Dear Friends and Colleagues, as part of the IUCr conference in Calgary (https://www.iucr2026.org/), two microsymposia will be held on 18 August 2026 in honour of George Sheldrick:
*George Sheldrick's contributions to crystallographic computing have left an indelible mark on the field. Sheldrick's innovations have been instrumental in advancing structural science through the development of SHELX, a suite of programs that revolutionized chemical structure determination and was extended to applications in mineralogy, with the flexibility to handle twinning and disorder, and in biology, notably experimental phasing and refinement. This special session will celebrate his legacy, featuring talks on the impact of his algorithms, the evolution of structure refinement, and the influence of SHELX in modern crystallographic workflows. Colleagues and researchers who have built upon his work will discuss past achievements, ongoing developments, and future directions inspired by his contributions.* Invited speakers are John Helliwell, Manchester University, Stefanie Freitag-Pohl, Durham University, Anna Lübben, Bruker, Madhumati Sevvana, Sanofi, Soheil Mahmoudi, Universität Wien and Qinjung Ma, Institute of Oceanology, Qingdao. We cordially invite you to submit an abstract for one of the two MS. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 February. Hoping to see you at both microsymposia, Isabel and Regine Please, consider contacting us if you would like to contribute but are excluded by the incompatibility or abstracts across sessions in the IUCr meeting. We may work out inclusive solutions the organisers can agree to. -- ICREA Res. Prof. Isabel Usón Crystallographic Methods Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council; Barcelona Science Park, Helix Building, 08028 Barcelona (Spain) http://chango.ibmb.csic.es/ARCIMBOLDO http://shelx.uni-goettingen.de ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
