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Publications

DIALS Journal Articles

• Scaling diffraction data in the DIALS software package: algorithms and new approaches for multi-crystal scaling

  Beilsten-Edmands J, Winter G, Gildea R, Parkhurst J, Waterman D, Evans G.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 76, 385-399 (01 Apr 2020). [PMID:32254063]
• How best to use photons

  Winter G, Gildea RJ, Paterson NG, Beale J, Gerstel M, Axford D, Vollmar M, McAuley KE, Owen RL, Flaig R, Ashton AW, Hall DR.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 75, 242-261 (01 Mar 2019). [PMID:30950396] [PMC reprint: PMC6450062]
• Improving signal strength in serial crystallography with DIALS geometry refinement

  Brewster AS, Waterman DG, Parkhurst JM, Gildea RJ, Young ID, O’Riordan LJ, Yano J, Winter G, Evans G, Sauter NK.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 74, 877-894 (01 Sep 2018). [PMID:30198898] [PMC reprint: PMC6130462]
• Electron diffraction data processing with DIALS

  Clabbers MTB, Gruene T, Parkhurst JM, Abrahams JP, Waterman DG.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 74, 506-518 (01 06 2018). [PMID:29872002] [PMC reprint: PMC6096487]
• Determination of Patterson group symmetry from sparse multi-crystal data sets in the presence of an indexing ambiguity

  Gildea RJ, Winter G.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 74, 405-410 (01 May 2018). [PMID:29717711] [PMC reprint: PMC5930348]
• DIALS: implementation and evaluation of a new integration package

  Winter G, Waterman DG, Parkhurst JM, Brewster AS, Gildea RJ, Gerstel M, Fuentes-Montero L, Vollmar M, Michels-Clark T, Young ID, Sauter NK, Evans G.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 74, 85-97 (01 02 2018). [PMID:29533234] [PMC reprint: PMC5947772]
• Background modelling of diffraction data in the presence of ice rings

  Parkhurst JM, Thorn A, Vollmar M, Winter G, Waterman DG, Fuentes-Montero L, Gildea RJ, Murshudov GN, Evans G.

  IUCrJ 4, 626-638 (01 Sep 2017). [PMID:28989718] [PMC reprint: PMC5619854]
• Robust background modelling in DIALS

  Parkhurst JM, Winter G, Waterman DG, Fuentes-Montero L, Gildea RJ, Murshudov GN, Evans G.

  J Appl Crystallogr 49, 1912-1921 (01 Dec 2016). [PMID:27980508] [PMC reprint: PMC5139990]
• Diffraction-geometry refinement in the DIALS framework

  Waterman DG, Winter G, Gildea RJ, Parkhurst JM, Brewster AS, Sauter NK, Evans G.

  Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 72, 558-75 (1 Apr 2016). [PMID:27050135] [PMC reprint: PMC4822564]
• New methods for indexing multi-lattice diffraction data

  Gildea RJ, Waterman DG, Parkhurst JM, Axford D, Sutton G, Stuart DI, Sauter NK, Evans G, Winter G.

  Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 70, 2652-66 (1 Oct 2014). [PMID:25286849] [PMC reprint: PMC4188007]
• dxtbx: the diffraction experiment toolbox

  Parkhurst JM, Brewster AS, Fuentes-Montero L, Waterman DG, Hattne J, Ashton AW, Echols N, Evans G, Sauter NK, Winter G.

  J Appl Crystallogr 47, 1459-1465 (01 Aug 2014). [PMID:25242914] [PMC reprint: PMC4119952]
• Diffuse X-ray scattering to model protein motions

  Wall ME, Adams PD, Fraser JS, Sauter NK.

  Structure 22, 182-4 (04 Feb 2014). [PMID:24507780] [PMC reprint: PMC4070675] (Reprint)
• New Python-based methods for data processing

  Sauter NK, Hattne J, Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Echols N.

  Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 69, 1274-82 (1 Jul 2013). [PMID:23793153] [PMC reprint: PMC3689530]
• Automatic Fortran to C++ conversion with FABLE

  Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Terwilliger TC, Sauter NK, Adams PD.

  Source Code Biol Med 7, 5 (28 May 2012). [PMID:22640868] [PMC reprint: PMC3448510]

DIALS Application to XFEL Crystallography

• Structure of the toxic core of α-synuclein from invisible crystals

  Rodriguez JA, Ivanova MI, Sawaya MR, Cascio D, Reyes FE, Shi D, Sangwan S, Guenther EL, Johnson LM, Zhang M, Jiang L, Arbing MA, Nannenga BL, Hattne J, Whitelegge J, Brewster AS, Messerschmidt M, Boutet S, Sauter NK, Gonen T, Eisenberg DS.

  Nature 525, 486-90 (24 Sep 2015). [PMID:26352473] [PMC reprint: PMC4791177]
• Architecture of the synaptotagmin-SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis

  Zhou Q, Lai Y, Bacaj T, Zhao M, Lyubimov AY, Uervirojnangkoorn M, Zeldin OB, Brewster AS, Sauter NK, Cohen AE, Soltis SM, Alonso-Mori R, Chollet M, Lemke HT, Pfuetzner RA, Choi UB, Weis WI, Diao J, Südhof TC, Brunger AT.

  Nature 525, 62-7 (03 Sep 2015). [PMID:26280336] [PMC reprint: PMC4607316]
• A revised partiality model and post-refinement algorithm for X-ray free-electron laser data

  Ginn HM, Brewster AS, Hattne J, Evans G, Wagner A, Grimes JM, Sauter NK, Sutton G, Stuart DI.

  Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 71, 1400-10 (1 Jun 2015). [PMID:26057680] [PMC reprint: PMC4461207]
• Enabling X-ray free electron laser crystallography for challenging biological systems from a limited number of crystals

  Uervirojnangkoorn M, Zeldin OB, Lyubimov AY, Hattne J, Brewster AS, Sauter NK, Brunger AT, Weis WI.

  Elife 4 (17 Mar 2015). [PMID:25781634] [PMC reprint: PMC4397907]
• Structure of CPV17 polyhedrin determined by the improved analysis of serial femtosecond crystallographic data

  Ginn HM, Messerschmidt M, Ji X, Zhang H, Axford D, Gildea RJ, Winter G, Brewster AS, Hattne J, Wagner A, Grimes JM, Evans G, Sauter NK, Sutton G, Stuart DI.

  Nat Commun 6, 6435 (09 Mar 2015). [PMID:25751308] [PMC reprint: PMC4403592]
• XFEL diffraction: developing processing methods to optimize data quality

  Sauter NK.

  J Synchrotron Radiat 22, 239-48 (1 Mar 2015). [PMID:25723925] [PMC reprint: PMC4344359]
• Indexing amyloid peptide diffraction from serial femtosecond crystallography: new algorithms for sparse patterns

  Brewster AS, Sawaya MR, Rodriguez J, Hattne J, Echols N, McFarlane HT, Cascio D, Adams PD, Eisenberg DS, Sauter NK.

  Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 71, 357-66 (1 Feb 2015). [PMID:25664747] [PMC reprint: PMC4321489]
• Data Exploration Toolkit for serial diffraction experiments

  Zeldin OB, Brewster AS, Hattne J, Uervirojnangkoorn M, Lyubimov AY, Zhou Q, Zhao M, Weis WI, Sauter NK, Brunger AT.

  Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 71, 352-6 (1 Feb 2015). [PMID:25664746] [PMC reprint: PMC4321488]
• Improved crystal orientation and physical properties from single-shot XFEL stills

  Sauter NK, Hattne J, Brewster AS, Echols N, Zwart PH, Adams PD.

  Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 70, 3299-309 (01 Dec 2014). [PMID:25478847] [PMC reprint: PMC4257623] (Reprint)
• Goniometer-based femtosecond crystallography with X-ray free electron lasers

  Cohen AE, Soltis SM, González A, Aguila L, Alonso-Mori R, Barnes CO, Baxter EL, Brehmer W, Brewster AS, Brunger AT, Calero G, Chang JF, Chollet M, Ehrensberger P, Eriksson TL, Feng Y, Hattne J, Hedman B, Hollenbeck M, Holton JM, Keable S, Kobilka BK, Kovaleva EG, Kruse AC, Lemke HT, Lin G, Lyubimov AY, Manglik A, Mathews II, McPhillips SE, Nelson S, Peters JW, Sauter NK, Smith CA, Song J, Stevenson HP, Tsai Y, Uervirojnangkoorn M, Vinetsky V, Wakatsuki S, Weis WI, Zadvornyy OA, Zeldin OB, Zhu D, Hodgson KO.

  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 17122-7 (02 Dec 2014). [PMID:25362050] [PMC reprint: PMC4260607]
• Protein crystal structure obtained at 2.9 Å resolution from injecting bacterial cells into an X-ray free-electron laser beam

  Sawaya MR, Cascio D, Gingery M, Rodriguez J, Goldschmidt L, Colletier JP, Messerschmidt MM, Boutet S, Koglin JE, Williams GJ, Brewster AS, Nass K, Hattne J, Botha S, Doak RB, Shoeman RL, DePonte DP, Park HW, Federici BA, Sauter NK, Schlichting I, Eisenberg DS.

  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 12769-74 (02 Sep 2014). [PMID:25136092] [PMC reprint: PMC4156696]
• Methods development for diffraction and spectroscopy studies of metalloenzymes at X-ray free-electron lasers

  Kern J, Hattne J, Tran R, Alonso-Mori R, Laksmono H, Gul S, Sierra RG, Rehanek J, Erko A, Mitzner R, Wernet P, Bergmann U, Sauter NK, Yachandra V, Yano J.

  Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 369, 20130590 (17 Jul 2014). [PMID:24914169] [PMC reprint: PMC4052878]
• The Mn₄Ca photosynthetic water-oxidation catalyst studied by simultaneous X-ray spectroscopy and crystallography using an X-ray free-electron laser

  Tran R, Kern J, Hattne J, Koroidov S, Hellmich J, Alonso-Mori R, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Messinger J, Zouni A, Yano J, Yachandra VK.

  Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 369, 20130324 (17 Jul 2014). [PMID:24914152] [PMC reprint: PMC4052861]
• Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation using femtosecond X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy

  Kern J, Tran R, Alonso-Mori R, Koroidov S, Echols N, Hattne J, Ibrahim M, Gul S, Laksmono H, Sierra RG, Gildea RJ, Han G, Hellmich J, Lassalle-Kaiser B, Chatterjee R, Brewster AS, Stan CA, Glöckner C, Lampe A, DiFiore D, Milathianaki D, Fry AR, Seibert MM, Koglin JE, Gallo E, Uhlig J, Sokaras D, Weng TC, Zwart PH, Skinner DE, Bogan MJ, Messerschmidt M, Glatzel P, Williams GJ, Boutet S, Adams PD, Zouni A, Messinger J, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Yano J, Yachandra VK.

  Nat Commun 5, 4371 (09 Jul 2014). [PMID:25006873] [PMC reprint: PMC4151126]
• Accurate macromolecular structures using minimal measurements from X-ray free-electron lasers

  Hattne J, Echols N, Tran R, Kern J, Gildea RJ, Brewster AS, Alonso-Mori R, Glöckner C, Hellmich J, Laksmono H, Sierra RG, Lassalle-Kaiser B, Lampe A, Han G, Gul S, DiFiore D, Milathianaki D, Fry AR, Miahnahri A, White WE, Schafer DW, Seibert MM, Koglin JE, Sokaras D, Weng TC, Sellberg J, Latimer MJ, Glatzel P, Zwart PH, Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Bogan MJ, Messerschmidt M, Williams GJ, Boutet S, Messinger J, Zouni A, Yano J, Bergmann U, Yachandra VK, Adams PD, Sauter NK.

  Nat. Methods 11, 545-8 (1 May 2014). [PMID:24633409] [PMC reprint: PMC4008696]
• Simultaneous femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy and diffraction of photosystem II at room temperature

  Kern J, Alonso-Mori R, Tran R, Hattne J, Gildea RJ, Echols N, Glöckner C, Hellmich J, Laksmono H, Sierra RG, Lassalle-Kaiser B, Koroidov S, Lampe A, Han G, Gul S, Difiore D, Milathianaki D, Fry AR, Miahnahri A, Schafer DW, Messerschmidt M, Seibert MM, Koglin JE, Sokaras D, Weng TC, Sellberg J, Latimer MJ, Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Zwart PH, White WE, Glatzel P, Adams PD, Bogan MJ, Williams GJ, Boutet S, Messinger J, Zouni A, Sauter NK, Yachandra VK, Bergmann U, Yano J.

  Science 340, 491-5 (26 Apr 2013). [PMID:23413188] [PMC reprint: PMC3732582]
• Room temperature femtosecond X-ray diffraction of photosystem II microcrystals

  Kern J, Alonso-Mori R, Hellmich J, Tran R, Hattne J, Laksmono H, Glöckner C, Echols N, Sierra RG, Sellberg J, Lassalle-Kaiser B, Gildea RJ, Glatzel P, Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Latimer MJ, McQueen TA, DiFiore D, Fry AR, Messerschmidt M, Miahnahri A, Schafer DW, Seibert MM, Sokaras D, Weng TC, Zwart PH, White WE, Adams PD, Bogan MJ, Boutet S, Williams GJ, Messinger J, Sauter NK, Zouni A, Bergmann U, Yano J, Yachandra VK.

  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 109, 9721-6 (19 Jun 2012). [PMID:22665786] [PMC reprint: PMC3382516]

DIALS Synchrotron Applications

• Conformational dynamics of a crystalline protein from microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations and diffuse X-ray scattering

  Wall ME, Van Benschoten AH, Sauter NK, Adams PD, Fraser JS, Terwilliger TC.

  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 17887-92 (16 Dec 2014). [PMID:25453071] [PMC reprint: PMC4273327]
• Tightly integrated single- and multi-crystal data collection strategy calculation and parallelized data processing in JBluIce beamline control system

  Pothineni SB, Venugopalan N, Ogata CM, Hilgart MC, Stepanov S, Sanishvili R, Becker M, Winter G, Sauter NK, Smith JL, Fischetti RF.

  J Appl Crystallogr 47, 1992-1999 (01 Dec 2014). [PMID:25484844] [PMC reprint: PMC4248568] (Reprint)

DIALS Newsletter Articles

• XFEL Detectors and ImageCIF

  Brewster AS, Hattne J, Parkhurst JM, Waterman DG, Bernstein HJ, Winter G, Sauter NK.

  Computational Crystallography Newsletter 5, 19-24 (2014).
• The DIALS framework for integration software

  Waterman DG, Winter G, Parkhurst JM, Fuentes-Montero L, Hattne J, Brewster A, Sauter NK, Evans G.

  CCP4 Newsletter on Protein Crystallography 49, 16-19 (2013).

  (Reprint)
• Viewing diffraction images in CCTBX

  Echols N, Hattne J, Gildea RJ, Adams PD, Sauter NK.

  Computational Crystallography Newsletter 3, 14-17 (2012).
• An extremely fast spotfinder for real-time beamline applications

  Sauter NK.

  Computational Crystallography Newsletter 2, 93 (2011).

DIALS Reports

• DIALS Framework Report

  • The requirements for and the design of the DIALS framework is described in this report, submitted as the first project deliverable for the BioStruct-X 18 month report.