Max Robotics — Global Service Robot Directory + US Certification

About

W. Tempel is a structural biologist whose work has significantly advanced the field of high-throughput protein crystallography. As a key contributor to the Southeast Collaboratory for Structural Genomics (SECSG), Tempel helped pioneer automated pipelines that transformed how protein structures are determined. Their most cited work, "The high-throughput protein-to-structure pipeline at SECSG" (2005, 24 citations), describes a fully integrated system of robotics and automation capable of screening thousands of crystallization conditions and rapidly solving protein structures. This pipeline dramatically reduced the time and labor traditionally required for structural determination, enabling large-scale structural genomics initiatives. By streamlining the process from gene to structure, Tempel's contributions have accelerated the discovery of novel protein folds and functional insights, impacting fields from drug discovery to enzymology. Their work exemplifies how automation and systematic approaches can overcome bottlenecks in structural biology, making protein structure determination more accessible and efficient for the broader scientific community.