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SER-CAT — Light When YOU Need It. John Chrzas¹, James Fait¹, Gerd Rosenbaum¹, John Rose², and B.C. Wang², ¹Building 436B, APS, ANL, 9700 S. Cass. Ave., Argonne, IL, and ²Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA.

The South East Regional Collaborative Access Team (SER-CAT) was organized in 1997 to establish a crystallography facility at the Advanced Photon Source, a high brilliance 3rd generation synchrotron light source located at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. The SER-CAT program currently consists of 22 member institutions across 11 states and the National Institutes of Health Intramural Program. SER-CAT is administrated through the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia.

Beginning in July 2002, SER-CAT provided its members with reliable, rapid and timely access to an automated X-ray beamline. Members have access to a comprehensive research facility, including a full complement of instrumentation, software, and support staff for high throughput data collection and processing. The principal focus of the SER-CAT research is macromolecular crystallography.