Alan Riboldi‐Tunnicliffe
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australian Synchrotron
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About
Alan Riboldi‑Tunnicliffe is a leading beamline scientist and protein crystallographer whose work has been instrumental in advancing synchrotron‑based structural biology in Australia. His primary research focuses on the design, commissioning, and optimization of high‑flux microfocus beamlines for macromolecular crystallography, with a particular emphasis on enabling automated, high‑throughput data collection for challenging biological samples. Riboldi‑Tunnicliffe’s most significant contribution is his central role in developing the MX2 beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, a state‑of‑the‑art in‑vacuum undulator facility that delivers hard X‑rays from 4.8 to 21 keV with a flux of 3.4 × 10¹² photons/s at 13 keV and a microfocus spot of just 22 × 12 µm. This beamline, which serves both the chemical and macromolecular crystallography communities, has become a workhorse for structure determination in the Southern Hemisphere, accumulating over 540 citations since its 2018 description. He has also pioneered semi‑autonomous robotic systems for harvesting protein crystals, reducing manual intervention and enabling remote access. His work has directly supported hundreds of structural biology projects, from drug‑target complexes to viral proteins, cementing his reputation as a key enabler of Australian synchrotron science.
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