MX3 Home page

MX3 Home page

MX3 is fully operational and offering single pin and in-tray screening modes for both protein and chemical crystallography.


Beamline Updates!

Online training was run on the 18th March 2026. The recording is available for viewing here:

New data interface software will become available to MX3 users called MXPrism. MXPrism is being developed at the Australian Synchrotron to be your interface to all you experimental results, as well as managing your samples and projects.

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Rastering map of two crystals on a grid in MXPrism
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Data processing results in MXPrism

 

MX3 beamtime is available through the Collaborative Access Program (CAP), Rapid Access, Preferred Access and Commercial Access programs.

 

Experimental capabilities will be coming online in a phased approach, so please consider this when completing your proposal.

Capabilities

Run 1 2026

Run 2 2026

Run 3 2026

Run 1 2027

Capabilities

Run 1 2026

Run 2 2026

Run 3 2026

Run 1 2027

Single pin collections

(robot mounting, attended data collection)

Available

Available

Available

Available

In-tray screening

Available

Available

Available

Available

In-tray data collection

Available

Available

Available

Available

Fixed target serial crystallography*

Expert users and commissioning

Expert users and commissioning

Available

Available

Injector serial crystallography*

Expert users and commissioning

Expert users and commissioning

Available

Available

Laser activated time-resolved crystallography*

 

Expert users and commissioning

Expert users and commissioning

Available

*These capabilities are delayed due to the MX2 upgrade

Access to MX3 is only available to BRIGHT funders. A list of BRIGHT funders can be found on the following webpage.

https://www.ansto.gov.au/facilities/australian-synchrotron/project-bright#content-partners

Running an experiment on MX3

Before your experiment

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During your experiment

 

After your experiment

Before your experiment

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During your experiment

 

After your experiment

Pucks and Pins

Remote Access

 

Sample Services

Data Collection

Data access

Sample upload

MXPrism

MXCube

Crystallisation trays

Types of Data Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

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