Purdue Center for Macromolecular Crystallography

Overview of Services

The Purdue Center for Macromolecular Crystallography (PCMC) provides instrumentation and expertise used by researchers to perform high-throughput crystallization screening, data collection, and structure determination of proteins, viruses, and nucleic acids. The PCMC consists of a crystallization core in HOCK 284 with state-of-the-art automated instrumentation for growing crystals, and a diffraction core in 289 with a newly installed X-ray diffractometer for rapid in-house data collection on crystals for structure determination. The PCMC also offers staff assistance and training and we can also collaborate on projects for non-crystallographers. 

Getting Started

Contact the Lab manager Tim Schmidt (tschmidt@purdue.edu) or Nick Noinaj (nnoinaj@purdue.edu) to initiate projects and for training. For those with little or no background in X-ray crystallography, assistance in understanding the basic fundamentals of X-ray crystallography is also provided.

Leadership

Dr. Nick Noinaj - Director

765-496-0061

nnoinaj@purdue.edu

Tim Schmidt - X-Ray Lab Manager

765-496-3131

tschmidt@purdue.edu

Location

iLab

**For Purdue individuals: First-time users should click "Sign-up" in upper right.  Returning students will click "Login"

**For Non-Purdue individuals: Before you register, you must be assigned a Business Partner Number and given Purdue credentials to register/login.  

Please contact the center manager for further information. 

Contacts