My talk on my new book in the IUCr OUP Book series on Wednesday 9am 29th May 2026 Liverpool University, recording and slides, are here:- kurlin.org/macsmin/2026...

⏰ 2 weeks left to apply for the 2026 CCP4-BCA Protein Crystallography Summer School (6–11 Sep, Norwich, UK). Invaluable lectures, hands-on tutorials and networking is waiting for you ☺️ 📅 Applications close 19 June www.jic.ac.uk/event/ccp4-b... #Crystallography #CCP4

President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Duncan Ivison has announced that UoM will begin to offer work experience, for all undergraduates. "Every single student [should] have a chance to put their learning into context – it doesn’t matter if you’re a history student or a chemical engineer.” 💡

The Global Phasing workflow derives and executes experimental strategies for macromolecular crystallography #MacromolecularXRayCrystallography #ExperimentalStrategy #Automation doi.org/10.1107/S205...

The IUCr2026 Speaker & Award Schedule is out! Check out who's taking the stage in Calgary this August! Register now & plan your sessions, workshops, & tours before they fill up! 👉 Schedule: event.fourwaves.com/... 👉 Register: event.fourwaves.com/... #IUCr2026 #Crystallography

Thank you to my coauthor Stefania Hanau and to @actacrystf.iucr.org 6590 downloads is very satisfying. Thank you to all those readers.

@actacrysta Coming soon:-

It was lovely to chat with Anu and @charliebondxray.bsky.social about PPR proteins, their RNA binding modes and awesome modularity. Please watch, give the IUCr a thumbs up, and add some comments when you have a minute! What would you like to see in these interviews?

www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcry20/c... New issue now available:-

Calling all crafty crystallographers! Are you going to #IUCr2026? Would you like to have a craft meet up in Calgary? Laura Folkers (at @stoenews.bsky.social) and I are looking to organise a gathering, all crafts welcome! Please fill in the EOI form so we can include you forms.gle/wpTpe4WVsdtY...

Celebrate #DNADay on April 25 Commemorate the anniversaries of the Human Genome Project's completion and the discovery of the DNA double helix with PDB-101 resources

The latest issue of the @IUCr Newsletter is now available at www.iucr.org/news/newslet....

The Royal Society film on Kathleen Lonsdale featuring footage from the @IUCr archive, was recently nominated for a Webby Award by the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Voting is open until Thursday 16th April. see tinyurl.com/msddeem8

Here are my BCA2026 Industrial Group Plenary Lecture slides :- zenodo.org/records/1939...

A thought‑provoking industrial plenary at the #BCA2026 today from John Helliwell of @manchester.ac.uk. Our standout moment was when he said, “We lead the world in FAIR data through the CCDC.” 🙌 Learn more 👉 www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/ab... #Crystallography #Pharma

Aurelien Personnaz et al.: AXIS: a Lab-in-the-Loop machine learning approach for automated detection of macromolecular crystals ##StructuralBiology##AI##LabInTheLoop... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052252526001399

The Human Organ Atlas, a new resource for researchers, clinicians, and educators, is an open-access database of 3D imaging of intact human organs. The portal includes donor samples with conditions from congenital disorders to COVID-19. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4btmhQI

A new macromolecular crystallography endstation, MX-ES, has been established at NanoTerasu, Japan's first fourth-generation synchrotron-radiation facility #NanoTerasu #MacromolecularCrystallography #IntegratedStructuralAnalysisPlatform doi.org/10.1107/S205...

@iucr2026.bsky.social IUCr2026 Congress in August in Calgary we have a Workshop on Open Science with advanced details of speakers and most abstracts here indico.esrf.fr/event/251/

An international team of scientists & clinicians announced, in Science Advances, the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented detail — from the whole organ down to individual cells @uclengineering.bsky.social www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Planning to attend #IUCr2026? Choose from 21 pre-congress workshops for hands-on training led by internationally recognized experts Register by March 31 for discounted prices event.fourwaves.com/...

New Editorial online - Tracing the path of crystals: study of urinary calculi and half a century of synchrotron radiation in protein structure determination www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Full article: Perspectives on the 50th anniversary of synchrotron radiation protein crystallography @jsynchrotronrad.iucr.org

An optimized data-acquisition and processing strategy for the collection of high-quality electron diffraction data from extended crystals using conventional cryo-EM instrumentation #ElectronDiffraction #RadiationDamage #DataCompleteness doi.org/10.1107/S205...

This topical review considers a Protein Data Bank and Cambridge Structural Database data survey of crystal structures that have been determined at elevated temperatures #BodyTemperature #PhysiologicalConditions #37C doi.org/10.1107/S205...

Simon Wittl et al.: Comparing image quality of synchrotron and laboratory nano-CT scans: a round robin study ##NanoCT##SynchrotronRadiation##ModulationTransferFunction@esrfsynchrotron@UGrenobleAlpes...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S160057752600086X

John Matheson et al.: Experience with the Jungfrau-1M detector at Diamond Light Source ##IntegratingDetectors##MacromolecularCrystallography##SynchrotronScience@DiamondLightSou@psich_en@argonne...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577526000342

We have over 220 videos on our YouTube channel, on all aspects of #Crystallography, and all are free! ✔️Symmetry operations and elements ⚛️Hydrogen bond visualisation and analysis 👍Protein–ligand docking 🔭Pharmacophore searching 🔎Surface analysis www.youtube.com/user/CCDCCam... #CompChemSky

M​auro Gemmi et al.: Round robin on structure analysis from 3D electron diffraction data @stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@uni_mainz@unibasel@uni_mainz...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S205225252600045X

M​artin V. Appleby et al.: Modelling of radiation damage and beam-induced heating of room-temperature samples at extremely high flux MX beamlines ##RadiationDamage##MacromolecularCrystallography... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052252525011224

The @ccdc.cam.ac.uk team did a fab job with this. Thoughtful detailed profiles of awesome women scientists like @crystallised-cricket.com. Much love to all the women scientists out there today! 💚

Co-chairing IUCr 2026 MS-012 “Next-generation validation metrics for macromolecular structures” with Deborah Harrus (@deborah83.bsky.social)! Focus: new validation concepts/methods/best practices across all methods. Submit abstracts by Feb 15; early-bird reg by Mar 31. www.iucr2026.org

The latest issue of the @IUCr Newsletter is now available at www.iucr.org/news/newslet... with lots of topics of interest in #crystallography.

New paper describing our time resolved SFX studies with spectroscopic validation through XES to propose new intermediates in heme peroxidases. A large team of researchers led by Essex and Diamond @jarworrall.bsky.social @diamondlightsource.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Submit your IUCr2026 abstract to MS001 "How Structural Biologists and the PDB Drive Innovation" by February 15 to share how structural science impacts scientific discovery Details:

For over 60 years, we have been the backbone of materials and life sciences research. We provide: ⚛️Curated Data: A trusted global repository of organic and metal-organic structures. 🔬Advanced Software 🔎Educational Support How has the CSD impacted your research?🗨️ #CompChemSky

With appreciation from the ACA community — thank you to George N. Phillips, Jr. for his leadership and service as Editor-in-Chief of Structural Dynamics. #ACA #StructuralDynamics #OpenScience #crystallography #structuralscience

D​awe, Katrusiak, Nangia and Berry: Acta Crystallographica Section B welcomes three new Co-editors ##CoEditors##StructuralScience##CrystalEngineering@Laurier...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052520626000685

@walshdls.bsky.social @scurry.bsky.social And don’t forget hotel room decor. This one Hamburg December 2022. “Inside a liquorice all sort” style. 😎

Jack Stubbs et al.: Automated microbatch-under-oil phase diagrams to rationalize serial crystallography sample preparation ##SerialCrystallography##SamplePreparation##PhaseDiagrams@unisouthampton@uniofexeter...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052252526000448

Registration for the 11th ECA crystallography school is now open! It will be held in Stockholm on the 28th of June to the 4th of July and will give practical experience of solving and refining data from both powder, single crystal and electron diffraction. www.ecs11.org forms.gle/ckyFQoNqRd7d...

Rare work related post. Increasing X-ray energy improves data quality in serial #crystallography 🧪 journals.iucr.org/s/issues/202...

There's still time to register! 1 week to go. rigaku.com/products/cry...

Calling all teachers! Crystallographic Teaching is offering 4 sessions to level up your pedagogical skills in crystallography, covering structure visualization & determination, student engagement, and crystallography in industry vs. academic settings. event.fourwaves.com/...

The deadline is approaching for abstract submission to the BCA 2026 Spring Meeting in Leeds, 30th March-1st April! Get your abstract in before 9am on Monday 19th January, we can't wait to hear about your science 🔬 tinyurl.com/BCASpring2026

James Penner-Hahn: International Tables for Crystallography, Volume I, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and related techniques. Edited by C. T. Chantler, F. Boscherini and B. Bunker. ... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053273325011337

M​aria Claudia Cedri et al.: Sample purification and characterization of the α- and β-crustacyanin pigments from the American lobster for crystallographic and cryo-EM studies ##Astaxanthin##Crustacyanin##Absorption... ##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053230X2600018X

Paper at Journal of Synchrotron Radiation - Evolution of macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the Swiss Light Source and SwissFEL - Our IMISX kit is mentioned - Read the paper -> zurl.co/bafMc Learn about the IMISX kit zurl.co/J8A3K

We have a fixed term beamline scientist post available at VMXi, Diamond. The successful applicant will join the team at a dedicated room temperature MX beamline and help with user experiments in fragment screening and time resolved serial crystallography. vacancies.diamond.ac.uk/vacancy/beam...