2009
Announcements
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Article retractions from Acta Crystallographica Section E [posted 18 Dec 2009] An Editorial announcing the retraction of papers from Acta Crystallographica Section E has been published in the January 2010 issue of the journal.
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre archives 500 000th crystal structure [posted 10 Dec 2009] The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has
announced the archiving of the 500,000th small molecule crystal
structure to the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD).
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 [posted 07 Oct 2009] The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 has been awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, UK, Thomas A. Steitz, USA, and Ada E. Yonath, Israel, for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. The research honoured not only by the 2009 but also by the 2006 (Roger D. Kornberg, USA) and 2003 (Roderick MacKinnon, USA) Nobel Prizes in Chemistry would not have been possible without the use of crystallographic methods.
The analytical theory of point systems [posted 06 Oct 2009] J. D. Bernal's 1923 Prize Essay The analytical theory of point systems is now available in the education section of the IUCr web site.
Gjønnes Medal – call for nominations [posted 21 Sep 2009] The Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography recognizes an outstanding contribution to the field of electron crystallography. The next Gjønnes Medal will be awarded at the Madrid Congress in August 2011.Nominations are now being accepted.
Bernal essay [posted 28 Jul 2009] Help is requested in locating a copy of J. D. Bernal's prize Essay 'The analytical theory of point systems'
2009 International Protein Crystallography Survey [posted 08 May 2009] The international on-line survey for protein crystallography has been completed and a donation of USD 2,060 has been made to the IUCr Research and Education Fund for the support of young scientists.
VEC software [posted 07 Apr 2009]
New bilingual English/Spanish beginners crystallographic teaching website [posted 04 Mar 2009] Cristalografia - Crystallography: A new web page to attract beginners to the fascinating world of Crystallography - Una nueva página para atraer a principiantes hacia el fascinante mundo de la Cristalografía.
SAS-2009: Abstract & Registration Deadlines Extended [posted 02 Mar 2009]
New Crystal Impact software for structure solution [posted 17 Feb 2009]
2009 International Protein Crystallography Survey [posted 02 Feb 2009] US-based research firm MarkTreX is undertaking an international on-line survey for protein crystallography, and will make a donation of $10.00 in each participant's name to the IUCr Research & Education Fund.
Décès de Dominique Grebille [posted 02 Feb 2009]
New Teaching Pamphlet [posted 08 Jan 2009] The IUCr Teaching Commission announces a new title in the Teaching Pamphlets Series, Teaching crystallographic and magnetic point group symmetry using three-dimensional rendered visualizations by Marc De Graef of Carnegie Mellon University.
