SER-CAT: Southeast Regional Collaborative Access Team

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" height="253"> <tr> <td width="460" valign="top" height="253" style="padding-left: 0; padding-right: 20; padding-top: 0"> <p align="justify">The <b><font color="#FF0000">S</font>outh<font color="#FF0000">e</font>ast <font color="#FF0000">R</font>egional <font color="#FF0000">C</font>ollaborative <font color="#FF0000">A</font>ccess <font color="#FF0000">T</font>eam (SER-CAT)</b> is an organization consisting of <a href="members.html">22 member institutions</a>, initially formed in 1997 to provide third generation x-ray capabilities to macro-molecular crystallographers and structural biologists in the southeastern region of this country.  Emphasis is placed on new structure determinations, high-resolution structural analyses, drug design, protein engineering, site-directed mutagenesis projects, and support of the genome program. SER-CAT is operated by the <a href="http://www.uga.edu" target="_blank"> University of Georgia</a>, with <a href="http://bmbiris.bmb.uga.edu/wang/wang.htm"> Professor Bi-Cheng Wang</a> as Director. <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Please peruse the pages of our website to find out more <a href="about.html">about SER-CAT</a> and how we are "shining a new light" on protein crystallography.  Have a look at <i><a href="newsletter.pdf">The SER-CAT Spectrum</a></i>, our biannual newsletter, or visit the <a href="news.html">news</a> section of our website to learn about recent breakthroughs.  As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.  Thank you for visiting!  </span></p> </td> <td width="340" height="253" style="padding-top: 0"> <p align="center"> <applet code="fprotate.class" codebase="./" width="340" height="255"> <param name="time" value="5"> <param name="image1" valuetype="ref" value="images/pic1.jpg"> <param name="image2" valuetype="ref" value="images/pic2.jpg"> <param name="image3" valuetype="ref" value="images/pic3.jpg"> <param name="image4" valuetype="ref" value="images/pic4.jpg"> <param name="image5" valuetype="ref" value="images/pic5.jpg"> <param name="image6" valuetype="ref" value="images/pic6.jpg"> <param name="rotatoreffect" value="none"> </applet> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="800" bgcolor="#FFFF99"> <tr> <td width="100%" style="padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0" colspan="2"><b><font color="#FF0000" size="5"><span style="background-color: #FFFF00">** ANNOUNCEMENTS **</span></font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"><img border="0" src="images/new_yellow_blink.gif" width="28" height="11"> <u>Members</u>, mark your calendars for the next <u>SER-CAT Board Meeting, Saturday, October 18</u> at the Advanced Photon Source.  More information to come as the date approaches.</td> <td width="50%"><img border="0" src="images/new_yellow_blink.gif" width="28" height="11"> On Monday, August 25, <u>X-rays were transmitted through the BM optics for the first time!</u>  Read about this and other recent SER-CAT milestones in our <a href="news.html">news</a> section!</td> </tr> </table> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.ser-cat.org/about_menu.html" target="contents">About SER-CAT</a></font> <font face="Arial" size="2"> | </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.ser.aps.anl.gov/new/beamtime_requests_policy.html">Beamtime Request Policy</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="sched_menu.html" target="contents">Beamtime Schedules</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="exp_menu.html" target="contents">Experiments</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="mail_menu.html" target="contents">Mail-In Crystallography</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="acknowledge.html">How to Acknowledge SER-CAT & APS</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.ser.aps.anl.gov/new/links.html">Useful References</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="user_menu.html" target="contents">User Information</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">|</font><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.aps.anl.gov/aps/frame_home.html" target="_blank">Advanced Photon Source</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.anl.gov/" target="_blank">Argonne National Laboratory</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.uga.edu" target="_blank">University of Georgia</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.anl.gov/notice.html">Security & Privacy Notice</a> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2">| </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="mailto:lhoranyi@bcl4.bmb.uga.edu">E-Mail Webmaster</a></font> </body>