[ccp4bb] Advanced Protein Expression and Characterisation Course in Helsinki, Finland

2012-08-09 Thread Konstantin Kogan
3^rd Advanced Protein Expression and Characterisation Course The Biocenter Finland Protein crystallisation unit is organising an advanced workshop in protein expression, characterisation and crystallisation.The dates are October 8^th to October 12^th , 2012. We have assembled a world-class

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: ITC or Biacore

2012-08-09 Thread DUMAS Philippe (UDS)
Le Jeudi 9 Août 2012 09:55 CEST, rashmi panigrahi rashmi.panigrah...@gmail.com a écrit: Hello Rashi There is no problem with ITC at low temperature, apart for a likely slower binding and, hence, lower heat power signal. Do not conclude that there is no binding if deltaH is close to 0 around

[ccp4bb] calculation of cavities within crystal protein

2012-08-09 Thread Danilo Belviso
Dear all, I am Dr. Danilo Belviso and I am working on a platinum-based inhibitor for matrix-metallo proteasis. I have obtained the crystal structure of the adduct Pt/protein and, for me, would be very interesting to know the cavities of the protein within the crystal, namely by considering

Re: [ccp4bb] Pisa application

2012-08-09 Thread Edwin Pozharski
On 08/08/2012 09:00 AM, Jose Duarte wrote: To my knowledge PISA by itself is not able to do interface prediction To my understanding PISA is not *intended* to do interface prediction

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: ITC or Biacore

2012-08-09 Thread Edwin Pozharski
On 08/09/2012 03:55 AM, rashmi panigrahi wrote: Does any one have the experience of doing ITC or Biacore(SPR) at 10 or 15 degrees? You can do ITC at any temperature your instrument allows, certainly no problems at 4oC. To share a trick, at least on a MIcrocal instrument cooling down is very

[ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Jacob Keller
Dear List, I guess this is somewhat of a perennial issue, but I am faced with choosing an OS for a new computer, and am curious about benefits and drawbacks with regard to crystallography. So far, I have been using windows, and have found no limitations whatsoever, but then again, maybe I don't

Re: [ccp4bb] calculation of cavities within crystal protein

2012-08-09 Thread Dr. Lorenzo Finci
Danilo, The protein cavity can be analyzed utilizing the program Voidoo ( Kleywegt GJ, 1994). This program uses an atomic-flattening algorithm based on a 3-dimensional grid to locate and delineate different cavities. A Van Der Waals cavity can further be generated with a probe radius with a

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Nat Echols
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Jacob Keller j-kell...@fsm.northwestern.edu wrote: one. Are there any really reasonable arguments for preferring Mac over windows (or linux) with regard to crystallography? What can Mac/Linux do that windows cannot (especially considering that there is Cygwin)?

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Bosch, Juergen
OS X is a triple OS OS X, Unix, and Windows (via VM Ware Fusion or Parallels, or if you which directly booting into Windows) @original poster, you might regret the step to Mac - noticing what you have missed all the time on the other platform :-) I don't think Windows has a Beachball, that's a

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Andreas Förster
Mac OSX because of Time Machine, Illustrator and crystallographic software in one happy box. XP on a Virtual Box for emergencies (SAXS, AUC and ITC programs). Though with Microsoft and Apple both pushing towards gestures, fingertip interaction and tablets, Linux will be the only option for

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Quentin Delettre
Le 09/08/2012 16:58, Nat Echols a écrit : On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Jacob Keller j-kell...@fsm.northwestern.edu wrote: one. Are there any really reasonable arguments for preferring Mac over windows (or linux) with regard to crystallography? What can Mac/Linux do that windows cannot

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Nat Echols
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Quentin Delettre q...@hotmail.fr wrote: I have seen that in the last Mac Os, X11 have been removed... But can still be used with some package installation. I guess it isn't distributed with the OS any more - but it is still available:

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Antony Oliver
Mountain Lion does not come with X11 preinstalled. However, as Nat states, you can very easily install Xquartz Thus far, all of the crystallography programs that were working under Snow Leopard and Lion are still working on my laptop with Mountain Lion. -Tony --- Dr Antony W Oliver Senior

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 10:29:10AM -0500, Jacob Keller wrote: Question--do macs have multiple-button mice? Last I checked they had only one button, which seemed almost criminal. You're about 7 years behind the times on that one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse -b -- | Ben

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Bosch, Juergen
you can use your favourite 24 button mice from windows on a Mac as long as it has USB. And I highly recommend Bill Scott's Crystallography on OS X website. Jürgen On Aug 9, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Jacob Keller wrote: Are there no closet windows-users on this list to respond? Shall we have a

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Luca Jovine
Yes, you can define 3 buttons on a MagicMouse with this free software: http://magicprefs.com/ or simply attach a mouse with 3 real buttons... -Luca Luca Jovine, Ph.D. Assistant Professor EMBO Young Investigator

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Colbert, Christopher
How critical is stereo visualization for you? Macs are great with Zalman, but have fallen behind (again) with active stereo (ie. shutter glasses). I will disclaim that I haven't revisited stereo visualization in about 1 year so my info is dated. HTH, Chris From: Jacob Keller

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Bosch, Juergen
Can you explain to me what the difference in stereo is ? I like my Zalman's and the visual stereo effect is pretty impressive. I have no idea if active stereo would improve the perception of the 3D effect or not. Jürgen On Aug 9, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Colbert, Christopher wrote: How critical is

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Colbert, Christopher
Hi Jurgen, I am using the term active stereo to refer to shutter glass stereo. This was originally implemented with CRT monitors and more recently with LCD monitors and Nvidia 3D vision. It is usually implemented using OpenGL. The advantage of active stereo over Zalman stereo is that the

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Bosch, Juergen
Thanks Chris, I really prefer the 30g Zalman glasses versus 400 g shutter glasses that have troubles (at least the old ones) when people are sitting next to each other in terms of interference of the signal. Half resolution ? 1600 x 1040 on a Zalman I think is full but I have not counted the

[ccp4bb] molecular models

2012-08-09 Thread Sickmier, Allen
I was wondering if anyone knows where to get the Labquip/Nicholson molecular models. The Labquip website was last updated in 2001 and no one is answering the emails. We have another brand models but would prefer the Labquip/Nicholson molecular models. Allen Sickmier, Ph.D. Senior

Re: [ccp4bb] Question on stereo monitor: LG D2342P-PN

2012-08-09 Thread Scott Thomas Walsh
Hi Zhijie, Is the LG D2342P-PN screen glossy or anti-glare surface? The Zalman ZM-M240W I have is glossy. Thank you. Scott Scott T. R. Walsh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Maryland IBBR/CBMG Rm 3127E CARB-2 9600 Gudelsky Drive

Re: [ccp4bb] Question on stereo monitor: LG D2342P-PN

2012-08-09 Thread Zhijie Li
Hi Scott, The surface doesn't reflect a sharp-edged image so I guess that means it is not glossy. But I am not quite sure if it is anti-glare - it does reflect the person sitting before it. Regards, Zhijie From: Scott Thomas Walsh Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 2:48 PM To:

[ccp4bb] Mac or PC?

2012-08-09 Thread Lee, Ting Wai
Hi, everyone. May I ask a very general question? I am going to buy a laptop. I am going to do a lot of structural biology work on it using programs such as CCP4, Phenix, Coot and Pymol. Mac or PC, which is better? I have never installed this kind of programs and done structural biology work on

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac or PC?

2012-08-09 Thread Nat Echols
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Lee, Ting Wai twlee.scie...@gmail.com wrote: May I ask a very general question? I am going to buy a laptop. I am going to do a lot of structural biology work on it using programs such as CCP4, Phenix, Coot and Pymol. Mac or PC, which is better? See this

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac or PC?

2012-08-09 Thread HS
Thank you for your information. Actually I'm using my friend's old email account. I forgot to change the name. My name is HS. HS On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Lee, Ting Wai twlee.scie...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, everyone. May I ask a very general question? I am going to buy a laptop. I am

Re: [ccp4bb] Problem with Coot on Mountain Lion

2012-08-09 Thread Jeremiah Farelli
I have had success with the standalone Coot, found here: http://scottlab.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/index.php/Stand-Alone_Coot It doesn't use the Fink package, which seems to be part of your problem. Try completely uninstalling your version and reinstalling this one. I've had no problems

Re: [ccp4bb] Various OSes and Crystallography

2012-08-09 Thread Roger Rowlett
For me, Windows would be my last choice for crystallographic software. Most of the popular packages are developed for *nix in the first place, so you know you will be able to run it. Not everything is compiled for Windows. Programs will run faster and with less hardware in *nix than in Windows,

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: ITC or Biacore

2012-08-09 Thread rashmi panigrahi
Thank you all for your suggestions. In the same way can Biacore work be done at lower temperature?? I want to do both ITC and Biacore for my protein and peptide regards Rashmi On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Edwin Pozharski epozh...@umaryland.eduwrote: On 08/09/2012 03:55 AM, rashmi panigrahi