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Life Science X-ray Scattering (LiX) beamline, 16-ID

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The LiX beamline is part of the Biological, Environmental, & Planetary Science Division (BEPSD) and Center for BioMolecular Structure. It is jointly funded by NIH/NIGMS and DOE-BER, which allow us to develop instrumentation suitable for research primarily in structural biology, biophysics, biomaterials, and biofuel. The two major experiments supported at LiX include biomolecular solution scattering & microbeam scanning/mapping.

Beamline schedule

• Current cycle: 2026-1 (pdf, web)
• Upcoming cycle: 2026-2
• Past schedules

Configurations

Solution scattering	Scanning mapping and tomography	General-purpose

Planned upgrade and on-going development

updated Mar 2025

• Scattering detector upgrade
• Robot upgrade
• Multi-modal data analysis in-line LC
• Co-flow for in-line LC
• Sample delivery using droplet injectors for specialized experiments

Proposal guide

LiX accepts several types of user proposals.

• General User, Rapid Access, Block Allocation Groups, Joint Bio-SAXS/Bio-SANS, and Proprietary
  • Rapid access (RA): valid for 1 cycle; submit any time
  • General user (GU): valid for 1 year; multiple beamlines
  • Block allocation group (BAG): valid for 2 years; multiple beamlines
• Deadlines: Jan 31 (cycle 2), May 31 (cycle 3), Sep 30 (cycle 1 the following year)
• Remember to submit beam time requests when you have an active GU proposal and reach out to beamline staff for scheduling