S. Barrett

We would like to welcome aboard Diana Viera who joined us in February 1997. Diana is one of the first friendly faces users meet upon arriving at SSRL. She ensures that all users are issued a current dosimeter and receive the appropriate safety and no-bars training before gaining access to the experimental floor. Diana will also be one of the last faces users see upon departure as she is in addition responsible for distributing and recording the all-important End of Run Summary Form we ask all spokespersons to complete. You may reach Diana at (650) 926-2079 or viera@ssrl.slac.stanford.edu.

Joining the protein crystallography user support team is Daphne Mitchell. Daphne comes to us with a background of training and scheduling experience. She is now coordinating the protein crystallography proposal review process and is responsible for the scheduling of Beamline 1-5. You will be seeing her name quite often on administrative mailings and she is available to answer questions you may have regarding procedures and beam time requests. She can be reached at (650) 926-2154 or by e-mail at DMitchell@ssrl.slac.stanford.edu.

Michelle Steger is still ever-present and ready to assist users in a variety of capacities. Michelle is now handling the X-ray and VUV proposal submittal and review process. New X-ray and VUV proposals are submitted to SSRL twice a year (May 1 and October 1). Proposals are subject to a rigorous review process that begins with an external peer review. It is not uncommon for proposals to be reviewed by 5-7 external reviewers. These peer reviews, and any subsequent spokesperson responses, are collected and presented to the appropriate Proposal Review Panel(s). The panel carefully reviews the information and assigns a numerical rating to each proposal. This thorough but time-consuming process insures a broad representation of reviews.

A summary of User Administration points of contact:

Beam Time Request Forms
X-ray & VUV Beamlines	M. Steger
Protein Crystallography/MAD Beamlines	D. Mitchell
End of Run Summary Forms	D. Viera
Institutional User Agreements	M. Steger
Proposal Submittals Reviews
X-ray & VUV Proposals	M. Steger
Protein Crystallography/MAD Proposals	D. Mitchell
Safety/No Bars Talks	D. Viera
Scheduling
X-ray & VUV Beamlines	S. Barrett
Protein Crystallography/MAD	M. St. Pierre/D. Mitchell
User Accounts	M. Steger
User Dosimeters	D. Viera
User Support Forms	M. Steger

A Reminder:

• X-ray/VUV: May 1 and October 1
• Protein Crystallography/MAD:
• December 1, April 1, July 1

• X-ray/VUV: December 9,
• March 13, September 15
• Protein Crystallography/MAD:
• January 5, April 1, September 10

L. Dunn February 4, 1998