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9th November 2007
Max Plank Institute celebrate opening of a state-of-the-art Protein Structural Biology Laboratory.
Today, the Structural Cell Biology Department at the Max Plank Institute in Martinsried (Germany) celebrated with 60 invited guests the opening of their newly equipped laboratory incorporating Oxford Diffraction’s state-of-the-art instruments.
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23rd August 2007
Ultimate quality X-ray data from ATLAS – the fastest commercially available CCD detector
At the European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM 24) in Marrakech, Morocco, Oxford Diffraction launched the ATLAS CCD detector which provides ultimate X-ray data quality up to 3.5x faster than other CCDs.
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11 July 2007
'LIVE' PX SCANNER DEMO AT ACA BOOTH 203
Oxford Diffraction present a 'LIVE' Demo of the PX Scanner at the ACA 2007 meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.USA (21-26 July).
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30 March 2007
King’s College London to invest in state-of-the-art equipment for structural biology
The Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics at King’s College London have confirmed their investment in an Oxford Diffraction PX Scanner and an Xcalibur Nova system.
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18 April 2007
Condolences from Oxford Diffraction to all at Virginia Tech
The staff of Oxford Diffraction Blacksburg were deeply saddened by the tragedy that took place on Monday, April 16th 2007. On behalf of the whole Oxford Diffraction family we would like to offer our profound sympathies to all those touched by these events.
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31 October 2006
Duke of Kent Visits Oxford Diffraction
On the 31st of October, the Duke of Kent visited Oxford Diffraction to present the company with the 2006 Queen’s Award for International Trade for increasing its international exports over three years by more than 150 per cent.
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27 October 2006
Oxford Diffraction announces senior appointments
Oxford Diffraction announces the recruitment of a new Sales Director and the appointment of its current Sales Director as President of its growing US subsidiary
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24 July 2006
Oxford Diffraction announces the launch of the PX Scanner: the first ever commercial instrument for in-situ X-ray inspection of protein crystals in multi-well plates.
Oxford Diffraction announces the product launch of the first commercial instrument for combined optical inspection and in-situ X-ray diffraction of protein crystals in multi-well plates in a single compact instrument.
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26 April 2006
Oxford Diffraction announce their innovative Total Care service and support package offering full service and support with a 100% up-time guarantee*.
The Total Care service and support package allows the customer to concentrate on the science while Oxford Diffraction guarantees* to keep their machine running 100% of the time.
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21 April 2006
Oxford Diffraction wins further acclaim with the award of a 2006 Queen’s award for International Trade
Announced on the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s 80th birthday Oxford Diffraction Ltd has been awarded a 2006 Queen’s award for International Trade.
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6 March 2006
The University of Western Australia purchases an Xcalibur S CCD diffractometer for high resolution electron density studies.
Oxford Diffraction recently installed an Xcalibur S diffractometer at the University of Western Australia, Perth. Xcalibur S was selected after comparative trials in which it provided the highest quality electron density data.
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26 January 2006
Oxford Diffraction announces a breakthrough in protein crystallisation with the first ever commercial instrument for combined optical and in-situ X-ray inspection of crystals in multi-well plates
Oxford Diffraction has become the first commercial supplier to offer combined optical inspection and in-situ X-ray diffraction of protein crystals in multi-well plates in a single compact instrument
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19 January 2006
Oxford Diffraction release their new CrysAlisPro software for automated data collection and reduction
Oxford Diffraction is proud to announce the release of its new CrysAlisPro software. Easy to use and intuitive the CrysAlisPro graphical user interface is the first software package to provide fully automated data collection and parallel data reduction.
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25 September 2005
Oxford Diffraction is ranked number 44 in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table of Britain’s 100 fastest growing technology companies
Today ‘The Sunday Times’ (London) newspaper announced the 2005 Tech Track 100 awards, ranking the top 100 of the UK’s fastest growing technology companies. Oxford Diffraction is placed at number 44.
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30 August 2005
One thousand IUCr delegates appear in orange Oxford Diffraction ‘T’ shirts and baseball caps
The 2005 IUCr Tri-annual conference in Florence was awash with a sea of 1000 orange ‘T’ shirts and baseball caps as one third of the delegates tried to win a laptop computer from Oxford Diffraction.
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25 July 2005
The home of CRYSTALS puts Gemini R through its paces at Oxford University, UK
The Chemical Crystallography Laboratory at the University of Oxford, UK and home of the renowned CRYSTALS software are conducting field trials of a Gemini R X-ray system and putting it through its paces on a mixture of routine analytical and difficult research projects.
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11 July 2005
Oxford Diffraction's ‘Gemini R’ wins R&D100 award as the most significant technology advance for 2005
Oxford Diffraction has recently added an R&D100 award to its trophy cabinet for its Gemini R dual wavelength X-ray system. Awarded by the US based R&D magazine the R&D100 awards are awarded by independent judges to the top 100 technologically significant products of the year.
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10 June 2005
Oxford Diffraction launches first combined system for protein and small molecule crystallography
Oxford Diffraction once again excited the crystallographic community with its innovative products when it recently unveiled its new Gemini PX Ultra product at the American Crystallographic Association, National Meeting in Florida, during June.
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23 May 2005
Oxford Diffraction sells its first protein crystallography system in China
The Sichuan University in Chengdu has become the first customer from the People's Republic of China to purchase an Xcalibur PX Ultra system from Oxford Diffraction. This follows the Company's decision to enter the Chinese market earlier this year.
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26 January 2006

Oxford Diffraction announces a breakthrough in protein crystallisation with the first ever commercial instrument for combined optical and in-situ X-ray inspection of crystals in multi-well plates

Oxford Diffraction has become the first commercial supplier to offer combined optical inspection and in-situ X-ray diffraction of protein crystals in multi-well plates in a single compact instrument.

At the Advances in Protein Crystallography conference in San Francisco, California, Oxford Diffraction today gave a conference presentation describing a novel instrument. Called the “PX Scanner” this instrument is the first commercial product to offer combined automated optical inspection with in-situ X-ray diffraction of putative crystals in multi-well plates. The presentation described how optical scans could be used to identify and locate putative protein crystals in droplets which could then be queued for X-ray analysis with a small, high brilliance X-ray beam; several practical examples were given.

For crystallisation screens the diffraction image from the PXScanner can clearly discriminate salt from protein and also provide some information about the diffraction properties of tiny crystals that could not otherwise be harvested. For optimised crystal growth, the combined optical and X-ray images can determine resolution limits, mosaicity, and unit cells of crystals still growing in drops. The PX Scanner has the potential to dramatically reduce the labour and resources involved in protein crystallisation as well as improving outcomes.

The PX Scanner is extremely compact, with a footprint of about 0.5 square metres, connects directly to mains electricity and is intended for use in a crystallisation room. The operation is semi-automatic and may be used by the technician as well as the experienced scientist.

The PX Scanner will be available for trials shortly. If you are interested to hear more about this exciting new development in protein crystallisation then contact Oxford Diffraction today at PXScanner@oxford-diffraction.com
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