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ArticleJournal of synchrotron radiation2025

The macromolecular crystallography beamlines of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at the BESSY II storage ring: history, current status and future directions.

Uwe Mueller, Tatjana Barthel, Laila S Benz, Volodymyr Bon, Thomas Crosskey, Camilla Genter Dieguez, Ronald Förster, Christine Gless, Thomas Hauß, Udo Heinemann and 9 more

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Uwe MuellerMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7139-0718
Tatjana BarthelMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8747-3112
Laila S BenzMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6369-8707
Volodymyr BonFakultät Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstr. 66, 01069 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9851-5031
Thomas CrosskeyMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9907-8518
Camilla Genter DieguezMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-3735-8569
Ronald FörsterMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Christine GlessMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Thomas HaußMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Udo HeinemannMax-Delbrück Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, D-13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8191-3850
Michael HellmigMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4999-5718
David JamesMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Frank LennartzMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Melanie OelkerMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7301-8445
Ruslan OvsyannikovIT-Systems and Technology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Parinita SinghMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Markus C WahlMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2811-5307
Gert WeberMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3624-1060
Manfred S WeissMacromolecular Crystallography, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2362-7047

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie 05K13RM1Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie 05K16RM1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft FE2166/1-1Helmholtz Association, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie KA2-HSC-10Helmholtz Association, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie KA-HSC-13Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 871037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2003, the Macromolecular Crystallography (MX) group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has been operating three MX beamlines at the BESSY II storage ring in Berlin. These beamlines were established to support the emerging structural genomics initiatives founded in Germany, Europe, and overseas around the turn of the century. Over the past two decades, these beamlines have been continuously developed to enable state-of-the-art diffraction experiments and to provide supporting facilities such as a sample preparation laboratory, a spectroscopy laboratory, a Biosafety Level 1 laboratory and all necessary computing resources for the MX and chemical crystallography user community. Currently, more than 100 independent research groups from the greater Berlin area, Germany, and Europe utilize these beamlines. Over time, more than 4500 Protein Data Bank depositions have been accrued based on data collected at the beamlines. This paper presents historical aspects of the beamlines, their current status including their research output, and future directions.

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automationchemical crystallographycrystal dehydrationcrystallographic fragment screeningcyber attackhigh-throughput crystallographylarge-scale facilitymacromolecular crystallography beamlinessynchrotron radiationuser operation

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PMID40163361
PMCPMC12067345

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