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Newsletter Volume 1, Summer 2003 | |||
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In This Issue |
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A Word From Our President |
Welcome to the Rigaku Newsletter |
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New: The HomeLab LightSource™ |
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Welcome to the the first issue of Rigaku's quarterly e-newsletter. We hope you will find the information provided useful and interesting. It is our intention to use this newsletter to alert the community to new product developments (our products, of course!), innovative work being performed by our application labs, links to interesting work being published by our customers, and information concerning new business collaborations. At a time when SPAM is clogging down the internet more every day, we realize that the last thing our customer community needs is another inbox-clogging e-newsletter. So, please unsubscribe if you don't wish to receive it. On the other hand, please send us suggestions if you have ideas on how we can improve the information content and overall usefulness of the newsletter. Our goal is to provide you with information that will help you with your job or with your research. Paul Swepston, President |
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New Member in the ZSX family | |||
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New Member in the Ultima family | |||
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New: CrystalMation™ | |||
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Application Note: The Phasing HomeLab | |||
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ACA Meeting Events | |||
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Denver Conference Events | |||
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Southwest Macromolecular Symposium | |||
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Contract Services | |||
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Semiconductor News | |||
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Feature Your Research on Our Web Site | |||
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Product News |
The HomeLab LightSource | |||
| Current software releases: | Rigaku, Inc., in conjunction with their sister company Osmic, Inc., announces a new X-ray light source system, the HomeLab LightSource™, designed to approach the intensity of a synchrotron bending magnet beamline in a "home lab" environment. Based on Osmic's new and revolutionary VariMax™ line of optics mated to the high brilliance Rigaku FR-E SuperBright™ X-ray generator, this system has more than twice the usable X-ray flux, as compared to previous generation CMF/FR-E systems, and has the additional benefit of an adjustable beam for resolving cell lengths in excess of 450 Å. The ability to optimize the beam for a sample's unit cell size, together with dramatically higher intensities, differentiates this source system as being the first of the next generation of X-ray crystallography instrumentation for research in drug discovery and structural biology. >>> Click here for More information |
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| CrystalMation | ||||
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RoboDesign International, Inc. has entered into a worldwide marketing partnership with Rigaku to distribute RoboDesign's CrystalMation line of products for protein crystallography research. RoboDesign's CrystalMation is an
ever-expanding line of modular products focused on addressing the
needs of protein crystal analysis. Each facet of the process: plate
handling, image collection, image storage and analysis,
crystallization data collection and analysis, is part of a seamless
system. At the core of this system is the RoboMicroscope™ II, an
ultra-high resolution imaging system that can quickly and
consistently image hanging, sitting, or micro-batch drops in all
plate types. CPXO™ automatic classification software then
distinguishes each image into four distinct categories, greatly
reducing the number of images a crystallographer has to review. From
CMView™, users can remotely access the data, manage projects,
create reports, and manually score their images. When coupled with
CrystalTrak™, a total crystallization database solution, the
images and scores provide a basis from which optimization can be
affectively achieved. Capacity can be easily expanded with the
integration of multiple RoboIncubators™, a 540-plate temperature
controlled storage system. |
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| The Phasing HomeLab™ | ||||
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Rigaku's poster presentation of results from the Phasing HomeLab won the Biological Structure Group award at BCA 2003. | The Phasing HomeLab lets you do SAD phasing from the sulfur anomalous signal measured in-house with chromium radiation. With CrKa radiation, the contribution to the anomalous term from sulfur is doubled compared to that for CuKa. CrKa radiation can also improve the strength of anomalous scattering of many other intrinsic elements in macromolecules, like calcium, zinc, and phosphorus, because of increased Dƒ". The chromium radiation
enhanced anomalous signal may also be used to augment SIRAS data that is
insufficient to phase the data alone. In effect, using chromium radiation
adds a second heavy atom, which concomitantly reduces the phase error and
in turn yields more easily interpretable electron density maps. This
procedure was essential to phase the structures of two proprietary
proteins in our Home Lab. |
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Calendar of Events |
SouthWest Macromolecular Symposium | |||
| Click here for a complete list of conferences Rigaku will be attending and exhibiting at in 2003. |
The 14th Annual SouthWest Macromolecular Symposium (SWMS) will be moving
to its new conference location in The Woodlands, TX starting with this
year's meeting on October 24-26, 2003. Conveniently located just 35 miles
north of Houston, the SWMS will expand to cover 2-1/2 days beginning with
the registration mixer on Friday night. Saturday will host sessions where
biochemists can share their latest research and end the day with a
banquet. New this year will be a series of workshops on Sunday morning.
This year we are pleased to have Professor Tom L. Blundell from the University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry as keynote speaker. >>> Please visit www.SWMacro.org for details of the upcoming meeting. | |||
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Training Sessions |
Rigaku at ACA 2003 | |||
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The Rigaku Group would like to introduce you to some of the industry's most advanced technology at Booth #101 during the upcoming American Crystallographic Association (ACA) meeting in Covington, Kentucky. The exhibit runs from July 27 through July 29, 2003. We know how hectic your schedule will be at the ACA meeting; therefore we are offering a new service. If you pre-schedule and complete a demonstration with our equipment at ACA, we will give you a free Rigaku T-shirt. Walk-up demonstrations will be available as scheduling allows, but only pre-scheduled demos will be eligible for the free gift. To sign up for a demonstration, please click here or contact Kim McGrath. Furthermore, we invite you to participate
in the Rigaku Group Fun Run/Walk on Tuesday July 29th, the last day of the
exhibit. We will meet at 7:30PM at the main entrance of the Northern
Kentucky Convention Center. Please sign and return the consent
form if you plan to run or walk |
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Rigaku News |
Rigaku at Denver X-ray Conference | |||
| Rigaku's Semiconductor Division is pleased to announce the installation of the first GXR-300 in the United States. Also, construction has started on a new cleanroom for the Austin Lab to be finished at the end of June. Come by the Rigaku Semiconductor booth (San Francisco - North Hall 5726) at Semicon West in San Jose, CA, July 14-18, 2003. Rigaku's Semiconductor Division is part of the SilkNet alliance. | Rigaku is co-sponsoring a mixer with Materials Data, Inc. (MDI) at the Denver X-ray Conference on Tuesday, August 5 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the XRD Poster Session II. Unveiling in Denver! Stop by booth #18 to see the newest members of the Ultima and ZSX families. Once you've seen the newest WDXRF (wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence) model from Rigaku, you'll tell your colleagues that it is the #1 answer to ALL your X-ray needs. The proven leader in the X-ray industry, Rigaku continues its tradition of excellence with one of the most advanced WDXRF instruments available today. Rigaku's attention to detail and commitment to product superiority are evident from the enhancements and refinements of the newest model in the ZSX series. Come see how Rigaku can make your job easier and your time more productive. |
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