RESOURCES: Structural Biology

• Environmental Laboratory Resource: (Goldwater Building)

This resource is equipped for elemental analysis of various samples by atomic absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.  http://lsvl.la.asu.edu/gwbc/elab/

• Ultrafast Laser Facility: (PSD Building)

The ultrafast femtosecond laser spectroscopy facility is located in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. It provides a powerful tool to study photo-induced energy and electron transfer processes in chemical and biological systems.  Two femtosecond transient spectrometers have been built since the establishment of the Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis at ASU in 1987. The first one was built in 1988 with instrumentation funds (from the NSF and DOE) in the ASU Chemistry/Physics laser facility. The system was replaced with a second ultrafast facility which was constructed in 1997 with a grant from the NSF. It provides users with a broader range of excitation and probe wavelengths, high resolution kinetics and high signal to noise ratios.  http://www.public.asu.edu/~sulin/index.html

•  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility: (PSD Building)

The ASU NMR Facility is comprised of two shared‑use instrumentation laboratories operated by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.  The research oriented NMR laboratory is located in room C2 of the Bateman Physical Science building and houses three Varian superconducting fourier transform NMR spectrometers, an Inova 500, an Inova 400 and a Gemini 300.  Seven high performance UNIX based graphics workstations (SUN and Silicon Graphics) are available for instrument control and data analysis. The workstations are equipped with a wide variety of NMR analysis, molecular modeling and distance geometry software. A variety of plotters, tape drives and disk devices are available for spectral output and storage. A Mattson FTIR spectrometer is also available for routine IR analysis. http://asnmr4.la.asu.edu/nmr/

• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Facility: (LSC  Building)

A state-of-the-art EPR facility capable of providing structural inforamtion on an atomic scale in free radicals and paramagnetic metal centers.  The laboratory is equipped with a Bruker 300E continuous wave spectrometer that operates over multiple microwave frequency ranges, as well as an electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) attachment.  An electron spin echo (ESE) spectrometer is also available.  Each of these instruments is capable of operation from room temperature to 4.2K. analysis.    http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/Photosyn/facilities/facilities.html/  (click on EPR)

• Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry Facility: (PSD Building)

This facility utilizes the technique of Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDITOF) to study a broad range of biological and synthetic molecules. http://www.public.asu.edu/~ionize/

• X-Ray Diffraction Facility: (PSD Building)

This facility provides for single crystal structure analysis, identification of materials, specialized powder diffraction, crystal orientation, and data base search/browse.  http://www.public.asu.edu/~tlgroy/

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