Lab worker charged with destroying protein crystals

摘要

A former employee who allegedly destroyed US$500,000 worth of protein crystal samples at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, was arrested and charged last week with wilfully ruining government property. Silvya Oommachen, until July a researchrnassociate at SLAC's Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG), removed 4,000-5,000 protein crystals from three SLAC freezers at some point between 17 and 20 July, according to an FBI affidavit.