Figures & Facts

Figures & Facts
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the
latest developments of high-throughput techniques
on protein crystallography beamlines at NSRRC and to
help users in familiarizing with the automatic devices.
Topics such as robotic sample mounting, automated loop
centering, and crystal screening software were presented.
These new developments should simplify data collection
and structure determination at NSRRC.
Overall, the workshop was successful and interaction
among the attendees were enthusiastic.
Interaction among the attendees during the workshop.
April 2008
Launch of NSRRC’s Southern Taiwan Office
On April 30, 2008, NSRRC established the southern
Taiwan office at National Cheng Kung University (hereafter
referred to as NCKU) in Tainan. This is the second office
that NSRRC established outside its Hsinchu site. The first
off-site office was established in 2001 at Harima Science
Park City, Hyogo, where the main synchrotron radiation
research center in Japan, SPring-8, is located.
Through the establishment of southern Taiwan office
at NCKU, scholars and students can easily find the channel
to understand how to utilize world-class synchrotron
radiation light source at NSRRC for scientific research. The
southern Taiwan office is located on the fifth floor of Yien-
Ping admin. building of NCKU.
NSRRC inaugurated the southern Taiwan office
May 2008
Organization Restructure
In order to gear up for the Taiwan photon source
project ( TPS) and to make maximum use of existing
resources of the Taiwan Light Source (TLS) to make TPS
one of the first-class experiment facilities, the organization
of NSRRC has been modified slightly starting May 1st. The
Beamline Division has been changed into Experimental
Facility Division with the aim in developing experimental
facilities for advanced light source and in strengtening the
cooperation with outstanding users; the Research Division
has been changed into Scientific Research Division with
the aim in promoting dominant study so scientific research
break-through in synchrotron related fields can be made
possible.
May 2008
Shuttle Service among NTHU, NHRI and NSRRC
In order to strengthen the international cooperation
program and academic research interchange among
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), National Health
Research Institutes (NHRI), and NSRRC and also to make it
more convenient for students and users to travel between
these institutions, new shuttle bus route was added as of
May 1, 2008.
May 2008
Utility Mini-workshop for TPS Project
A “Mini-workshop of Utility System for TPS Project”
was held on May 15-16, 2008 at NSRRC to examine the
utility system design for the TPS project and to collect
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