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ArticleIUCrJ2024

Droplet microfluidics for time-resolved serial crystallography.

Jack Stubbs, Theo Hornsey, Niall Hanrahan, Luis Blay Esteban, Rachel Bolton, Martin Malý, Shibom Basu, Julien Orlans, Daniele de Sanctis, Jung Uk Shim and 4 more

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Article in IUCrJ, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Microfluidic Devices for High-Throughput In Situ Serial Crystallography.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2026
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  13. A snapshot love story: what serial crystallography has done and will do for us.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Jack StubbsDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3788-1687
Theo HornseySchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9434-4506
Niall HanrahanSchool of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3596-7049
Luis Blay EstebanUniversitat Carlemany, Avenida Verge de Canolich, 47, Sant Julia de Loria, Principat d'Andorra AD600, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4675-6957
Rachel BoltonSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0409-8354
Martin MalýSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6081-9291
Shibom BasuEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 90181, Grenoble 38042, Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6484-8236
Julien OrlansEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38042, Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6933-2287
Daniele de SanctisEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38042, Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0391-8290
Jung Uk ShimFaculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4577-1952
Patrick D Shaw StewartDouglas Instruments Ltd, East Garston, Hungerford RG17 7HD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0184-4083
Allen M OrvilleDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7803-1777
Ivo TewsSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4704-1139
Jonathan WestInstitute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5709-6790
University of Southampton · GBDiamond Light Source · GBEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility · FREuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · FRKentech Instruments (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Andorra · ADUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S008470/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/T008768/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 210734/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serial crystallography requires large numbers of microcrystals and robust strategies to rapidly apply substrates to initiate reactions in time-resolved studies. Here, we report the use of droplet miniaturization for the controlled production of uniform crystals, providing an avenue for controlled substrate addition and synchronous reaction initiation. The approach was evaluated using two enzymatic systems, yielding 3 µm crystals of lysozyme and 2 µm crystals of Pdx1, an Arabidopsis enzyme involved in vitamin B6 biosynthesis. A seeding strategy was used to overcome the improbability of Pdx1 nucleation occurring with diminishing droplet volumes. Convection within droplets was exploited for rapid crystal mixing with ligands. Mixing times of <2 ms were achieved. Droplet microfluidics for crystal size engineering and rapid micromixing can be utilized to advance time-resolved serial crystallography.

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ArabidopsisMicrofluidicsCognitionConvectionCrystallographycrystal miniaturizationdroplet microfluidicsmicromixingtime-resolved serial crystallography

Identifiers

PMID38446456
PMCPMC10916287
OpenAlexW4392528610

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