[ccp4bb] postdoc position in cryo-EM and crystallography of ion channels in Vancouver, Canada

2021-11-09 Thread Filip Van Petegem
Dear colleagues, A postdoc position is available immediately at the University of British Columbia. The project combines X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM, and electrophysiology. Our lab has steady access to the in-house X-ray and cryo-EM facilities: - Microscopes: 300kV Titan Krios with Falcon

[ccp4bb] Structural Biology Position

2021-11-09 Thread Jenny Moore
Syngenta is looking for a motivated and independent structural biologist with Masters or PhD level qualifications ideally having worked with different protein targets being soluble and/or membrane-bound. This position is a great opportunity for scientists interested in an industrial career to

[ccp4bb] UV Microscope for Crystal Imaging

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew Lovering
Dear All Does anyone have a recommendation for a joint light/UV microscope for manual Crystal screen inspection (i.e. a stand alone, not linked to automatation etc)? Positive (ccp4bb) and negative (direct) impressions welcome! Thanks Andy

[ccp4bb] Nominations open for Bertini Award 2022

2021-11-09 Thread Claudia Alén Amaro
[Instruct-ERIC logo] [Instruct-ERIC] [LinkedIn] [Twitter] Dear All Nominations are open for the Bertini award,

[ccp4bb] Hiring! Exciting Biophysics Scientist - SPR opportunity at Sosei Heptares, UK

2021-11-09 Thread Darren Beckinsale
We are seeking a motivated and passionate scientist specialising in biophysical analysis of proteins, to join the Biophysics group at our research facility in Granta Park, Cambridgeshire, UK. This is an excellent opportunity for a biophysical scientist to play a role in drug discovery projects

[ccp4bb] technology developer position at EMBL - posted on behalf of Matthias Wilmanns

2021-11-09 Thread Grzegorz Chojnowski
Joining EMBL as a technology developer and engineer Integrated structure and metabolomics platform for microbial targets Supported by the ARISE program, deadline: November 30, 2021 The Wilmanns Group at the EMBL Hamburg Unit aims to establish a multidisciplinary metabolomics/structure service

Re: [ccp4bb] update 7.1.016, very poor pyrogen restraints

2021-11-09 Thread Paul Emsley
On 08/11/2021 08:55, Guenter Fritz wrote: Dear all, with ccp4 update 7.1.016 pyrogen was updated from pyrogen-0.0-pre revision 10365 to pyrogen-0.0-pre revision 10625. I saw that the --MMFF (usage of Merck forcefield) option is now missing. Yes, it's the default now (i.e. without mogul). I

[ccp4bb] three PDB formats, not two

2021-11-09 Thread Frances C. Bernstein
In this year of the 50th anniversary of the PDB, I have heard a number of talks and discussions where people think that the PDB format was created in 1971 when the PDB started. That is incorrect. The initial format was 132 columns long and carried both orthogonal and fractional coordinates.