2019
Announcements
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2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize [posted 11 Oct 2019] Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”.
International Tables Volume H: Powder diffraction now available [posted 19 Jul 2019] We are pleased to announce the publication of International Tables for Crystallography Volume H: Powder diffraction.
An-Pang Tsai (1958-2019) [posted 05 Jul 2019] It is with great sadness that we report that An-Pang Tsai passed away on 25 May 2019 at the age of 60.
Cambridge Structural Database reaches one million structures [posted 11 Jun 2019] On 6 June 2019, the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre announced a huge milestone for structural chemistry with the addition of the millionth structure into the Cambridge Structural Database.
Nominations invited for membership of IUCr Executive Committee and IUCr Commissions [posted 04 Jun 2019] Nominations are invited for membership of the IUCr Executive Committee and the IUCr Commissions (deadline 30 June 2019).
Michael G. Rossmann (1930-2019) [posted 15 May 2019] It is with great sadness that we report the death of one of the giants in the field of structural biology, Michael G. Rossmann.
Wanted: used diffractometer [posted 19 Mar 2019] The International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, is interested in purchasing a used single-crystal X-ray diffractometer.
Bids are invited to host PCCr3 or PCCr4 [posted 22 Feb 2019] Applications are invited for new Commissioning Editors for IUCr journals.
Bids are invited to host PCCr3 or PCCr4 [posted 15 Feb 2019] Following the highly successful First Pan African Conference on Crystallography (PCCr1) in Dschang, Cameroon, in 2016 and PCCr2 in Accra, Ghana, in 2019, bids are now invited to host PCCr3 or PCCr4.
IUCr Gender Equity and Diversity Committee [posted 08 Feb 2019] The IUCr is proud to announce the formation of a Gender Equity and Diversity Committee (GEDC). The GEDC aims to address issues and establish new practices and policies to overcome inequity in the IUCr's processes.
Summer School on Mathematical Crystallography: Registration OPEN [posted 14 Jan 2019]
The registration for the Summer School on Mathematical Crystallography (MaThCryst), due to be held in Nancy between 3rd and 7th June 2019, is now open.
Deadline for Registration Application: 31st March 2019
Jenny Martin to lead University of Wollongong's research and innovation strategy [posted 18 Dec 2018] IUCr Executive Committee member Jenny Martin has been appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) by the University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia.
