Dear all, dear John, Thanks for the replies and references! I like the ice cream tub setup.
Best wishes, Tobias. On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Jrh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tobias, > There is also this one :- http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889801007245 > In this study we had to use a smaller crystal than the largest ones > available of 125mm3. They were a lovely rhombic dodecahedral crystal habit. > Nb we only published details of the size of the one used. These crystals > were grown by Joseph Gilboa at The Weizmann Institute, who we miss dearly. > See the appreciation of Joseph by Felix Frolow and myself at > http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889810006941 > Yours sincerely, > John > > Prof John R Helliwell DSc FInstP CPhys FRSC CChem F Soc Biol. > Chair School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Athena Swan Team. > http://www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/athena/index.html > > > > On 24 Oct 2013, at 16:33, Tobias Beck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I was just wondering if anyone has some information or references about > the dimensions of the largest protein crystal ever grown? I am aware that > for neutron protein crystallography one usually needs crystals with mm > dimensions. I have found some information on crystallization under > micro-gravity and how this can enlarge the crystal size. However, I would > rather be interested in the dimensions for crystals obtained from a regular > lab setup. > > Thanks, Tobias. > > -- > ___________________________________________ > > Dr. Tobias Beck > ETH Zurich > Laboratory of Organic Chemistry > Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, HCI F 322 > 8093 Zurich, Switzerland > phone: +41 44 632 68 65 > fax: +41 44 632 14 86 > web: http://www.protein.ethz.ch/people/tobias > ___________________________________________ > > -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Tobias Beck ETH Zurich Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, HCI F 322 8093 Zurich, Switzerland phone: +41 44 632 68 65 fax: +41 44 632 14 86 web: http://www.protein.ethz.ch/people/tobias ___________________________________________
