[ccp4bb] Access to the Australian Synchrotron - covid-19 [DLM=For-Official-Use-Only]

Dear Researchers, In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to reach out and support the efforts of those of our user community working in this field of research. ANSTO would like to offer special rapid access to the MX2 Macromolecular Crystallography Beamline for users

[ccp4bb] Online Drug development/discovery seminar series ?

Hello everyone, Just came to know about a lipid signaling lecture series organised via Zoom for anyone to attend. In a similar fashion, are there such seminar series happening on Drug development? This would be an excellent opportunity in quarantine times to learn more and be updated in this

Re: [ccp4bb] Coot 0.9 Released

On 02/04/2020 16:59, Aleksandr Sverzhinsky wrote: This is great! Yes it is. It is a big change from the 0.8 series. Do you have an idea when this version will be available for WinCoot? This is a frequently asked question, more so recently - perhaps because many people are working at

Re: [ccp4bb] SARS-CoV-2 test on a smartphone

Jurgen, that *was *interesting. (Strange how your hair came and went during the talk, leaving you bald sometimes - but of course that didn't matter ! ;) Did you know that coronavirus was first isolated at 33C and that this temperature may be required for isolation?

Re: [ccp4bb] SARS-CoV-2 test on a smartphone

To be honest I would set up reasonably equipped test centers - yes I realize that sample shipping is a drag - but probably still cheaper than in other countries. There are foundations with good budgets for this and the machinery is much more affordable these days. Again there would be no need for

Re: [ccp4bb] SARS-CoV-2 test on a smartphone

Hi Artem, How would you do this in resource limited countries? I think James idea is pointing toward that direction, deliver an easy to apply reagent, take your phone and detect. It still is challenging in most African countries but more doable, there are more smartphones e.g. older Android &

Re: [ccp4bb] SARS-CoV-2 test on a smartphone

For DIY fanatics out there: Step 1. Express reverse polymerase (single subunit one for simplicity, like the one from swine retrovirus). For hardcore fans also express Taq. That is easy. Purify both with minimal RNAse contamination. Less easy but we know how to do that. Step 2. Design and order a

Re: [ccp4bb] New phasing approach

Hi Fellows, the idea for this work came from my initial excitement about the FEL, because a coherent source of photons would I principle allow a reflection-wise interference experiment. The reasons Ed gave, make this kind of experiment impractical. The key difference is, that the proposed

Re: [ccp4bb] Coot 0.9 Released

This is great! Do you have an idea when this version will be available for WinCoot? To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB=1

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4i2 Text size

I had similar thing with linux (not Windows) and the cure was (from memory) to install the Truetype font. Absolutely no idea if this is relevant in your case!!Jon CooperOn 2 Apr 2020 14:51, "Horrell, Sam (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI)" wrote: Hi Huw,   Thanks for the advice, but I’m afraid my display

Re: [ccp4bb] SARS-CoV-2 test on a smartphone

I’m sharing a laymen’s talk I recently gave on some aspects of Corona. I’m not claiming to be an expert, but there is useful information in the presentation. I skipped the intro and zoomed directly to the start of my presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B00tJnbktVo=youtu.be=204

Re: [ccp4bb] SARS-CoV-2 test on a smartphone

Personally, if I were infected with SARS-CoV-1 instead of SARS-CoV-2 I'd still like to know that. It is most certainly true that the primer design must be done right: checking for self-annealing, low genomic variability, cross-reactivity to potential contaminants etc.  Fortunately, we have

[ccp4bb] NSLS II COVID-19 related access

Dear All We would like to ensure that NSLS-II (https://www.bnl.gov/ps/), one of the brightest X-rays in the world for structural biology research. To facilitate access to its beam lines NSLS-II is offering a streamlined and expedited rapid access proposal process for groups that require

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4i2 Text size

> On 2 Apr 2020, at 14:51, Horrell, Sam (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI) > wrote: > > . I’ve changed the setting you suggested but it hasn’t changed much. Apologies that didn't work. I was testing on a VM running on a Mac connected to a UHD display and there it did change the resolution that CCP4i2 was

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4i2 Text size

Hi Huw, Thanks for the advice, but I'm afraid my display scaling is actually at 250%. I've changed the setting you suggested but it hasn't changed much. Sounds like a bug fix is on the way for the scaling problem though. Cheers, Sam From: Huw Jenkins Sent: 02 April 2020 14:04 To: Horrell,

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4i2 Text size

Hi Sam, > On 2 Apr 2020, at 11:32, Horrell, Sam (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI) > wrote: > > If anyone has any other suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. What settings do you have for Windows display scaling? From your screenshot it appears that the Windows task bar and window title bar are drawn

Re: [ccp4bb] Vote for cryoEM

Thank you for pointing out nitter.net, Veronica! This is great for read-only access, especially with RSS feed (I have been missing this feature ever since Twitter removed it), although it cannot replace regular Twitter (yet?) for posting. Guillaume > On 2 Apr 2020, at 11:25, V F wrote: >

Re: [ccp4bb] Vote for cryoEM

> > The main problem with Twitter is its business model that promotes the most > > outrageous (or "engaging", in Twitter lingo) content, click-bait and the > > like. But fundamentally, Twitter is only a communication tool just like > > this mailing list, being different by its focus on

Re: [ccp4bb] COVID-19 protease inhibitors - 2nd call for designs - Thurs midnight

I honestly think that University facilities ought to open up ‘safely’ for Covid related research and diagnostics Get Outlook for iOS From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Frank von Delft Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 10:10:03 AM To:

Re: [ccp4bb] COVID-19 protease inhibitors - 2nd call for designs - Thurs midnight

Hi Nick - it is we that thank you all; and apologies for the tight deadlines, all I can say is we'd be a bit more thoughtful but CoV-2 is not being particularly obliging either... There will be at least one more round, deadline approximately one week later;  and we may have additional

[ccp4bb] totally off-topic: non-semester

hi everyone, warning this has NOTHING to do with structural biology or the rest of the world. there is a movement in germany to declare the university summer semester 2020 to be a "non-semester", see https://www.nichtsemester.de/cbxpetition/offener-brief/ it's in german and i don't think people