Exhibitors

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• Anton Paar
  At ACA, Anton Paar introduces the SAXSess mc^2, a new system for nanostructure analysis. Its modular architecture allows you to select the optimal setup for your needs. The SAXSess mc^2 is the complete solution for the characterization of nanostructures in a wide range of materials including proteins, nutrients, active pharmaceuticals, polymers, nanoparticles and catalysts. Visit the Anton Paar booth # 308 to speak with a representative and learn more!
• Area Detector Systems Corporation
  Area Detector Systems Corporation (ADSC) for over 26 years has developed and manufactured technically advanced detector systems for protein crystallography applications. A total of 83 Quantum CCD Detector systems have been successfully installed to-date at synchrotrons worldwide that has set an industry high quality standard. ADSC announces the new Quantum 420 (Q420) that is the largest active area CCD detector system available with a 250 msec binned read out speed. Orders are now being accepted for this Q420 CCD system. Come to our exhibit and see this detector as well as be updated on the progress of ADSC’s development of Pixel Array Detectors.
• Art Robbins Instruments
  Art Robbins Instruments has developed liquid handling, imaging equipment and disposables for the protein crystallography field. Our disposables includes 2 well and 3 well, 96 well plates and our newest plate for Crystallographers, the 24 well plate. The PHOENIX with its 9 position stage can perform sitting or hanging drop placement, including the non contact nano volume dispenser. The new GRYPHON is a smaller version of the PHOENIX and is used for Protein Crystallography as well as HTS utilizing disposable tips. The CRYSCAM micro-plate imaging system makes up the liquid handling line of equipment solely made by Art Robbins Instruments.
• Blake Industries, Inc.
  Blake Industries is a leader in supplying high precision x-ray and neutron instrumentation to research labs, university and synchrotron beam lines worldwide. We are the exclusive distributors for Huber instruments in the U.S., Mexico and Canada with multiple installations at all the North American Synchrotrons and have been supplying x-ray users for over 40 years.
• Bruker AXS Inc.
  Provider of advanced X-ray solutions in life sciences, chemical and materials science. Our biological systems include the MICROSTAR MX rotating anode generators and the most sensitive X8 PROTEUM CCD systems. Crystal Farms image crystal growth plates. The X8 PROSPECTOR features a low maintenance, high brilliance source for protein screening and absolute structures. The industry-leading APEX II small molecule CCD systems offer highest sensitivity for micro crystals and weak diffractors, with powerful AutoStructure software. The APEX II QUAZAR and ULTRA feature the brightest Mo sources and optics for cutting edge research in charge density and other studies. Stop by booth #111 to see our latest APEX II DUO with hot Cu and Mo sources, and our two new benchtops - the award-winning SMART X2S for crystallography and the new D2 Phaser for powder diffraction.
• Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
  The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) provides invaluable structural knowledge to the scientific community, both for academic research, teaching and the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. A registered charity and not-for-profit organisation, CCDC curates the ever growing database of small molecule experimental crystal structures, the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). It is now possible to access the very latest crystal structures on-line using WebCSD, see http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/webcsd
• Canadian Light Source
  Protein crystallography is one of the fastest growing fields in synchrotron research, helping solve protein structures more accurately, faster and using smaller crystals. The Canadian Light Source, a national laboratory for synchrotron research and one of the most powerful facilities of its kind in the world, is an invaluable resource for protein crystallography research, leading us closer to finding cures for major diseases such as coronary disease, cancer, diabetes, and viral infections. With innovative commercial research access, clear IP regulations, and scientists dedicated to promoting industry involvement, the CLS is a valuable tool for commercial research.
• CCP4
  The Collaborative Computational Project No. 4 (CCP4) provides a software suite for macromolecular structure determination by X-ray crystallography used by academic institutions and commercial organizations around the world. Income from the project supports maintenance, distribution and development of the software, and funds additional activities including sponsorship of educational workshops, anannual Study Weekend, hosting e-mail discussion lists, and producing a bi-annual newsletter. CCP4 staff will be available to discuss any aspect of the project, including the latest release (6.1.2), the COOT and CCP4 molecular graphics programs, the graphical user interface (CCP4i), and the data processing package MOSFLM and iMOSFLM.
• Cedarlane
• Centeo Biosciences
  "Temperature control in the palm of your hand". Centeo Biosciences has developed TGRID System, a hand held portable temperature control microplate for protein and small molecule crystallisation. TGRID offers accurate temperature control and screening of 5 different temperatures at once (4°C to 60°C), portability and enhanced reproducibility throughout the entire experimental procedure. During normal operation TGRID sits in a docking station but when need it, TGRID microplate can be removed from the docking station and used with other lab equipment without loosing temperature control. TGRID's SBS format make it compatible with most automated liquid dispensing systems and microscopes.
• Charles Supper Co.
  Charles Supper Company designs, manufactures, and distributes instruments and laboratory supplies for X-ray Crystallography and related fields of science. We will be exhibiting the following products this year at the 2009 ACA show; Supper Micro-Positioners, Supper Goniometer Heads, Supper Spindle Stages, Thin-Walled Capillary Tubes, Cryschem MVD/24 Multi-Chamber Vapor Diffusion Growth Chambers, sealants and melting systems needed for both capillary tubes and crystal growth chambers. The Charles Supper Company has been offering quality instruments, accessories and laboratory supplies for X-ray Crystallography for over sixty years.
• Constant Systems Incorporated
  Cell Disruption Equipment. Providing niche bio-technical products and services to a global client base, Constant Systems has been involved in the design, development and manufacture of high-pressure cell disruption equipment since 1989. Machines installed worldwide in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, research institutes and agencies, adding significant value to your scientific objectives and performance. We will be displaying a TS-Series model bench top cell disrupter on the booth.
• Cryo Industries
  CRYOCOOLS- Crystallography Cryogenic Stream Coolers: liquid nitrogen, cryogen free and helium 4K (-268°C). Cryocools¹ innovative, unparalleled design features include: single flow, modular design for reliability, no icing inside or out, laminar variable flow from 0 to 19 l/min. Our liquid helium based system provides the lowest temperature in the world equal down to 4.5K at the crystal using liquid helium and 11K cryogen free. Lab-sized liquid nitrogen or liquid helium generators (liquefiers) are also available. Since 1984 CRYO has offered cryogenic systems that employ cutting edge technology. With over 5000 cryogenic systems installed worldwide Cryo has become a leading manufacturer.
• DECTRIS
  DECTRIS is the first company worldwide to sell X-ray detector systems developed at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI). DECTRIS develops, produces and calibrates these unique devices in Switzerland for the worldwide market. Due to the CMOS hybrid-pixel technology, which features a very high dynamic range, a short readout time and an excellent signal-to-noise ratio, our detector systems deliver the finest possible data quality at readout times of only a few milliseconds. Our detectors improve measurement quality and throughput significantly in many areas such as basic research at synchrotron light sources, industrial and laboratory diffraction systems and medical applications. The modularity of our detector systems permits us to offer a large variety of different geometries. DECTRIS was founded in October 2006 in Switzerland as a spin-off company of PSI. Although an independent company, DECTRIS remains closely linked to PSI to stay at the cutting edge of X-ray detector science.
• Douglas Instruments Ltd
  Douglas Instruments designs and manufactures the Oryx range of robots for automatic protein crystallization. These are very versatile, with routines for microseeding ("MMS" experiments), additive experiments, and grids where protein is varied against e.g. an additive. All systems can dispense sitting drops from 100 + 100nl to 2 + 2µl. The large volumes are essential for automating optimization. Oryx8 also offers comprehensive optimization with up to 7-dimensional experiments.Systems are much cheaper than many other robots, starting with the OryxNano at $39,200 before discounts. See http://www.douglas.co.uk/mms.htm for theory and case studies of microseeding.
• Emerald BioSystems
  Emerald BioSystems will be displaying the MPCSTM Plug Maker. The Plug Maker is a new, semi-automated, microfluidic plug-based crystallization technology which allows researchers to conduct nanoliter-volume screening of crystallization conditions that produce Diffraction-Ready crystals. The Plug Maker integrates formulation of crystallization cocktails with preparation of the crystallization experiment. Within the microfluidic circuitry of a plastic CrystalCard, ~10-20 nL droplets (plugs) are generated, each representing a traditional microbatch-style crystallization experiment with a different chemical composition. The Plug Maker produces Diffraction-Ready crystals that can be removed from the Peel-Apart CrystalCard for traditional cryocooling and diffraction.
• Fluidigm Corporation
  Fluidigm has set the new standard for efficiency in protein crystallization through its innovative TOPAZ(R) system. The newly introduced 1.96 Diffraction Capable Chip offers the unique ability to perform diffraction-based screening because its advanced design enables high quality in situ data collection. The TOPAZ system also offers the advantages of Free Interface Diffusion (FID), the smallest sample volume requirements, and the best crystal calling software in the industry. Visit the Fluidigm booth to find out why the TOPAZ system provides the most complete screen-to-beam solution for protein crystallization.
• Formulatrix, Inc.
  Formulator: This next-generation liquid handler uses microfluidic technology to dispense grids, dilutions, and random experiments up to ten times faster than traditional liquid handlers. Rock Imager 2 UV: This automated drop imager utilizes the fluorescence of tryptophan under UV light to distinguish between protein and salt crystals. Rock Maker 2.0: The newest version of our software solution that automates the protein crystallization process features an all-new interface, a more powerful experiment designer, and graphical representation of experiment data. Drop Setter: Preview this compact protein dispenser featuring both sitting and hanging drop setting, plate copying, and a low drop evaporation time.
• GN Biosystems
  XZT microfluidic protein crystallization plate: The XZT plate is a dialysis based microfluidic protein device that uses patent pending microfluidic technology to load protein samples into isolated dialysis chambers at as few as 15nl per chamber. The nanoliter sample loading is very easy to carry out without the use of expensive or dedicated equipment, a 96 dialysis chamber plate can be loaded in as little as 2 minutes, and the reagent loading is robot compatible. The XZT plate is compatible with all common crystallization reagents, the conditions are directly scaleable. Furthermore, the crystals can be easily harvested from the microfluidic dialysis plate.
• Hecus X-Ray Systems GmbH
  The Spirit of Innovation. Hecus - the innovation factory for nanoanalytical systems - offers the latest camera system for SAXS/SWAXS/GISAXS measurements: the S3-MICROpix (the well-known S3-MICRO with the Pilatus 100K pixel detector (Dectris, CH) ). Revolutionary x-ray point-focussing optics combined with the versatile detection system Pilatus 100K allow for highest brilliance, economy and ultimate performance of the X-Ray camera. Experience shorter measurement times, therefore better measurements and consequently clearer pictures. Radiation hardness and ultimate linearity are other important benefits. Applications: protein solution SAXS, nanoparticle sizing, thin-film structure analysis, LC phase mapping, nanopowder porosity.
• Incoatec GmbH
  Incoatec develops and manufactures multilayer and total reflection X-ray optics for in-house crystallography and synchrotron applications. We will be presenting our 2-dim focussing and collimating multilayer optics for crystallography and our latest product IµS. IµS stands for "Incoatec Microfocus Source", and contains an air-cooled 30 W microfocus sealed tube with high brilliance. It has a performance beyond traditional 5.4kW rotating anode sources, with the ease of handling of sealed tube systems. Our news in 2009 are: 1) deposition technique for 1.5m long synchrotron mirrors, 2) the "MX" type of multilayer optics for small crystals and 3) IµS with Ag radiation.
• IUCr
  IUCr Journal authors already benefit from high impact factors, long citation half-lives and free colour. See how to enhance your publishing experience with a demonstration of the IUCr's expanding range of innovative online services: publBio for preparing the text, experimental data tables and figures for a structural biology or crystallization article; publCIF for editing and previewing a CIF for publication; and an interactive figure toolkit for creating enhanced structural illustrations. And take this opportunity to create or update your entry in the World Directory of Crystallographers; members are entitled to a discount on crystallography titles from a number of publishers.
• LS-CAT
  The Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team (LS-CAT) provides crystallography resources for those with a need to determine the structure of macromolecular assemblies. LS-CAT provides access to state of the art X-ray diffraction facilities at Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source where extremely intense beams of X-rays are focused using either KB bimorph mirrors or beryllium lenses onto protein crystals. The facilities at LS-CAT house MD2 diffractometers and Rayonix CCD detectors. Our newest addition of CATS sample changing robots allows the user to utilize samples placed in SPINE cassette and/or Rigaku magazine sample holding pucks.
• Micro Photonics Inc

Micro Photonics and STOE present the extensive range of STOE X-ray Diffractometer systems. STOE develops and manufacturers Single Crystal and Powder Diffractometer systems with excellent precision. In addition we supply highly efficient control / evaluation software for crystallographers, solid state chemists and pharmacists all over the world.
• Microlytic
  Microlytic, founded in 2006, provides Microfluidic tools to help solve bottlenecks in structural biology. Our goal is to develop and produce Microfluidic chips to offer researchers a higher probability of crystallizing target proteins with a set-up that is simple and easy to use. The Crystal Former system, developed by Microlytic, allows users to go from crystallization screen to structure in a single device. Crystals obtained from the Crystal Former are large enough to be used immediately for X-ray diffraction, plus give users direct access to the crystals themselves. The advantages of the Crystal Former are: * Quick and easy setup - no external equipment is required. * Maximum crystallization probability due to highly effective mixing kinetics. * Direct access to crystals for subsequent seeding or diffraction studies.
• Mitegen, LLC

Designs, manufactures and distributes innovative products for microsample manipulation, crystallization and crystallography. These include MicroMount and MicroMesh crystal holders for small molecule and protein crystallography, the MicroRT system for room temperature crystallography and dehydration, and MicroTools for common sample manipulations and measurements. Mitegen also distributes Jena Bioscience products for protein screening, crystallization, optimization and phasing. Jena offers several unique screens including screens for specific protein classes such as kinases and phosphatases. Screens are determined by data mining and validation, and conditions are ordered by chemical similarity to allow rapid optimization. Jena's Ta cluster derivitization kit is one of the most powerful and convenient tools for phasing.
• Molecular Dimensions Inc
  Molecular Dimensions is dedicated to supplying products for biomolecular structure research. We specialize in supplies for protein crystal growth, such as screening kits, plates, coverslides and robotics. Our aim is to provide the materials and products needed for biomolecular structure quickly and efficiently.
• NatX-ray
  NatX-ray will display on its booth video presentations of the robotized systems developed for crystallography. These systems are designed to perform high throughput experiments, and can accomplish a large number of tasks, from sample transfer to data collection, on various sample formats, from plates/microchips to frozen crystals. Key components of the systems used for these different functionalities will also be displayed. Sample of several consumables also developed by NatX-ray will be available. It includes a new protein crystallization plate for better X-ray in situ analysis developed with Greiner BioOne, and lanthanide complexes for SAD/MAD phasing.
• Oxford Cryosystems
  Oxford Cryosystems, the proud manufacturer of the Cryostream for more than 20 years, the world's favorite low temperature device for X-ray crystallography, now offers a product range that covers your X-ray sample cooling needs from single crystal to powder diffraction. This year we are pleased to be featuring our new Desktop Cooler (DTC). The DTC and a dry air source are all that are required to deliver a cold gas stream with a temperature range of 170 Kelvin to room temperature. Please be sure to stop by booth # 110 and have a look. I look forward to seeing you in Toronto!
• Oxford Diffraction
  Oxford Diffraction, now a part of Varian, Inc., manufacture and supply award winning XRD systems which provide superior data quality for both protein and small molecule studies. The new SuperNova utilises the fastest, most sensitive CCDs and the most intense X-ray sources in an entirely micro-source based dual wavelength system. The PX Scanner is a unique system which combines an optical and X-ray imager and provides in situ X-ray screening of protein crystals in the multi-well crystallisation plate; both of these systems will be exhibited alongside the Gemini Ultra system at booth # 217.
• Rayonix, L.L.C.
  Rayonix, L.L.C. (formerly Mar USA) offers state-of-the-art area detectorsfor X-ray diffraction applications. Various sizes and configurations of multi-chip mosaic CCD detectors - the MX225, MX300, and MX325 are available. The HE series mosaic CCD, the first mosaic design to be built with thinned, back-illuminated CCD chips, is also well established with multiple installations. These High Efficiency detectors are especially suited to SAXS and micro-diffraction applications. Currently under development by Rayonix, is the HS (High Speed) mosaic CCD detector. Further products of Rayonix include a single-chip CCD detector - the SX165 with a new ultra-stable background option and the frameshift option to facilitate time resolved experiments. Rayonix also distributes, in North America, the mar345 (image platedetector), mardtb (goniostat) and marcsc (cryogenic sample changer), products of Marresearch GmbH. Rayonix has the flexibility to design detectors for various applications. Visit our booth where you can talk to our scientists and engineers - not to salespeople - about your specific application.
• RCSB Protein Data Bank
  The RCSB PDB (http://www.pdb.org) and the PSI Structural Genomics Knowledgebase (http://kb.psi-structuralgenomics.org/) are resources for researchers and students studying the biological macromolecules and their relationships to sequence, function, and disease. RCSB PDB provides access to experimentally-determined proteins and nucleic acids structures, and the PSI SGKB is a portal to structures, models, methods and more.
• Rigaku

Rigaku, the world's leading resource for analytical X-ray instrumentation, components, software and contract services, offers fully integrated crystallography solutions, including microfocus generators; imaging plate and CCD detectors; integrated X-ray optics; and cryo-cooling and humidity control devices. Our benchtop instruments bring affordable, high-performance X-ray fluorescence, diffraction and small molecule crystallography to teaching labs, academia and industry. Our crystal inspection, storage and analysis products integrate every aspect of protein crystallization into an automated and seamless package. Rigaku continuously promotes partnerships, dialog, and innovation within the global scientific and industrial community. Visit booth #205 to see how Rigaku can make your valuable research time more productive.
• Southeast Regional Collaborative Access Team (SER-CAT)
  SER-CAT, a consortium consisting of 26 member institutions, began in 1997 to provide third generation x-ray capabilities to macromolecular crystallographers and structural biologists in the southeastern United States. The SER-CAT consortium operates an ID and BM beamline, with automated and mail-in capabilities for remote access, and is located at Sector 22 of the Advanced Photon Source of the Argonne National Laboratory. General Users are currently being accepted at SER-CAT by application through the APS.
• Thermo Scientific NanoDrop
• TTP LabTech
  Mosquito ® for crystallography - TTP LabTech's mosquito® is a compact nanolitre pipettor for automating protein crystallography screening set-ups. It aspirates and dispenses nanolitre drops (25nL-1200nL range) so precious protein goes further; and its extremely accurate positioning ensures repeatable, successful set-ups; while disposable, positive displacement pipettes handle a variety of viscosities and ensure zero cross-contamination.

EXHIBITS

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Vendor product description in the Exhibitor Show Guide and on the ACA web site.

One insert for attendee conference bags.

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• program cd's
• coffee break refreshments
• poster session refreshments
• opening reception refreshments
• special rates on advertisements in the 2009 Program and Abstract Book

Sponsorship Levels

Quartz            $1-$499
Sapphire        $500-$999
Emerald       $1000-$2499            Invitation to President's Reception
Ruby          $2500-$4999            Invitation to President's Reception
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                                      & sponsorship of lecture

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Past Exhibitors