Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40184323›Full record

ArticleJournal of synchrotron radiation2025

Status and perspective of protein crystallography at the first multi-bend achromat based synchrotron MAX IV.

Ana Gonzalez, Tobias Krojer, Jie Nan, Monika Bjelčić, Swati Aggarwal, Ishkan Gorgisyan, Mirko Milas, Mikel Eguiraun, Cecilia Casadei, Manoop Chenchiliyan and 8 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of synchrotron radiation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Jungfraujoch: 38 GB sJournal of applied crystallography · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Structural insights into urocanate reductase using room-temperature X-ray crystallography.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2026
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Ana GonzalezMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8858-399X
Tobias KrojerMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Jie NanMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1054-5082
Monika BjelčićMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5020-0252
Swati AggarwalMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Ishkan GorgisyanMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Mirko MilasMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Mikel EguiraunMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Cecilia CasadeiMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8246-9667
Manoop ChenchiliyanMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Andrius JurgilaitisMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8630-7887
David KroonMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7930-6250
Byungnam AhnMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2231-7925
John Carl EkströmMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Oskar AureliusMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.
Dean LangMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0272-1296
Thomas UrsbyMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7371-5507
Marjolein M G M ThunnissenMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, Lund 224 84, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0009-6310-8469

Funding

Horizon 2020 871037Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF17CC0030666Vetenskapsrådet 2018-07152Vetenskapsrådet 2019-02496VINNOVA 2018-04969
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The first multi-bend achromat based synchrotron MAX IV operates two protein crystallography beamlines, BioMAX and MicroMAX. BioMAX is designed as a versatile, stable, high-throughput beamline catering for most protein crystallography experiments. MicroMAX is a more ambitious beamline dedicated to serial crystallography including time-resolved experiments. Both beamlines exploit the special characteristics of fourth-generation beamlines provided by the 3 GeV ring of MAX IV. In addition, the fragment-based drug discovery platform, FragMAX, is hosted and, at the FemtoMAX beamline, protein diffraction experiments exploring ultrafast time resolution can be performed. A technical and operational overview of the different beamlines and the platform is given as well as an outlook for protein crystallography embedded in the wider possibilities that MAX IV offers to users in the life sciences.

Indexed as

ProteinsSynchrotronsCrystallography, X-RayProteinsbeamlinesBioMAXdrug discoveryFemtoMAXFragMAXMicroMAXprotein crystallographysynchrotronstime-resolved crystallography

Identifiers

PMID40184323
PMCPMC12067333

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.