Status and Vision for Structural Biology at the Canadian Light Source

P. Grochulskia,b, M.N. Fodjea,c and G. Georged a Canadian Light Source, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada b College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8, Canada c Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E5, Canada dDepartment of Geology, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada

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The status and vision for Structural Biology at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) is presented. The beamlines that have been described in the paper represent a Canadian national resource that is available to science and industry world-wide. They include state-of-the-art infrastructure and include specialized capabilities, many of which are not available elsewhere, including macromolecular crystallography, biological X-ray spectroscopy, soft X-ray spectromicroscopy, as well as small angle and wide angle X-ray scattering beamlines. The vision for Structural Biology at the Canadian Light Source is significantly enhanced by the synergies and collaborations between the users of the different beamlines and by the strengths of the scientific personnel and trainees.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.121.866 PACS numbers: 87.64.kd, 87.80.Dj