Re: [ccp4bb] Rejected posting to CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

2010-04-15 Thread Tim Gruene
Dear Bill, as I pointed out in my previous post I have the impression that using wish (instead of bltwish) libblt provided in Debian stable now works fine with ccp4, including loggraph etc. So it might be too late for a complaint, although my statement is based only on a first impression rather

Re: [ccp4bb] To model or not to model...

2010-04-15 Thread Thomas Lütteke
Dear Katherine, I would like to add a futher point to this discussion: If you do model residues with poor or no electron density, then you should be sure of what you are doing and not just make more or less unguided guesses. This seems obvious but unfortunately it isn't, at least not to

Re: [ccp4bb] To model or not to model...

2010-04-15 Thread Anastassis Perrakis
On Apr 15, 2010, at 10:08, Thomas Lütteke wrote: Dear Katherine, I would like to add a futher point to this discussion: If you do model residues with poor or no electron density, then you should be sure of what you are doing and not just make more or less unguided guesses. This seems

Re: [ccp4bb] Cryo Vs crystal size

2010-04-15 Thread Anastassis Perrakis
Hi - My two cents: First, you say: I assume the bigger crystal might have lot of solvent which prevent for high resolution. If it is true what could be the best way to dehydrate crystal without affecting crystal quality? I think this assumption is confusing. If the crystals were grown in

[ccp4bb] Stabilization of sensitive crystals - use of glutaraldehyde

2010-04-15 Thread Maria Håkansson
Dear All, I have a question about the use of glutaraldehyde as a cross-linking agent. It is a practical question. The glutaraldehyde you can buy from Sigma- Aldrich contains a mixture of polymers according to the product information with an increasing number of polymers with increasing pH.

Re: [ccp4bb] Cryo Vs crystal size

2010-04-15 Thread Mark J. van Raaij
and don't forget to check diffraction without freezing. Mark On 15 April 2010 10:37, Anastassis Perrakis a.perra...@nki.nl wrote: Hi - My two cents: First, you say: I assume the bigger crystal might have lot of solvent which prevent for high resolution. If it is true what could be the

Re: [ccp4bb] Phasing statistics

2010-04-15 Thread MARTYN SYMMONS
Sorry - I had not twigged that this was a SAD discussion. In this case DM is as you say gonna save you from bimodal ambiguities - as we all know that is why the FOMs get so much better during DM - but that seems fine to me as it is pretty much new information coming in from the solvent

Re: [ccp4bb] xorg.conf set-up for Ubuntu with NVIDIA 980 xgl and Crystal Eyes

2010-04-15 Thread Roger Rowlett
Ensure that these lines are somewhere in your xorg.conf file: # - Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "nvidia" Option "Stereo" "3" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection

[ccp4bb] Proportion of MR in the PDB

2010-04-15 Thread Nicholas keep
Does anyone have a good estimate of the proportion of molecular replacement structures in the PDB? I tried using the search tools at RCSB and PDBe. The PDBe gives 55.1% but apparently only 3411 structures have phase determination information recorded, so this does not look to be terribly

Re: [ccp4bb] Cryo Vs crystal size

2010-04-15 Thread Andy Torelli
You've gotten some helpful replies already. I have found the following reference to be helpful in understanding some of the physics behind damage incurred during the crystal cooling process and a general strategy to help avoid it. It expands upon what's already been said - that larger

[ccp4bb] PhD fellowship University of Copenhagen: Nicotinic acetylcholine alpha4beta2 receptor model systems

2010-04-15 Thread Michael Gajhede
General announcement and how to apply: http://www.farma.ku.dk/index.php?id=8206 Project description: http://www.farma.ku.dk/index.php/Project-6/8214/0/ Deadline for applications: Monday 3 May 2010 at 12 o'clock noon About the group: http://www.farma.ku.dk/BR/ Please contact me if you wish

[ccp4bb] Gordon Research Conference on Diffraction Methods

2010-04-15 Thread A Leslie
The biannual Gordon Conference on Diffraction Methods in Structural Biology will be held at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine from 18-23rd July. The program covers all aspects of macromolecular structure solution from crystallization to structure solution and refinement and includes

[ccp4bb] Summary: Phasing statistics

2010-04-15 Thread Harmer, Nicholas
Dear Colleagues, I am very grateful to everyone who contributed to the discussion regarding phasing statistics that I initiated. I certainly found it very informative. Below is a summary of the technical responses that I regarding this problem. 1) Use some of the statistics that SHELXD and

[ccp4bb] Crystallography training

2010-04-15 Thread Neela Yennawar
Dear All, Attached is information about a new X-ray crystallography training program being introduced at Pennsylvania State University. Deadline for registering is May 1st 2010. Kindly pass it along to anybody that may be interested in such an opportunity. Thank you Neela attachment:

[ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread harry powell
Hi Not a question about films for recording X-rays on, but a question about films about X-rays, Crystallography and related subjects! I was wondering what ccp4bbers favourite movies involving real science, especially crystallography might be? If they're from Hollywood, though, I'd guess

[ccp4bb] crystallography movies

2010-04-15 Thread james . phillips
Both the original movie and the made-for-TV movies of The Andromeda Strain had short references to crystallography, the first in how the strain was organized, the second in how a message from the future was encoded in buckyball nanotechnology crystal. Perhaps this is why they are my favorite

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Brad Bennett
Hi Harry- X-ray crystallography played an integral part in discoveries made in Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain. Mainly it was used to determine the elemental composition and arrangement of the capsid or shell that the foreign organism was found within. Best- Brad On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at

Re: [ccp4bb] bacillus protein expression

2010-04-15 Thread Brad Bennett
Hi Amit- We used a well-expressing soluble protein fusion (SUMO) at the N-term of a couple of B. anthracis proteins that we were trying to produce in E. coli, which improved the soluble yield of both targets tremendously. The disadvantage of a fusion is of course you produce a non-native protein-

[ccp4bb] composite omit map in CCP4

2010-04-15 Thread weikai
Hi Folks, Is there an easy way to generate a composite omit map using CCP4? I know this has been discussed a few times before. But has anybody written some new programs recently? Regards, Weikai

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Chayne Piscitelli
The documentary Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist is definitely a must-see film. It captures the story of life and science in a crystallography lab, that of Dr. Larry Shapiro at Columbia University, and follows the graduate students journey of fortune and misfortune that

[ccp4bb] Summary of replies: bacillus protein expression

2010-04-15 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi all, I am highly thankful to all of you for very useful replies. The following are the list of the replies to the query. Query: Hi all, Sorry for a non-ccp4 query. I will highly appreciate your comments on the expression: I am trying to express HIS tagged ~60 kDa cytosolic protein from

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Brock Schuman
Wrath of Khan On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chayne Piscitelli pisci...@ohsu.edu wrote: The documentary Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist is definitely a must-see film.  It captures the story of life and science in a crystallography lab, that of Dr. Larry Shapiro at Columbia

Re: [ccp4bb] crystallography movies

2010-04-15 Thread Gary Ratner
Well, the original movie was reasonably well done. But the made for TV version is deeply rewarding, for all the wrong reasons, being so bad, it's good. SPOILER ALERT: Read no further if you want to truly enjoy the the silliest four minutes in the history of made-for-television movies,

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread David Briggs
Terminator 3 - IIRC, a synchrotron strips the fluid-metal exoskeleton off of TX - that counts, right? -- Delivered via an Android. On Apr 15, 2010 9:07 PM, Brock Schuman bro...@gmail.com wrote: Wrath of Khan On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chayne Piscitelli pisci...@ohsu.edu wrote: The

[ccp4bb] Postdoctoral position in protein crystallography at Emory University

2010-04-15 Thread Eric Ortlund
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AT EMORY UNIVERSITY A postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Biochemistry at Emory University (Atlanta, GA). This position has been funded for two years to support an NIH R01 grant aimed at understanding the structural and

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Steven Herron
The Race for the Double Helix (2004) http://www.amazon.com/Race-Double-Helix-VHS-Pigott-Smith/dp/6303247911/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=dvdqid=1271365899sr=1-1 When crystallography was on FILMS not CCD's:) Eva Kirchner wrote: favourite movies involving real science The Dark Crystal (1982)!

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Robyn Stanfield
I'm not sure there was actually any science in the movie, but 'The Incredible Hulk' had some opening scenes shot at the beautiful ALS synchrotron... and I just want to point out that I only saw that movie because my kids made me! Took a lot of junk food to make it through that one -Robyn

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread James Stroud
Mike Carson claims that the spinning DNA in the computer monitor in Jurassic Park was the product of the Ribbons software package: http://www.cbse.uab.edu/carson/ James On Apr 15, 2010, at 9:16 AM, harry powell wrote: Hi Not a question about films for recording X-rays on, but a

[ccp4bb] THANKS Cryo Shipping!!

2010-04-15 Thread xaravich ivan
Thanks everyone for letting me know its canister. I had a different idea of a canister. I really appreciate all your replies.Instead of replying individually, I am sending this common email. Thanks again, Ivan

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Daniel Anderson
(What is in the Hollywood district other than tourists looking for Hollywood?) I have a silly anecdote that does not answer Harry's question: It must have been 1995 or 1996, the Beckman sales representative appeared at my desk on a Friday afternoon without an appointment, but carrying a

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread Paul Emsley
Did I see a PyMol screenshot (or something very like it) at the beginning of Avatar? James Stroud wrote: Mike Carson claims that the spinning DNA in the computer monitor in Jurassic Park was the product of the Ribbons software package: http://www.cbse.uab.edu/carson/

Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films

2010-04-15 Thread xaravich ivan
Right you are, Chayne, I think it should be shown to every Protein crystallographer graduate student on their first day in the lab. ivan On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chayne Piscitelli pisci...@ohsu.eduwrote: The documentary Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist is definitely a