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From Infrared to X-rays: What is There to Learn from Synchrotron Radiation? Vivian Stojanoff for the NSLS, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY 11973, USA, http://www.nslsweb.nsls.bnl.gov.

The structure determination and the understanding of biomolecular functions constitutes the main goal in this post-genomic and proteomic era. Synchrotron facilities around the world are working towards high throughput, automatization and simplification of the experimental operations. At the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven several beam lines ranging in energy from the infrared region to high-energy X-rays are dedicated to the study of bio-molecular problems. As demand increases new beam-lines and associated facilities are now under construction.

A general overview of the different aspects of these beam lines and capabilities will be presented.

Work supported by NIGMS under contract#40-04-12-000 and DOE under contract#DE-AC02-98CH10886