Handheld High Density Protein Crystal Growth
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. HDPCG
Facility Description
The Handheld High Density Protein Crystal Growth hardware is a container that holds five Level III Growth Cell Assemblies, which are used to hold individual vapor diffusion experiments. Each Level III Growth Cell Assembly contains six sample wells, for a total of 30 experiment samples per Handheld HDPCG unit.
The Level III Growth Cell Assemblies provide triple-level containment for the experiment solutions and weigh less than 1.0 lbs when filled.
The hardware was designed for commonality with typical laboratory vapor diffusion systems. The HDPCG hardware has been successfully used by numerous commercial, government and academic customers on the Commercial visiting vehicles and ISSInternational Space Station.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Please contact the facility manager
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
UAB-EITD
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Engineering and Innovative Technology Development (UAB-EITD)
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Chad Duke
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
chadduke@uab.edu
Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy.
Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.
Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA
Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability Capability
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
UAB-EITD Handheld HDPCG
UAB Engineering and Innovative Technology Development
Comparative analysis of anti-polyglutamine Fab crystals grown on Earth and in microgravity
