Well - we ought to be! There is an awful lot of unpredictable slog goes on before we have the fun! Eleanor
On 13 February 2014 12:50, Mike S <mds...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry, but did you just use the words "crystallographers" and "modest" > in the same sentence? :-) > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Eleanor Dodson <eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk> > wrote: >> >> I agree with Frank - it keeps crystallographers modest to know how >> challenging wet lab stuff still is.. >> Eleanor >> >> On 12 February 2014 19:23, Robbie Joosten <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> > It's not an e-mail bulletin board, but Researchgate seems to be quite >> > popular for wet lab questions. IMO the Q&A section of the social network >> > is >> > a bit messy. That said, the quality seems to improve gradually. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Robbie >> > >> > Sent from my Windows Phone >> > ________________________________ >> > Van: Paul Emsley >> > Verzonden: 12-2-2014 19:23 >> > Aan: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK >> > Onderwerp: Re: [ccp4bb] Sister CCPs >> > >> > >> > On 12/02/14 15:59, George Sheldrick wrote: >> >> It would be so nice to have a 'sister CCP' for questions aboud wet-lab >> >> problems that have nothing to do with CCP4 or crystallographic >> >> computing, The is clearly a big need for it, and those of us who try >> >> to keep out of wet-labs would not have to wade though it all. >> > >> > >> > FWIW, the remit of CCP4BB, held at jiscmail-central, is describes as: >> > >> > /The CCP4BB mailing list is for discussions on the use of the CCP4 >> > suite, and macromolecular crystallography in general./ >> > >> > >> > >> > Thus wet-lab questions are not off-topic (not that anyone recently >> > described them as such). >> > >> > Having said that, Jiscmail mailing lists are easy to set-up (providing >> > that you can reasonably expect that the mailing list will improve >> > knowledge sharing within the UK centered academic community) and >> > relatively low maintenance. I, for one, would not be entirely unhappy to >> > miss out on questions about lysis. >> > >> > Paul. > >
