Training required

Approved users must attend a University-run X-ray safety class before using the instruments.

X-Ray Crystallography Facility, University Park

Providing training, assistance and expertise in crystallizing and determining the three-dimensional structures of proteins and other biological macromolecules

Please note: Users with sufficient technical expertise may carry out data acquisition and analysis with minimal assistance from the facility staff.

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Scientists capture first-ever atomic view of key genetic processes
Scientists capture first-ever atomic view of key genetic processes
Using a 3-D visualization method called X-ray crystallography, Song Tan, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology has built the first-ever image of a protein interacting with the nucleosome -- DNA packed tightly into space-saving bundles organized around a protein core. The research, performed at the Penn State Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation of the Huck Institutes, is expected to aid future investigations into diseases such as cancer. » Full article…