Re: [ccp4bb] A crystallographer on Mars

2013-05-07 Thread Boaz Shaanan
Hi Ethan, The crystallographer is the next generation crystallographer: a robot. If there was a job interview (which I doubt) I guess he was asked about its power consumption, generated heat etc. Cheers, Boaz Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D. Dept. of Life Sciences Ben-Gurion

Re: [ccp4bb] A crystallographer on Mars

2013-05-07 Thread Jim Pflugrath
Most participants in the CSHL X-rays Methods in Structural Biology course have seen the powerpoint presentation of Alex McPherson's trip to Mars in 2001. Here are a couple of slides from the presentation: http://i43.tinypic.com/33kx79l.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/oic17r.jpg (Trehalose was

[ccp4bb] ISBC2013

2013-05-07 Thread Jose A. Gavira
Dear Colleagues, The 4th International School on Biological Crystallization (ISBC2013) is already full and new registers will be on a waiting list. We would like to thank everybody for their interest and wish we can all make it a very successful School. For more information, please visit

[ccp4bb] how to deal 3 twin-related domains

2013-05-07 Thread Fulvio Saccoccia
Dear ccp4 users, I have a reflections file obtained from a crystal initially scaled in H3. All the attempts to phase by Molecular Replacement were not successful and I succeeded only in P1. Based on previously solved structures from the same protein, I suspected that twinning affected

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral position at Harvard Medical School

2013-05-07 Thread Sun Hur
A *post-doctoral position* is available to study the molecular mechanism for self vs. non-self discrimination by the innate immune system. We use a combination of X-ray crystallography, biochemistry and cell biology to characterize structures and functions of key host molecules that

[ccp4bb] 43rd Mid-Atlantic Macromolecular Crystallography Meeting

2013-05-07 Thread Charles Pemble
*43**rd** Mid-Atlantic Macromolecular Crystallography Meeting* *May 30 – June 1, 2013* *Duke University* *Durham, NC* This is a reminder for the 43rd Mid-Atlantic Macromolecular Crystallography Meeting, which will be held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. This meeting fosters

[ccp4bb] RA position at Imperial College, London

2013-05-07 Thread Low, Harry H
Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences Centre for Structural Biology Research Assistant Salary range: £28,200 - £31,250 per annum Applications are invited for a Research Assistant position starting immediately in the research group of Dr Harry Low in the Centre for Structural

[ccp4bb] Submissions for next CCN newsletter

2013-05-07 Thread Nigel Moriarty
Folks Calling for articles and short communications of interest to structural biologists. The deadline for submission in the June 2013 issue is 31 May, 2013 but if you can send me drafts before the 15th of May we can get started on generating proofs. The Computational Crystallography Newsletter