Structural Biology in Marseille

Our BAG groups 8 teams from 4 Marseille laboratories. Research themes deal with infection, health and biotechnology. For 107 projects within this proposal we foresee 10 MX and 2 SAXS shifts for the next beam time allocation period. This amount of beam time reflects what we had asked for in the previous proposal round. Two teams of the BAG combine structural biology with medicinal chemistry and beam time at MASSIF for large ligand-screening campaigns will mostly suit their research purposes. Access to beamlines with tuneable energy will be instrumental for projects requiring phasing by MAD or MIRAS. One team uses exclusively Bio-SAXS and allocation of one shift/session would be welcomed. Remote access for MX sessions has become very popular whereas scientists prefer to be on-site for Bio-SAXS experiments. We are grateful to the ESRF staff for always being forthcoming with regard to scheduling, logistics and experiments, allowing the BAG to produce good Science in a comfortable setting.