Abstract

The Biochemistry labs have been a critical part of the Resource and invaluable to the users to make and characterize samples both before and after data collection. The two labs contain all the standard equipment users find in their home laboratories such as: pH meter, balance, distilled water, ice maker, optical spectrometer, centrifuge, heating/cooling bath, microwave, glassware, microscope, and fume hood, as well as more specialized equipment such as an anaerobic glove box and ultracentrifuge. There are also cold rooms adjacent to both laboratories. Laboratory 1-161 is a new general user laboratory that has been placed under our supervision. It is primarily used by the infrared and crystallography users. Crystallographers use the cold room and microscope to mount protein crystals. The lab has been the temporary home of the infrared spectrometer, microscope, and peripheral equipment while beamline U2B is under construction. In the future it will be used for infrared sample preparation. For example, it contains a Carver press for making KBr pellets and a crystal polishing station for polishing infrared window materials. We have plans to purchase an incubator and cytospin for preparing living cells for infrared microspectroscopy and a cryo-microtome for thin-sample preparation. In addition, several computers and workstations are available in this laboratory for preliminary infrared and crystallographic data analysis.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
2P41RR001633-16
Application #
6120428
Study Section
Project Start
1998-09-30
Project End
1999-08-31
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
16
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department
Type
DUNS #
009095365
City
Bronx
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10461

  Publications

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Huang, Raymond Y; Miller, Lisa M; Carlson, Cathy S et al. (2003) In situ chemistry of osteoporosis revealed by synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy. Bone 33:514-21
Rashidzadeh, Hassan; Khrapunov, Sergei; Chance, Mark R et al. (2003) Solution structure and interdomain interactions of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ""TATA binding protein"" (TBP) probed by radiolytic protein footprinting. Biochemistry 42:3655-65
Uchida, Takeshi; Takamoto, Keiji; He, Qin et al. (2003) Multiple monovalent ion-dependent pathways for the folding of the L-21 Tetrahymena thermophila ribozyme. J Mol Biol 328:463-78
Taylor, Colleen M; Watton, Stephen P; Bryngelson, Peter A et al. (2003) Inner-sphere complexation of cobalt(II) 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ([Co(neo)]2+) with commercial and sol-gel derived silica gel surfaces. Inorg Chem 42:312-20
Dewan, John C; Feeling-Taylor, Angela; Puius, Yoram A et al. (2002) Structure of mutant human carbonmonoxyhemoglobin C (betaE6K) at 2.0 A resolution. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 58:2038-42
Kiselar, J G; Maleknia, S D; Sullivan, M et al. (2002) Hydroxyl radical probe of protein surfaces using synchrotron X-ray radiolysis and mass spectrometry. Int J Radiat Biol 78:101-14
Swisher, Jennifer F; Su, Linhui J; Brenowitz, Michael et al. (2002) Productive folding to the native state by a group II intron ribozyme. J Mol Biol 315:297-310
Dhavan, Gauri M; Crothers, Donald M; Chance, Mark R et al. (2002) Concerted binding and bending of DNA by Escherichia coli integration host factor. J Mol Biol 315:1027-37

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