1. Protein Society, 7/26/99 Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source Thomas A. Weber Director, Materials Research National Science Foundation tweber@nsf.gov

2. Protein Society, 7/26/99 CHESS Facility Uses X-rays from CESR CHESS & MacCHESS - 5 beam lines & 10 stations CHESS five year renewal in April of 1998

3. Protein Society, 7/26/99 Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR)

4. Protein Society, 7/26/99 CESR Review Cahn Panel: Field of B physics (1/98) Nine ad hoc mail reviews (2-5/98) Peccei Panel: Cooperative agreement and research program (4/98) Upgrade Review Panel (10/98)

5. Protein Society, 7/26/99 CESR Budget History and Recommendation FY 62-93:$256M FY 94-98:$77.4M(operating) FY 94-98:$26.3M(upgrade) FY 99:$9.25M(bridge funding) FY 99-03:$88.183M(recommended)

6. Protein Society, 7/26/99

7. The G-line

8. Protein Society, 7/26/99 CHESS Funding NSF recommendation (4/1/98) –$16.481 M over sixty months –includes $2.706 M from NIH

9. Protein Society, 7/26/99 NSF Support of Macromolecular Crystallography 82 active grants, > $32 M –structural biology research –biochemistry related to structural biology –instrumentation and software development –database management systems In addition –protein data bank –new beam lines planned at ALS and CAMD