IUCr poster prizes

Three IUCr poster prizes were awarded at the International School on Biological Crystallization (Granada, Spain; 22–26 May 2006). First prize and a copy of International Tables for Crystallography Volume A: Space-group symmetry went to P-26: "In-situ Characterization of Defects during Protein Crystal Growth" and Erika Ono (Co-authors: Peter Dold, Masako Koizumi, Katsuo Tsukamoto and Gen Sazaki) from Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan. Second prize and Volume F: Crystallography of biological macromolecules went to P-29: "Macromolecular crystallization on 'nucleant' surfaces" and Giovanna Tosi (Co-authors: Giuseppe Falini, Simona Fermani and Alberto Ripamonti) of U. Bologna, Italy. Third prize and the Brief teaching edition of Volume A went to P-27: "Structural analysis of FPR and NifF, two redox proteins from Rhodobacter capsulatus" and Inmaculada Pérez-Dorado (Co-authors: Cristian Bittel, Néstor Cortez, Néstor Carrillo and Juan A. Hermoso) of CSIC, Madrid, Spain.

The award panel covered the range of course topics: industrial crystallization, biomineralization and protein crystallization, and consisted of four members of the editorial board of Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (journals.iucr.org/f): Howard Einspahr (Panel Chair), JuanMa García-Ruiz (School Director), Alex McPherson (UC Irvine, CA, USA) and Terese Bergfors (Uppsala U., Sweden) along with Madeleine Ries (U. Paris, France), Kevin Roberts (U. Leeds, UK) and Yves Nys (INRA, France).