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18 November 2004
Oxford Diffraction Raises Expansion Funding.
Oxford Diffraction Limited secures expansion funding from existing investors TTP Ventures and a new investor Enterprise VCT plc (advised by Noble Fund Managers).

11 September 2004
Universität zu Lübeck to use an Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur PX Ultra system for Crystal Structural Studies of SARS Virus Proteins
The Institut für Biochemie at the Universität zu Lübeck, Germany, acquires an Xcalibur PX Ultra system to accelerate its structural biology programme focusing on the SARS virus

26 August 2004
Oxford Diffraction launches GEMINI – the complete service diffractometer – at ECM22
Oxford Diffraction Limited launched its new “Gemini” product at the European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM22) in Budapest this week. Gemini's defining features are co-mounted molybdenum and copper X-ray sources.

12 July 2004
R&D magazine have announced Oxford Diffraction's Xcalibur PX Ultra protein crystallography system as one of 2004's top 100 technologically significant new products and winner of the prestigious ‘R&D 100’ award.

24 June 2004
The Structural Genomics Consortium in Oxford becomes a protein crystallography reference site for Oxford Diffraction
The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) in Oxford, UK, has agreed to become the local reference site for Oxford Diffraction Limited for its novel Xcalibur PX Ultra protein crystallography product.

1 November 2003
Oxford Diffraction relocate to new premises
Due to ongoing rapid growth, Oxford Diffraction Limited has moved its head offices to a smart new site in the Oxfordshire region.

22 May 2003
Oxford Diffraction Launch Platinum Level US Reference Site for Crystallography at Virginia Tech
The current “Gold Level Reference Site” at Virginia Tech will now be promoted to the top “Platinum Level”, with the installation of a third Xcalibur, the innovative new Xcalibur PX Ultra.

15 September 2003
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, becomes German reference site for Oxford Diffraction
The Institute of Minerology/Crystallography at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, in Frankfurt am Main, become a Silver reference site for recently launched Xcalibur 3 single crystal X-ray diffractometer.

21 January 2003
Oxford Diffraction Limited Announce Collaboration with York Structural Biology Laboratory to Evaluate New Protein Crystallography X-ray Diffractometer
The York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL) and Oxford Diffraction Limited have today signed a heads of agreement to evaluate a new X-ray diffractometer, “Xcalibur PX Ultra”, intended for protein crystallography.

11 October 2002
Oxford Diffraction Launch Gold Level US Reference Site for Crystallography at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech agrees Gold Reference Site with Oxford Diffraction as high profile US demonstration facility for single crystal diffractometers.

12 November 2002
Swiss Norwegian Beamline Purchase New Large Area CCD Detector for Six-Circle Synchrotron Diffractometer from Oxford Diffraction Limited
SNBL based at the ESRF synchrotron purchase the “ONYX” large-area CCD to mount on their six-circle diffractometer. The detector will be used for a variety of applications in single-crystal diffraction including protein crystallography.

10 September 2002
Oxford Diffraction launches Xcalibur PX – a compact and cost-effective macromolecular crystallography system
Oxford Diffraction Limited recently launched the “Xcalibur PX” single crystal diffractometer at the XIX IUCr meeting, held in Geneva in August. The Xcalibur PX system marks the entry of Oxford Diffraction Limited into protein crystallography.

7 March 2002
Crystal Cooling to <15 Kelvin : Oxford Diffraction's Helijet put through its paces at the ESRF, Europe's leading Synchrotron
ESRF demonstrate the Helijet's unique technical specifications that allow cooling of single crystals in X-ray diffraction to less than 15 Kelvin.

30 March 2001
Venture Funding for Oxfordshire spin-out to uncover the structure of molecules and proteins
Nearly two million pounds of new equity investment has been injected into an Oxfordshire company formed from a partnership including Oxford Instruments and TTP Ventures.
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1 November 2003

Oxford Diffraction relocate to new premises

Due to ongoing rapid growth, Oxford Diffraction Limited has moved its head offices to a smart new site in the Oxfordshire region.

Due to ongoing rapid growth, Oxford Diffraction Limited has moved its head offices to a smart new site in the Oxfordshire region. The new premises incorporate state-of-the-art demonstration and customer facilities will serve as the sales / marketing and support centre for Europe.

Oxford Diffraction has experienced very vigorous sales growth in 2003 due to new product launches in the small molecule field as well as in the protein crystallography market. In March 2003, the new Xcalibur 3 small molecule system was launched incorporating the brand new Sapphire 3 CCD detector offering unrivalled sensitivity combined with ultra-low noise. In April 2003, the innovative Xcalibur PX Ultra protein crystallography system was launched as a highly compact, low-maintenance and cost-effective alternative to standard rotating anode generator systems. Within only a few months, Oxford Diffraction has won multiple orders for Xcalibur PX Ultra in both Europe and the USA of which several are already installed. Xcalibur PX Ultra generates X-ray flux on the sample close to that of a standard rotating anode with multilayer optics via its proprietary Enhance Ultra sealed-tube based X-ray source. This is combined with the 165 mm Onyx CCD detector to give a unique system with no moving parts in either the generator or detector - this leads to minimal maintenance requirements in both time and cost.

The Managing Director, Dr. Paul Loeffen, said "It is gratifying to see how the team's hard work over the last couple of years has translated into such tangible success - our new head offices reflect the increasing profile of Oxford Diffraction and will enable us to expand further". Oxford Diffraction is recruiting for several new positions including application scientists, and support staff.

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