Autoscore Protein Drops with MARCO and Rock Maker Video

One bottleneck to protein crystallography is manually scoring those protein drop images, which is often very time-consuming and tedious.

With the advent of machine learning has come the ability to have a computer algorithm analyze and score protein drop images. One such technology is the MAchine Recognition of Crystallization Outcomes or MARCO, which can score a 96 well- 1 drop plate in under 3 minutes, with an accuracy of ~94%. MARCO automatically provides a probability of a drop image being either a crystal, precipitate, clear, or other.

MARCO is now integrated in ROCK MAKER and can automatically score your drops with just a few clicks.