Apologies for the typo, I meant to say 'Bernhard'. George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-22582
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, George M. Sheldrick wrote: > > I also think that it is a very nice video and I will certainly be showing > it to my students (and relatives). However the little step between > recording the X-ray reflections and getting a final refined map might be > expanded a little. That is after all what CCP4 etc. is about! Otherwise, > despite the suggestion in the film that an expert should be consulted, we > are reinforcing the view held by many biologists and chemists that crystal > structure determination is a routine analytical method and not suitable > for an academic career. It worries me that in a couple of decades there > will be few people still active who really understand how it works. On > the other hand, Berhard's impressive new book may solve that problem (if > people still read books). > > George > > Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS > Dept. Structural Chemistry, > University of Goettingen, > Tammannstr. 4, > D37077 Goettingen, Germany > Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 > Fax. +49-551-39-22582 > > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, claude sauter wrote: > > > Narayanan Ramasubbu a écrit : > > > mb1pja wrote: > > > > Dear Fred > > > > > > > > A really nice video that would be great for giving non-crystallographers > > > > (including colleagues and 1st year students, and perhaps also friends > > > > and > > > > family) an overview of what we do. Thank you for pointing it out - and > > > > of > > > > course very many thanks to Dominique Sauter for making it. I am sure it > > > > will prove very popular. > > > > > > > > bet wishes > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > (Pete Artymiuk) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11 Nov 2009, at 09:44, Vellieux Frederic wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > > > Thought I'd share this with you: > > > > > > > > > > I located this through Ms Ines Kahlaoui, from the Beja Higher > > > > > Institute > > > > > of Biotechnology in Tunisia (Ines has to teach and locates videos on > > > > > the > > > > > internet, which she then downloads and uses for teaching). Ines > > > > > located > > > > > this jewel: > > > > > > > > > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7084929825683486794&ei=M3b5SvXqD6em2AK3jY33CQ&q=Plongee+coeur+vivant# > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the French version (explains everything about Structural > > > > > Molecular Biology, but for the maths :-( , but also shows what we > > > > > crystallographers have known for a long time, since the first colour > > > > > E&S > > > > > graphics workstations in fact, that the electron are blue :-) ). > > > > > > > > > > Both French and English versions can be downloaded from > > > > > > > > > > http://cj.sauter.free.fr/xtal/Film/ > > > > > > > > > > No rights associated with the movie, and the Strasbourg group intends > > > > > to > > > > > release a higher quality version on DVD soon. Please contact them > > > > > about > > > > > that... I am only sharing what I thought was good for educational > > > > > purposes. 18 minutes of your life, but worth it I think. So feel free > > > > > to > > > > > share this. > > > > > > > > > > Wish you all a nice day, > > > > > > > > > > Fred. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi: > > > Could someone point out the name and where to get these crystallization > > > plates used in the video? > > > By the way, this is a wonderful video. > > > Subbu > > > > > > > > > Dear Subbu and dear xtal lovers, > > > > the fancy plates used in the video are Nextal EasyXtal plates which are now > > sold by Qiagen. > > > > Concerning the video (thank you Fred for you kind advertisement!), the final > > version (English/French) will be available in DVD very soon, as well as divx > > and flash formats, we are working hard to get them ready by Christmas. This > > material will be released under the Creative Commons licence to make it > > easily > > accessible for all kind of education / teaching purposes. > > > > I'll keep you informed as soon as the final version is ready. > > > > Claude > > > > > > -- > > Dr Claude Sauter > > Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC-ARN-CNRS) > > Cristallogenèse & Biologie Structurale tel +33 (0)388 417 102 > > 15 rue René Descartes fax +33 (0)388 602 218 > > F-67084 Strasbourg - France http://cj.sauter.free.fr/xtal > >
