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PAL-XFEL Call for Protein Crystal Screening Proposals 

□ Information for Submitting Proposals

We encourage Korean scientists to submit proposals for Protein Crystal Screening (PCS) beamtime to utilize the PAL-XFEL. The PCS program aims to improve access to PAL-XFEL beamtime for biological structure determination by screening the quality of various sample preparations by running for 6 hours. Please register as a user of PAL and submit an application form of the PAL-XFEL proposal via the website (http://pal.postech.ac.kr/paleng/).
 

□ Guidelines for preparing PCS beamtime proposal 

  ○ Experiment Schedule 
       -  Period for a call for proposals : August 5 – September 6, 2019  
       -  Period for user experiments : January – June, 2019

  ○ Description of the Instrumentations for User Experiments

   ○ Experimental Instrumentations/Stations & Contact Persons

Users must contact Dr. Jaehyun Park (jaehyun.park@postech.ac.kr) or Dr. Sang Jae Lee (sangjaelee@postech.ac.kr) to discuss the details of technical issues and specifics related to the experiment.

PAL-XFEL PCS (Protein Crystal Screening) Proposal (Less than 2 pages)
 

1. Title

2. Research team
   • Name, affiliation and position with email address
   • PAL registration (all members must be registered, get radiation safety training, etc)
   • Brief description on members: Expertise (experiment, data acquisition, data analysis, sample handling, etc.)

3. Scientific Case
   • Scientific uniqueness of the proposal research
   • Expected scientific or industrial impact

4. Experimental Procedure and Samples

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* Writing Korean language available
* Fee: 125,000 KRW/ 6 hrs (Non-proprietary research)
 

 Proposal Review Criteria_PAL-XFEL.pdf (66.33KB)