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main entrance door Left side of Hallway Collections in the left side of the hallway Front of A423 Front of A421 and A423 Front of A421B Hallway near computing area Left side of the hallway Left side of Hallway Collections in the left side of the hallway The left side of the hallway Hallway Hallway Hallway Right side of the hallway Right side of the hallway Right side of the hallway The right side of the hallway cabinet Hallway in the IUMSC Middle of Hallway Hallway Hallway main entrance door SMART Live scene of A421B from web-cam Live scene of crystal mounting area from web-cam Live scene of conference area from web-cam Southwest Area of A423 Southeast Area of A423 A423C from the window Conference Area in A421 main entrance of IUMSC computing area sample Submission Area Display Table John-e-box A421B,Computing area A421C,  staff Office / Computer Lab A423A, staff Office / Computer Lab A421A A423C, Bay1 Area SCINTAG Video Image of A423E, Bay 3 A423 hallway from the rear door Hallway in the Northeastern Area of A423 A423F, Bay4 Area A423J, Mechanical room A423H, Dark room A423G, Development lab A423E, Bay3 Area Video Image from SMART 6000 Picker2 in A423E Picker1 in A423E R-AXIS SMART Video Image of A423E, Bay 3 Video image of A423F, Bay4 Video image of A423D, Bay 2 Video image of A423 middlewest area microscope Live scene of bay1 area from web-cam Northwest Area of A423 Southwest Area of A423 Northeast Area of A423 Southeast Area of A423 A423E from the window A423D from the window A423C from the window Hallway in the Northeastern Area of A423 A423F, Bay4 Area A423B, Director's Office / Computer Lab A423A, staff Office / Computer Lab A423E, Bay3 Area A423D, Bay2 Area A423C, Bay1 Area

The above is a clickable image map. Click your mouse on the area of the lab you wish to look at. A good place to start is the main entrance in the top-left. Click on the A421 room number in the image above. Click here to see a live picture of the laboratory.


The Indiana University Molecular Structure Center (IUMSC) occupies a 4000 sq. ft. laboratory on the fourth floor of the Chemistry Building. Visitors to the facility enter through A421, located in the southwest corner of the floor. Immediately behind the hallway is the computing area and the conference area. This room is designed so that researchers can have ready access to the facility during the day. The computers available are used to access the crystallographic databases maintained by the IUMSC, as well as the specialized crystallographic software.

Room A421A contains the IUMSC web server and the Beowulf molecular rendering system. A421C is the office for the IUMSC Computer Informatics Scientist (Dr. John Bollinger). The X-ray laboratory, A423, is visible through windows in the north wall of the open computing room. Access to A423 is restricted to minimize the risks associated with the x-ray generating equipment and cryogenic fluids in use.

The central part of A423 houses microscopes and crystal mounting equipment, as well as the control computers for the various diffractometer systems located in the instrument bays. Four equipment bays are located on the west and north sides of the X-ray laboratory. These bays house the single-crystal and powder goniostats used in the laboratory.

Rooms A423B and A423A are the offices for the Director and the other professional staff of the IUSMC. These rooms, as well as the instrument bays, have large windows so that the staff can easily monitor any students working in the facility.

A development laboratory, A423G, contains experimental systems that are under construction as well as repair and calibration facilities for the laboratory. Precession, Weissenburg and powder diffraction cameras are available in the development laboratory. A well equipped darkroom is available (A423H) adjacent to the development laboratory. A mechanical equipment room (A423J) contains the chill water system for the laboratory, as well as two Philips liquid nitrogen generators which supply both the gaseous and liquid nitrogen for the laboratory.

Visiting the IUMSC
Laboratory Chemistry Building A421
Phone: (812) 855-6604
FAX: (812) 855-8300 or (812) 855-9433
ftp server: ftp.chem.indiana.edu


Mailing Address
Indiana University Molecular Structure Center
Chemistry Building A421
800 East Kirkwood Ave.
Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405-7102
Indiana University
Indiana University Molecular Structure Center. Chemistry, A421, Indiana University, 800 E, Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, 812.855.6742
Last updated: 13 October, 2006 | Comments: iumsc@indiana.edu | Copyright 2005, The Trustees of Indiana University, Copyright Complaints