Re: [ccp4bb] use of siliconized cover glass

2009-04-30 Thread Ed Pozharski
Should help if you use detergents and, of course, they are cheaper. On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 15:38 -0400, Sang Hoon Joo wrote: I sometimes notice people using non-siliconized cover glass and it makes me wonder what pros and cons we can think about using siliconized glass... any suggestions?

[ccp4bb] Hanging vs. Sitting

2009-04-30 Thread Jacob Keller
I have noticed that a significant majority of crystallizations are done in hanging- rather than sitting-drop configuration, and considering the significant extra labor involved in hanging drops, can only understand this preference as a historical bias. I understand that sometimes one technique

Re: [ccp4bb] Hanging vs. Sitting

2009-04-30 Thread Poul Nissen
We often find results to be very different between hanging and sitting drops (equilibration kinetics for one may be the explanation). Then there's the good thing of hanging drops that crystals rarely stick to the surface of the support facilitating the mounting procedure, in particular for

Re: [ccp4bb] use of siliconized cover glass

2009-04-30 Thread Lin Chen
Drops tend to spread and flatten on non-siliconized cover glass, which is why people use siliconized cover slides despite the cost. We recently find some places sell siliconized cover slides at much lower prices, These are not as fancy as the Hampton ones in terms of packaging, but worked

[ccp4bb] Postdoctoral position available in Bethesda, Maryland, USA

2009-04-30 Thread Shuishu Wang
Postdoctoral Position in Protein Crystallography A postdoctoral position is available immediately at the Department of Biochemistry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to perform structural and biochemical research on potential drug target proteins from Mycobacterium

Re: [ccp4bb] Hanging vs. Sitting

2009-04-30 Thread Bostjan Kobe
There is really not much difference in terms of setup between hanging and sitting drop, especially if the drops are set up on tape. Visualization is also usually easier with hanging drops. Bostjan On 1/05/09 1:37 AM, Poul Nissen p...@mb.au.dk wrote: We often find results to be very different

Re: [ccp4bb] use of siliconized cover glass

2009-04-30 Thread Lin Chen
Dear Bernhard and all others who asked for this information: The place we order siliconized cover slides: Atlantic SciTech Group, Inc. 601 E. Linden Ave. Linden, NJ 07036, USA Phone: Tel. 800-720-9483; Fax 877-765-6616 E-mail: sa...@astginc.com www.astginc.com lin - Original Message -

Re: [ccp4bb] Hanging vs. Sitting

2009-04-30 Thread Frank von Delft
Hi, I beg to differ. Evaporation rates change dramatically between a drop lying on a flat surface open to air flow; a drop lying in a depression; and a drop lying in a depression with some reservoir solution next to it. We're talking seconds to minutes. So especially when using robotics

[ccp4bb] Call for proposals for biodeuteration [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-04-30 Thread DUFF, Anthony
The (Australian) National Deuteration Facility has issued a call for proposals for protein and DNA deuteration services. The deadline for this first call is May 8, 2009. Deuteration may be necessary or desirable for: * Neutron crystallography * Neutron scattering (e.g. SANS, neutron

Re: [ccp4bb] Hanging vs. Sitting

2009-04-30 Thread Debajyoti Dutta
Hi, From the experiance of mine I can tell you that the crystal size sometimes matters between these two methods. Hanging drop may yield bigger crystals than sitting drop, that may be due to the evaporation rate(surface area). Hanging drop allow us to set different protocols also like free