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Preparing a Sample of Protein Nanocrystals

Caption: Researchers prepare a sample of hydrated nanocrystals used in a December 2009 experiment at the Linac Coherent Light Source located at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. From left, John C.H. Spence, Uwe Weierstall and Petra Fromme from Arizona State University; and Robert Shoeman and Lukas Lomb from Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany, who were part of an international team of nearly 90 researchers reporting their findings in the Feb. 3, 2011, journal Nature.

Credit: R. Bruce Doak/Arizona State University

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