Scientific Program

National User Facility

BioCARS is a national user facility for synchrotron-based dynamic studies in structural biology. All BioCARS beam time is available to the scientific community through the General User Program of the Advanced Photon Source. Extensive support and training are available to users through both informal and formal programs.

Scientific Specialties

• Time-Resolved Laue Crystallography (with 100ps time resolution)
• Time-Resolved Solution Scattering (with 100ps time resolution)

Funding

• BioCARS is supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciencesof the National Institutes of Health under grant number P41 GM118217.
• Enhancement of time-resolved capabilities were funded in part through a collaboration with Philip Anfinrud (NIH/NIDDK).