We used a microfluidic platform to address the problems of obtaining diffraction quality crystals and crystal handling during transfer to the X-ray diffractometer. We optimize crystallization conditions of a pharmaceutical protein and collect X-ray data both in situ and ex situ.
@article{arxiv.1704.06301,
title = {Crystallization via tubing microfluidics permits both in situ and ex situ X-ray diffraction},
author = {Charline Gerard and Gilles Ferry and Laurent Vuillard and Jean A Boutin and Léonard Chavas and Tiphaine Huet and Nathalie Ferte and Romain Grossier and Nadine Candoni and Stéphane Veesler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06301},
year = {2017}
}