PCDF

Protein Cystallisation Diagnostics Facility

The Protein Crystallisation Diagnostics Facility (PCDF) is a multi-user instrument for the fundamental study of the processes of nucleation and crystallisation of biological macro-molecules, and specifically, how these processes are influenced by gravity.

Electronics Unit                                                                               Processing Unit

This instrument may be utilised to conduct detailed measurements of physical phenomena in individual reactors, and to control these phenomena through changes in temperature and concentration of solution. Read more...

The PCDF is an instrument for accommodation in the European Drawer Rack multi-user facility.

Pictures of the reactor filling, assembly and transportation (at B.USOC)
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More info

• PCDF Factsheet (.pdf, 1.6MB)
• PROTEIN experiment (.pdf)
• Protein experiment starts in Columbus laboratory (ESA Website)
• Paper presented for the SpaceOps 2010 conference, Hosted by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Organized by AIAA, 25 - 30 Apr 2010 (.pdf)
• Poster presented during the workshop "Kinetics & Thermodynamics of multistep nucleation & self-assembly in nanosize materials", Brussels, 25-26 March 2010, (CeNoLi ULB) (.pdf)