The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) a $170,881 Project Grant to acquire a single crystal X-ray diffractometer. This highly specialized scientific instrument supports a wide range of multidisciplinary research, including luminescent materials, bacterial communication, chemical ecology, and medicinal chemistry. The diffractometer's dual copper and molybdenum sources enable structural characterization of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $378,596 to Brigham Young University (BYU) to acquire a multipurpose X-ray diffractometer for materials research. The new instrument will enable researchers across chemistry, physics, geology, and engineering to study the atomic structure of advanced materials, supporting efforts to develop lightweight vehicles, improved magnetic memory systems, new imaging methods, and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $279,990 Project Grant to the University of California, Merced under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a dual-source single crystal x-ray diffractometer. The diffractometer will be used by Professor Michael Findlater and colleagues to determine the precise three-dimensional molecular structures of organic and inorganic compounds, materials, and biomolecules through x-ray crystallography. This will...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $447,923.00 to Illinois State University to acquire a single crystal X-ray diffractometer (SC-XRD) system. The new instrument will feature a copper micro-source and high-performance area detector, enabling research and education in organic, organometallic, and metalorganic chemistry. The system will support the research of Professors Gregory M. Ferrence and Christopher G....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $743,852 to Saint Louis University (SLU) to acquire an XTALAB SYNERGY-R single crystal diffractometer. This state-of-the-art scientific instrument will enable researchers across 13 different SLU colleges, as well as collaborators from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, to collect high-quality X-ray diffraction data from organic compounds and biological macromolecules. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded Susquehanna University a $200,170 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a single-crystal X-ray diffractometer. This instrument will support primarily undergraduate research in the greater Susquehanna Valley region, including efforts at Susquehanna University, Bucknell University, Lycoming College, Elizabethtown College, and Wilkes University. The diffractometer, which has a...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Notre Dame a $287,021 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a dual-source single-crystal x-ray diffractometer. The diffractometer will be used to determine the precise three-dimensional molecular structures of organic and inorganic compounds, metal complexes, solid-state materials and other substances. This will support the research of Professor Allen Oliver and colleagues in areas...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provides $2,000,000 to the University of Utah to purchase a JEOL CRYO ARM 200 microscope with a direct electron Apollo detector. The new microscope will enhance the university's cryo-electron microscopy capabilities, which are critical for the research programs of 13 major and 11 minor users supported by 35 NIH awards. The award will...
This $350,188 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) enables Marquette University to acquire an advanced X-ray diffractometer instrument to support research and education in southeastern Wisconsin. The diffractometer will be utilized by professors and students at Marquette as well as neighboring colleges and universities, providing critical capabilities to study the 3D molecular structures of compounds in fields like...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,735 Project Grant to Harvard University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a dual-source single crystal diffractometer for small molecule crystallography and cryosystem. The diffractometer will allow Professor Theodore Betley and colleagues to conduct accurate structural analyses of molecules, providing three-dimensional atomic arrangements and spatial relationships between molecules and neighboring...
The University of Utah received a $1,790,631 project grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs federal grant program (CFDA 93.351) to acquire an X-ray diffraction system. The system, a Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-DW single crystal X-ray diffractometer, will replace aging instrumentation in the university's biochemistry and chemistry departments that is no longer supported by the vendor and experiencing maintenance challenges. It will serve as the centerpiece for the university's new X-ray Crystallography Core Facility, ensuring continued access to state-of-the-art X-ray resources for NIH-funded investigators. The dual copper and molybdenum X-ray source and advanced optics and detector on the new system will enhance structural analyses of diverse chemical and biological processes, enabling determination of small crystal structures and sulfur-SAD data collection without heavy atom derivatives.