Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Newman, Janet (Manufacturing, Parkville)
"I think my behaviour is in the allowed region, but others think I'm a right out liar" Janet Newman Principal Scientist / Director, Collaborative Crystallisation Centre (C3) CSIRO Material Science and Engineering 343 Royal Parade Parkville. VIC. 3052 Australia Tel +613 9662 7326 Email

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Nigel Moriarty
Everybody enjoys me modelling a protein, but not when I'm modelling shorts! Or Crocs. Nice legs! :-) Cheers Nigel --- Nigel W. Moriarty Building 33R0349, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720-8235 Phone : 510-486-5709 Email

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Lijun Liu
Not sure if it is of the taste but I sometimes joked like: == It is a complex that it is a complex when a ligand rather than a water binds there. I worry about data security when running TLS, so to computer security when using TNT. I keep solving important

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Tristan Croll
Everyone keeps telling me I look terrible, but I'm unphased... On 2019-08-15 12:42, Gerard DVD Kleywegt wrote: Dear CCP4BB-ers, Once again I turn to you in my hour of need. I *urgently* need a side-splittingly funny, and ideally punny, structure-related sentence/statement/claim/expression to

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Gerard DVD Kleywegt
“Can I speed up structure solution using different phases”…?? I’ll get my coat. [Gerard - what is the audience? Crystallographers vs general public might make a difference..!] Sorry - I should have mentioned that. It's all employees of the European Bioinformatics Institute, so a mix of

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Thomas Edwards
“Can I speed up structure solution using different phases”…?? I’ll get my coat. [Gerard - what is the audience? Crystallographers vs general public might make a difference..!] Ed T.A.Edwards Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry Deputy Head of School _

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D.
You're welcome to boo this one down, but how about something like, "With a some coaxing, a protein can be X-cited to expose its structure." I think that's poor, but maybe it's a starting point. -Daniel On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 7:42 AM Gerard DVD Kleywegt wrote: > Dear CCP4BB-ers, > > Once

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Gerard DVD Kleywegt
Thanks Bill. No need to restrict it to proteins - nucleic acids are fine (old chestnut: "DNA helicase unzips your genes!"), molecular machines are fine, even cellular structure is in scope. (If I still did crystallography, I could have gone with: "You don't have to use MAD to work here, but

Re: [ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread William G. Scott
After reflecting on this a bit, I rejected anything dealing with glide planes, and although I initially thought I had something good involving a screw axis of evil, I decided it, too, would probably be lost in translation, not to mention a bit dated. Perhaps something more current, involving

[ccp4bb] [OT] Structure-related pun needed urgently

2019-08-15 Thread Gerard DVD Kleywegt
Dear CCP4BB-ers, Once again I turn to you in my hour of need. I *urgently* need a side-splittingly funny, and ideally punny, structure-related sentence/statement/claim/expression to put in a speech bubble attached to a life-size bobblehead version of yours truly (don't ask)! I know there