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November 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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New book 📖 review of 'Synchrotron light: a physics journey from laboratory to cosmos' now online - looks an amazing topic!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Synchrotron light: a physics journey from laboratory to cosmos
Published in Crystallography Reviews (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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esrf.fr
New for the ESRF User Meeting 2026: early-career travel grants will be available to selected PhD students and post-docs.
Apply now until 7 December!
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📣 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Crystal Growth & Related Characterization in Acta Crystallographica Section B.
Building on the launch of our Crystal Growth section in 2021, we continue to advance research in this key area.
Submission deadline: 15 Dec 2025.
Submit at: journals.iucr.org/b/
Acta Cryst. Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials is pleased to announce the commissioning of a Special Issue dedicated to Crystal Growth and Related Characterization. This follows the introduction of the journal’s Crystal Growth section in 2021 and reflects our continued commitment to advancing research in this area. We invite researchers to contribute original work on all aspects of crystal growth involving non-biological small molecules and extended organic, inorganic or hybrid materials. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Crystal growth mechanisms • Melting, sublimation, and dissolution behavior • Control of morphology, size, and polymorphism • Intermolecular interactions and the assembly of extended structures • Structural characterization via diffraction or atomic-scale imaging • Growth techniques accompanied by a clear crystallographic or structural analysis Submission deadline: 15 December 2025 All manuscripts will undergo standard peer review. Edited by Matias Velazquez (SIMaP, France), Geetha Balakrishnan (University of Warwick, UK) and Tatyana Bekker (Novosibirsk State University, Russia) The Special Issue will be published as a virtual collection on 30 April 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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ccdc.cam.ac.uk
We are delighted to be a partner from day 1 with the HelixAI life science AI platform, embedding GOLD in agentic research pipelines, enabling wider adoption across multidisciplinary teams.

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GOLD protein-ligand docking.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Want to join the LMB as a PhD student in October 2026?
You’ve got two weeks left to apply!
Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Applications close on 2nd December 2025.
Join the LMB's PhD programme! Applications now open for October 2026 Deadline 2nd December 2025
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!

You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com

50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.

#chemsky #chemchat
Children’s book in front of plant. Book looks like a composition notebook with red title „X-ray crystallography adventures!“ subtitle: cat & elephant‘s sugar crystal mystery. Two cartoons of a cat in a lab coat and an elephant in baking gear are on bottom right.
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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crystallography.org.uk
Registration and abstract submission for the BCA Spring Meeting 2026 (30th March-1st April) is live! Deadline for submission is 9am, 19th January.

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BCA Spring Meeting
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November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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BCA BSG Winter Meeting 2025!

Theme: "New Advances and Future Directions in Structural Biology"

🗓️ 12th Dec 2025, University of Oxford

Poster session + prizes! (Talk deadline: 28th Nov)

​Register:
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​#StructuralBiology #bsgwinter2025 #Crystallography
Structural Biology Meeting 2025 - Oxford | University of Oxford
Registration fee to attend the Structural Biology Meeting 2025, to be held at the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building in Oxford, on Friday 12th December 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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esrf.fr
Hey users!
The ESRF User Meeting 2026 is back!
And registration is now open⬇️

www.esrf.fr/UM2026
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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🚨 New review online - Pagare et al 'Recent advances in pharmaceutical cocrystal design: leveraging in-silico technologies for enhanced drug development' 💊⚗️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Recent advances in pharmaceutical cocrystal design: leveraging in-silico technologies for enhanced drug development
Pharmaceutical cocrystals are a versatile means of enhancing the properties of drug compounds, making them a valuable asset in drug formulation and development. They can improve the therapeutic per...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Find our current issue at this link www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcry20/c... - great landing page for topical reviews of #Crystallography topics
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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🎉 Proud to highlight core philosophy: To serve, to educate, to enable! Sharing crystallography and education resources at the HMS Core Facilities Poster Showcase.
👉 corefacilities.hms.harvard.edu/2025-harvard... 😀
#Crystallography #Education #Research #CoreFacilities
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My author copies have arrived! @iucrjournals.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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The things you find in your photo roll #2. For some reason, in August 2013 I took a picture of this charming letter from Max Perutz to Jim Watson, written shortly before Max died.
Typewritten transcript of letter from Perutz to Watson describing their early friendship in 51-53 and Perutz's recent work on Huntington's disease as well as his imminent demise.
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Apply now to join the Johns Hopkins Program in Molecular Biophysics! Our interdisciplinary Ph.D. program trains students to explore the physical principles underlying biology — from molecules to cells. Open to both U.S. and international applicants. Application deadline Dec. 1 : pmb.jhu.edu
Home | Program in Molecular Biophysics
The Program in Molecular Biophysics (PMB) trains PhD students to do cutting-edge biophysics research using the methods of biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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iucr2026.bsky.social
Celebrate the power of scientific data at IUCr!
CommDat symposia will explore integrative structural chemistry and biology; best practices for data processing; global open science; and ML for materials development
Join us in Calgary:
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samples of collected data
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It has arrived, the 50th anniversary of the seminal synchrotron radiation protein crystallography experiments at SSRL Stanford led by Keith Hodgson. His article also includes his today and the future perspectives @jsynchrotronrad.iucr.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Bhattacharyya, Kvashnina and Yabashi: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation welcomes seven new Co-editors ##CoEditors##SynchrotronRadiation##FreeElectronLasers@fz_juelich@EuropeanXFEL@desy@esrfsynchrotron@postech2020...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577525009361
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation welcomes seven new Co-editors
The newest seven members of the Editorial Board of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation are introduced.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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esrf.fr
Deadline: 4 November!

The ESRF User Organisation invites nominations for the 2026 Young Scientist Award.

If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time!
Deadline: 4 November 2025
More information: lnkd.in/dxjn8qqY
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Next @IUCrData Raw Data Letter coming soon:-
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Excited to have proofs in hand of our crystallography children‘s book! Illustrated by an amazing undergrad Justine Wong!

More info coming soon…
#chemsky
Proof of kids book in front of plant. Book looks like a composition notebook with red title „X-ray crystallography adventures!“ subtitle: cat & elephant‘s sugar crystal mystery. Two cartoons of a cat in a lab coat and an elephant in baking gear are on bottom right.
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Andrew N. Fitch: Solving molecular organic crystal structures from powders ##PowderXRayDiffraction##RealSpaceStructureSolution##OrganicMolecules... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053229625009052
Solving molecular organic crystal structures from powders
Powder diffraction is a widespread technique found in academic, forensic, industrial research and quality-control laboratories the world over. The recent article by Kabova et al. [(2025), Acta Cryst. C81, 559–569] provides step-by-step guidance on how to proceed and the software the authors use, from sample preparation and the powder diffraction measurement itself, to the verification of the final structure.
journals.iucr.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Another fabulous IUCr Newsletter:-
glazer1.bsky.social Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · Oct 11
The latest issue of the @IUCr #crystallography Newsletter is now available at www.iucr.org/news/newslet...
October 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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iucr2026.bsky.social
Interested in Synchrotrons & XFEL Radiation?
The IUCr2026 meeting has you covered with SEVEN sessions, including Synergies between cryoEM, diffraction methods, and complementary biophysical measurements; Structural studies across time scales; and more:
event.fourwaves.com/...
Structures of photoactive yellow protein were determined by serial femtosecond crystallography after illumination, capturing the isomerization of the chromophore after it absorbs light. Structures included in this movie include: 5hd3 (ground state), 5hdc (100-400 femtoseconds after illumination), 5hdd, 5hds (3 picoseconds), 4b9o (100 picoseconds), 5hd5 (200 nanoseconds) and 1ts0 (1 millisecond). For more, see the Molecule of the Month on Photoactive Yellow Protein and Guide to Understanding PDB Data: Methods for Determining Atomic Structures.
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM