<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European X-ray <br>Free Electron Laser (XFEL) at DESY, Hamburg, Germany, have a keen <br>interest in the development of FEL-based applications in structural <br>biology. Within this framework the EMBL, together with international <br>collaborators from Russia, Sweden and Germany, propose to construct a <br>biology infrastructure at the XFEL facility (expected completion in <br>2016) to enable biological experiments using the high brilliance, <br>ultrashort pulse duration and high repetition rate coherent X-ray radiation.<br><br>The proposed biological sample infrastructure facility will provide:<br>- support to the international life-science community in generation and <br>handling of challenging samples in immediate proximity to XFEL instruments.<br>- appropriate selection, quality control and evaluation of samples, <br>including correlative imaging, immediately prior to XFEL experiments.<br>- standardized technology for data interpretation, including computation <br>and validation of structural models.<br><br>In order to ensure efficient operation of the facility and provide <br>optimal services for the international biological community we seek your <br>input to identify the requirements necessary to support these novel <br>biological imaging experiments. We would appreciate your input in the <br>web-based questionnaire available at <br><a href="http://www.embl-hamburg.de/xfel_cgi-bin/questionnaire">http://www.embl-hamburg.de/xfel_cgi-bin/questionnaire</a><br><br>The results of this survey will be used to identify the most pressing <br>needs that should be taken into account during planning and construction <br>of the infrastructure.<br><br>We thank you in advance for your cooperation.<div><br><div>
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