboratory manipulations. These include buffer preparations, solid sample grinding, solution concentration, filtration, and centrifugation, and simple dissolution of solids. The user labs are presently not configured for chemical transformations.
The labs are divided into SSRL staff and visiting researcher areas. These areas include separate rooms in the bldg 120 lab, but are adjoint in the bldg 131 lab and the MEIS lab.
User lab bench spaces can be temporarily assigned to individual research groups. Learn more about laboratory access.
The bldg 131 user lab is located in room 209 on the second floor mezzanine above beam lines 5 and 6. It is convenient to beam line clusters 4, 5, 6, and 11, and can also serve researchers at beam lines 13 and 14. This lab includes a Vacuum Atmosphere HE glove box equipped with an oxygen meter. A typical internal dioxygen level is 0.7 ppm. Learn more about resources available in the SMB 131 lab on our chemical information and equipment information pages.
As a reminder, researcher safety is taken seriously at SSRL. Please see our User Access Agreement and the SSRL Safety page for information regarding lab policies and practices.
Visit our User Portal to manage your research here at SSRL.
Useful links:
SMB Website | User Resources | Science Highlights | Beam Lines | Map | Inventory
