Just a reminder to register for this year’s European Crystallography Meeting at the University of Warwick, being held from 25th-29th August. Early bird registration is only available until the 6th [ Read More ]
For the European Crystallographic Meeting in Warwick, the Young Crystallographers’ Group and the General Interest Group for Young Crystallographers (GIG-YC) are joining forces to establish the European Young Crystallographers satellite [ Read More ]
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a post doctoral research position in Continuous Crystallisation and Structural Chemistry, in the research group of Professor Chick Wilson at the University [ Read More ]
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of crystallography, the study of crystals and their structure. Developments in crystallography have touched most people’s lives, thanks to the vital role [ Read More ]
Professor Kari Rissanen is an Academy Professor at the Academy of Finland, where he is currently on leave from the University of Jyväskylä. He was first elected as Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Joensuu after completing his PhD in chemistry at the University of Jyväskylä. His main interests lie in the fields of supramolecular [...]
Crystallographers everywhere have lots of reasons to celebrate in the years 2012-2014 for the centennial of Laue and the Braggs’ discoveries. Already this year there have been conferences held to highlight Laue’s contributions, such as the Laue Day held during the 20th Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society. There will be many events in [...]
The Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA), Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ) and the Bragg Symposium are holding the AsCA 12/CRYSTAL 28 meeting in Adelaide between the 2nd-6th December 2012 to celebrate the important anniversary of the Braggs’ discoveries in X-ray diffraction. The meeting features a range of sessions including non-ambient and in-situ diffraction studies, [...]
We are very pleased to announce that Allan Pang, our webmaster, has won I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! This is a very tough competition answering the public’s [ Read More ]
The 3rd MX User Workshop, with updates on new developments in facilities, data processing and techniques. The meeting will feature updates from the scattering beamline on complementary techniques available to structural [ Read More ]
I recently attended the 30th annual Spring meeting of the British Crystallographic Association at the University of Warwick from 16th-19th April 2012. The program was chaired by Kirsten Christensen (University of Oxford), and included a broad range of lectures from all areas of crystallography. The Young Crystallographers Group satellite opened the meeting. This is an excellent [...]