One of the coolest things going on here is that the GitHub repos contain Jupyter notebooks for you to try their software. In case you don't have Jupyter installed or don't know what it is: you can always upload the notebooks to Google Colab and run everything on their cloud services :)

Great to see this article by @guptapenn.bsky.social is out! Kushol helped us interview @xtalmaker.bsky.social Vivian Stojanoff and @gabbygrowsxtals.bsky.social who published an article on careful sample preparation in crystallisation experiments, also part of #SAMPREP www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34R...

I'm incredibly proud to present this @actacrystf.iucr.org interview with Alex Mendez and Cydni Bolling on their first paper ever! The interview was co-led by Dr Graham Chakafana from Hampton University in the USA, who supervised the authors' undergraduate research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjI...

I'm incredibly proud to present this @actacrystf.iucr.org interview with Alex Mendez and Cydni Bolling on their first paper ever! The interview was co-led by Dr Graham Chakafana from Hampton University in the USA, who supervised the authors' undergraduate research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjI...

The World Directory of Crystallographers (WDC) offers an unparalleled compilation of expertise in the field. It’s free to join and open to all crystallographers and other scientists employing crystallographic methods. Add your name and be part of the mosaic: 🔗 www.iucr.org/people/wdc

Just a few days left to register for the next Diamond/CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop! This is an excellent training course delivered at a unique location and close to the most wonderful time of the year. It also has LOTS of tutors per student! www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/DLS-...

Just a few days left to register for the next Diamond/CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop! This is an excellent training course delivered at a unique location and close to the most wonderful time of the year. It also has LOTS of tutors per student! www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/DLS-...

Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years! www.vassar.edu/news/student... This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA. @rescorp.org @vassar.bsky.social #grantsinaction #biochemistry

We were pleased to publish some of the results from this course, some in our recent 'Empowering education through structural genomics' focused issue: journals.iucr.org/special_issu...

Happy World Rain Day! It’s raining… – Cats and dogs (English) – Old ladies and sticks (Welsh) – Like a pissing cow (French) – As from Esteri’s ass (Finnish) – Penguins headfirst (Uruguayan Spanish) – Pilot whales (Faroese) – Chair legs (Greek) – Wheelbarrows (Czech) – Men (hallelujah)

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AI chat bots behaving like science fiction AI chat bots because they were once trained on Asimov

Just realised that we've been doing Interviews With Authors on YouTube for a whole year! I'd really appreciate receiving comments about these, e.g. suggest a structural biologist you would like us to interview Here's a playlist with all the videos we've done so far: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Giddy up to Calgary! Stop by our #IUCr2026 booth at #ACA2025 to gear up for the 2026 Conference to get some Calgary Stampede merch, plan your trip, meet other attendees and more!

Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit. It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.

Welcome to the new normal in Erurope Please use mosquito repellent

Just realised that we've been doing Interviews With Authors on YouTube for a whole year! I'd really appreciate receiving comments about these, e.g. suggest a structural biologist you would like us to interview Here's a playlist with all the videos we've done so far: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

As the community gets ready for #ACA2025, we're proud to present this interview with @gabbygrowsxtals.bsky.social Vivian Stojanoff and @xtalmaker.bsky.social on how to prepare for successful protein crystallisation experiments! 🥳🥳 youtu.be/m34RI500OFU?...

Excited that our article made the cover of the July issue of @actacrystf.iucr.org! Congrats to my coauthors @gabbygrowsxtals.bsky.social & Vivian Stojanoff! Grateful for #NIH NIGMS R24 National Resource grant that enables workshops like the 2023 SAMPREP workshop @ @acastructuralsci.bsky.social

🚨We've updated our preprint "Frustration, Dynamics, and Catalysis" ✨ We appreciate RT ☺️ A short 🧵1/8: We expanded the conceptual connection between the energy landscapes theory and catalysis, added new figures, and clarified how local frustration shapes enzyme function. arxiv.org/pdf/2505.00600

We’ve got some more ECR interviews coming — watch this space!

More arguments for choosing society journals, where any profits are ploughed back into science! For structural biology, please consider @actacrystd.iucr.org, @actacrystf.iucr.org and @iucrj.iucr.org!

Together with Toyin Asojo, Graham Chakafana and Craig Smith, we have recently edited a focused issue on 'Empowering education through structural genomics', featuring the work of both undergrads and high school students – watch Toyin interview Aruesha, Aryana & Raymond www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkN...

Together with Toyin Asojo, Graham Chakafana and Craig Smith, we have recently edited a focused issue on 'Empowering education through structural genomics', featuring the work of both undergrads and high school students – watch Toyin interview Aruesha, Aryana & Raymond www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkN...

The dependence of the amino acid backbone conformation on the translated synonymous codon is not statistically significant doi.org/10.1073/pnas... [Following: Codon-specific Ramachandran plots show amino acid backbone conformation depends on identity of the translated codon doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Whether you're just starting out or well established in your field, adding your name helps build visibility, collaboration and community. Join the World Directory of Crystallographers. It's free! Sign up today and connect with peers worldwide: www.iucr.org/people/wdc

By deep characterisation of 186 N-glycan standards, we @thencfg.bsky.social have made the most comprehensive targeted LC-MS glycomic assay to date. Non-reduced native glycan analysis is key. We hope this enables anyone with QqQ and interest in #glycotime to measure specific N-glycan structures.

Incredibly grateful to my mentors, lab members, and generous collaborators who continue to inspire our work. Thankful also to microbial cell surfaces and tomography, which continue to deliver the excitement everyday!

Edited by Tom Burnley, Paula da Fonseca, Vicki Gold and Stephen Muench, this Structural Biology – Acta Cryst. D virtual issue collects articles from the 2023 CCP-EM Spring Symposium, showcasing recent advances in cryo-EM and structural biology methods. tinyurl.com/22evpux5

Happy to introduce our latest interview, where Cristy Nonato and I chat to Raphael Meneghello, Andrey Nascimento and Daniela Trivella about their research on natural product-based drug discovery, which they've carried out at the SIRIUS synchrotron in Brazil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQGq...

Happy to introduce our latest interview, where Cristy Nonato and I chat to Raphael Meneghello, Andrey Nascimento and Daniela Trivella about their research on natural product-based drug discovery, which they've carried out at the SIRIUS synchrotron in Brazil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQGq...

Tune in Wednesday for my webinar on antiviral antibody sequencing and epitope mapping by mass spec and EM. www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/s...

A useful cheat sheet “I never unfriend people over politics” (h/t; mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/...)

🌍🔬 The ACA is doubling down on our commitment to science, collaboration, and advocacy. 🧪 Read our latest blog post to learn how we're taking action—and how YOU can get involved: bit.ly/4bMXKpq #structuralscience #Crystallography #STEMSupport #ResearchMatters #TogetherForScience

I asked Facebook to delete my account exactly 30 days ago. Today I have received this. I NEVER linked my PayPal account, not consciously. Absolutely disgusting overreach. Good riddance, Meta.

PhD available with me & Paul James looking for exciting new enzymes - www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please follow the work of Shubham Semwal ESR at UGSF and his co-supervisors. Thank you @glycojones.bsky.social for the interview!

George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX #crystallography #education

I'm proud to present our newest @actacrystf.iucr.org Interviews with Authors episode, covering the recent #glycotime Acta Cryst F paper Small-angle X-ray scattering of engineered antigen-binding fragments: the case of glycosylated Fab from the Mannitou IgM antibody www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5M...

Happy to report our enzyme found a home! rdcu.be/eaGXG New kid on the block P450 O-demethylase SyoA-the specificity of a monooxygenase with the simplicity of catalysis driven by peroxide. Retrofit your P450 with this active site chemistry today! #lignin #syringol Out today in Nature Communications.

I'm proud to present our newest @actacrystf.iucr.org Interviews with Authors episode, covering the recent #glycotime Acta Cryst F paper Small-angle X-ray scattering of engineered antigen-binding fragments: the case of glycosylated Fab from the Mannitou IgM antibody www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5M...

This week we had International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬 🥼 🔬 There are many women working to provided the resources at PDBe, AlphaFoldDB, EMDB and EMPIAR. Lets met a few of them! #IDWGS #WomeninSTEM #WomenInScience #WhatAScientistLooksLike

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

ÅNGSTRÖM-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF CELL-SURFACE GLYCANS 🍬🍭🔬 For the first time, we’re able to study the molecular architecture of the glycocalyx at single-sugar resolution—a longstanding challenge in glycobiology! #glycotime Preprint and #bluetorial below!!

Reminded me of those ‘holy carbon grids’ people use for EM 😅

#ChemTogether. Forever. #RealTimeChem #ChemSky #Chemistry

Sharing our previous episode one more time before we upload the next one 🤩