Re: [ccp4bb] refmac vs shelx refinement

2007-03-07 Thread George M. Sheldrick
SHELX does not need a parameter to control the relative weights of restraints and X-ray data, it is performed automatically. However you can change the restraint esds, either individually or globally using DEFS, though the default values are generally OK. There is bound to be some difference

[ccp4bb] COOT question

2007-03-07 Thread Meier Chris (SLH)
Dear all, I have a quick question about COOT: Can the program write out maps (e.g. those generated by the 'NCS maps' averaging function) ? Thanks and best wishes, Chris Christoph Meier UCB-Celltech 216 Bath Road Slough SL1 4EN United Kingdom Tel:

[ccp4bb] Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Biological Neutron Crystallography at EMBL Grenoble

2007-03-07 Thread Stephen Cusack
*Biological Neutron Crystallography at EMBL Grenoble and the Institut Laue-Langevin* *Job description:* We seek a postdoctoral research fellow to work in the field of neutron protein crystallography using the newly upgraded neutron Laue diffractometer, LADI-III, at the Institute Laue Lamgevin

Re: [ccp4bb] Very weird

2007-03-07 Thread Edwin Pozharski
I believe Phaser places CRYST1 record at the top of an output pdb-file... Yanming, did you try lower symmetry spacegroups? Eleanor Dodson wrote: It seems very odd..in fact almost impossible. You still have 3 correct molecules I wonder if there is some error in the coordinate file? Errors I

[ccp4bb] XDS to MTZ for SOLVE

2007-03-07 Thread Santarsiero, Bernard D.
Not purely a ccp4 question, but an MTZ file is involved, so stick with me. I've collected a SAD data set, and processed with XDS. I can use XDSCONV to generate an MTZ, SHELX, and CNS file. I chose the MTZ file since it keeps the intensities. SHELX does too (the F**2), but has separate lines for

Re: [ccp4bb] XDS to MTZ for SOLVE

2007-03-07 Thread Winter, G (Graeme)
Hi, I believe that SOLVE can read MTZ format files directly so there is no need to convert it to anything else. However if you do feel the need to perform some file conversion I would get mtz2sca (google it) and convert the MTZ intensities to scalepack format, then read these in as PREMERGED.

Re: [ccp4bb] How to get rid of Membrane formed on hanging droplets?

2007-03-07 Thread Edwin Pozharski
I had some luck once cutting the crystal out of skin with a razorblade. When the skin is extremely sticky, you tend to get your crystal wrapped up in it (which may be OK - you just get more background scatter) and carefully cutting skin on all four sides may be a better option. Wang, Yeming

Re: [ccp4bb] MTZ format conversion

2007-03-07 Thread Kevin Cowtan
Does anyone have a genuine CNS file (i.e. not exported from CCP4) which has HL ABCD coeffs in it? I need the complete file, and also the spacegroup and cell. Thanks, Kevin

Re: [ccp4bb] How to get rid of Membrane formed on hanging droplets?

2007-03-07 Thread Frank von Delft
Acupuncture needles might be the answer: If you turn the drop over, the the membrane is on top and the crystals hang off it. So you stick the needle into the membrane from the side, and gently poke the crystals so they fall off the membrane to the bottom. When you've knocked all of them down,

[ccp4bb] MAX-lab beamtime

2007-03-07 Thread Thomas Ursby
___ CALL FOR PROPOSALS for experiments at the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden. Researchers using synchrotron radiation for macromolecular crystallography are invited to submit proposals for