The Macromolecular Structures Group is the home of the Center for Structural Molecular Biology, a resource for the Department of Energy (DOE) and the biological community.  It is intended to bring together existing strengths at ORNL in neutron sciences, mass spectrometry, and computational biology, and make them available to the broad biological user community.  The focal point of the CSMB is the construction and operation of a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument at the High Field Isotope Reactor (HFIR), which is currently being upgraded to yield the highest flux of cold neutrons in this country.  The SANS instrument will be specially designed for biological studies and will be located within a newly constructed experimental hall, along with biological sample preparation facilities.  The CSMB will support biological research at academic, industrial, and government laboratories and would work closely with researchers in the Laboratory for Comparative and Functional Genomics at ORNL and other OBER-supported programs.

For more information, contact Dean Myles at (865) 574-5662.

 
 
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Rev: October 2005