Registration for the #CCP4SW 2026 is now open! Being held as hybrid event with in-person at EMCC, Nottingham, UK between 7-9 January 2026. This year's topic is Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology. Find out more at studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk

VMXm has postcards! Available from the beamline or a member of the VMXm team if you see us at conferences. Do reach out to us for your microcrystal X-ray diffraction experiments.

Great to see HeXI starting to appear on the experimental hall at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social. HeXI will be a 1 MeV electron diffraction instrument that will complement complement the capabilities of VMXm.

The first @diamondlightsource.bsky.social MX Newsletter is here! Including the latest news from the MX beamlines, helpful info about shutdowns, runs and training opportunities as well as useful tips and tricks for making the most of the MX beamlines at Diamond. www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/...

Registration is open for the September on-site MX user training. If you are an MX user of @diamondlightsource.bsky.social then please to apply to attend - spaces are limited. You'll have the opportunity to visit and learn about all the MX beamlines, data analysis as well as all things logistics.

Happy 10th birthday to eBIC at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social Keeping the MX group looking over their shoulders!

A great end to the #ACA2025 meeting in Chicago! Great to meet so many colleagues in both the X-ray and electron diffraction worlds and present some of our latest research work from VMXm and eBIC at DLS, and the RFI. Many thanks to the organisers!

Another synchrotron ticked off the list with a visit to the Advanced Photon Source, Illinois #ACA2025

Taking bets on if this is crystalline or not. We'll find out next week on @diamondlightsource.bsky.social's VMXm next week with the help of @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social.

Thrilled to have this work published! Thanks to some awesome teamwork, we've demonstrated improvements in multi-crystal data clustering by automatically separating 🐮🐷🧑‍🔬 #multicrystal #clustering #crystallography doi.org/10.1107/S205...

Participants in the annual serial crystallography workshop for graduates student some funded by our @wellcometrust.bsky.social PhD program have got homework to do in the evening time …. @diamondlightsource.bsky.social @instruct-eric.bsky.social

The abstract deadline for the BCA Spring Meeting at the University of Leeds in April has been extended. Abstract are encouraged from all ready of structural biology - not just crystallography! hg3.co.uk/bca/

The abstract deadline for the BCA Spring Meeting at the University of Leeds in April has been extended. Abstract are encouraged from all ready of structural biology - not just crystallography! hg3.co.uk/bca/

Okay I've whipped up a preliminary starter pack for crystals and crystallography. Still in the process of searching and adding, please repost and let me know who else in the world of crystals is on bsky! go.bsky.app/Cpx2Ppu

Our manuscript describing the VMXm beamline at Diamond Light Source is out! The manuscript describes how we coupled a nano focus X-ray beam with an innovative in vacuum sample position to measure micron sized crystals and build a unique MX beamline. journals.iucr.org/s/issues/202...

Diamond MX is coming to you! Our MX workshop showcasing the tools available at DiamondLightSource for protein crystallography will take place in Manchester on 14th May. Sign up below. More of these workshops will take place around the UK! www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Events/...

A little over a week left to apply for this unique post-doc opportunity!

An exciting time to join the VMXm and HeXI teams to develop X-ray and electron crystallography methods to determine proteins structures from micro/nano-crystals. vacancies.diamond.ac.uk/vacancy/pdra...

This is fun! shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc... The subject of my PhD still dominates my Google Scholar profile but VMXm and methods development is creeping up.

BCA British Crystallographic Association Spring meeting- abstract deadline extended to THIS FRIDAY hg3.co.uk/bca/

1 week until abstract submission closes for the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting! A great opportunity for early career researchers to present their work in structural biology!

An interesting discussion about user engagement at large facilities. One of the most enjoyable aspects of working at VMXm is bringing users back to the beamline and getting to train the next generation of structural biologists.

Just 8 more working days to submit an abstract to the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting in Leeds! We encourage structural biologists of all techniques/fields to join us in Leeds!

Excited to be attending 🔷 #CCP4SW 2024 / @ccp4_mx Study Weekend 🔷. In-person Lunchtime Bytes session on Day3 (Jan 5th) with PDBe. Look out for friendly PDBe representatives Sue (@sganguly) & Gen (@gleevans).

A reminder that abstract submission closes on the 19th January for the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting in Leeds this Easter. We hope you'll find an exciting programme!

Abstract submission is open now for the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting in Leeds, 25-28th March 2024. Here's a taster of the programme. registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

So, what did you wish you knew before you applied for your first grant?

Out of interest, hands up if you are planning to attend #Microbio24 and your work involves structural biology? Such as X-ray crystallography.

Just enjoyed watching the person on the Circle line deep in Pymol making their figure of a DNA binding protein. Quite the commitment!

Finally the scaffolding is coming down around Diamond Light Source and is looking great under the autumn sun!