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ISSN 1467-2790 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY British Crystallographic Association NEWS No.84 March 2003 BCA Spring Meeting - York 2003 Software patents and Crystallography CCP4 Meeting and BSG School Charging for Crystallography Services Synchrotron Radiation School Book Reviews QUARTERLY Contents March 2003 Contents BCA Administrative Office, Northern Networking Ltd, 1 Tennant Avenue, From the President . .2 College Milton South, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5NA Scotland, UK Council Members . .3 Tel: + 44 1355 244966 Fax: + 44 1355 249959 From the Editor . .4 e-mail: [email protected] ACA San Antonio . .5 NEXT ISSUE OF Towards an ERC? . .8 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS Education News . .8 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS is published quarterly (March, June, September and December) by the Anchorage . .10 British Crystallographic Association. Text should preferably be sent electronically as MSword Agony Column . .11 documents (any version - .doc, .rtf or .txt files) or else on a PC disk. 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Book Reviews . .18 BOB GOULD EDITOR, CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS 33 Charterhall Road L’Oréal Winner . .26 EDINBURGH EH9 3HS Tel: 0131 667 7230 E-mail: [email protected] New Journal . .27 The British Crystallographic Association Puzzle Corner . .28 is a Registered Charity (#284718) As required by the DATA PROTECTION ACT, the BCA is News from bede . .29 notifying members that we store your contact information on a computer database to simplify our administration. These details are not divulged to any others without your permission. You may inspect your Meetings of Interest . .30 entry during the Annual Meeting or any time on application to them at the BCA Administrative Office, when we will be happy to make corrections. Corporate Members . .33 1 From the President March 2003 Doesn't time pass quickly when hydrogen atoms?), bigger and President’s Remarks you are having fun? When I took bigger proteins. It is all very over as President nearly three exciting, and I know the BCA and years ago, Mike Glazer warned its members have played their me that the quarterly 'From the part. We will also be getting a President' column for this UK 4th generation synchrotron. newsletter could be a problem This was not always well handled especially finding a topic. Now on the political front, but we this is my last one, and things should not lose sight of what a have been moving so fast both in boon this will be to UK crystallography in general, and crystallography. the BCA in particular that I have had no difficulties with things to One thing does need saying, talk about. however: it has been a pleasure and privilege to work with the The Newsletter Editor suggests BCA Council, and BCA members. that I use this last column to look Council is a hardworking, back on my term as President. committed bunch of individuals, This is not my style, but there and we are lucky to have them in have been a lot of changes in this the BCA. period. In the past three years we have radically changed the Finally, looking forward, in my format of this Newsletter to last column I mentioned the better display our many activities possibility of Foundation to as wide a public as realistic; Members of the BCA, and asked we now have Corporate for comments from members. members; the Spring Meeting is Uniquely, the result was changing to be shorter and more complete silence. concentrated - for better or worse reflecting the busy times Crystallographers are not known we live in. We are a for their silence. I guess that this professionally run organisation, signifies some sort of consent. something we now take for We will discuss it at the AGM at granted, but Northern the York Spring Meeting. I trust Networking provides us with a you will be there? very high standard of support, something that we also now take for granted. Crystallography too has not stood still: the explosion of crystal structures arising from Chris Gilmore developments in technology - February, 2003 CCD detectors, bigger and better Cover pictures left to right: synchrotrons etc., developments Now where on earth can this be? in structure solution from Apostolic Succession at CCP4 powders (Who would have Chemical Crystallographers Coping thought that we can now solve Plumbing at Daresbury Laboratory structure routinely from Waterfront Crystallography in Bristol molecules with over 50 non- 2 Council Members 2003 - 2004 BCA Council Members Prof. Paul R. Raithby (2003) Ex-officio Members Department of Chemistry, 2002 - 2003 University of Bath, Editor "Crystallography News" Claverton Down Dr Robert Gould BATH BA2 7AY 33 Charterhall Road tel: (01225) 323183, Edinburgh EH9 3HS President (2003) [email protected] Tel: 0131 667 7230 [email protected] Prof. Chris J. Gilmore Department of Chemistry GROUP REPRESENTATIVES Education Officer University of Glasgow Mrs K.M.Crennell GLASGOW G12 8QQ Biological Structures Dr. A. Hadfield (2002), 'Fortran Friends' tel: 0141 330 3716 Department of Biochemistry, P.O.Box 64 [email protected] University of Bristol Didcot Oxon OX11 0TH, BRISTOL BS8 1TD, Vice President (2004) tel: 01235 834 357 tel: 0117 928 7436, [email protected] Prof. Paul Fewster [email protected] PANalytical Research Centre GROUP CHAIRMEN Cross Oak Lane Chemical Crystallography Redhill RH1 5HA Dr Harry Powell (2002) Biological Structures Group tel: 01293 815714 MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology Dr. Richard Pauptit [email protected] MRC Centre Protein Structure Lab Hills Road AstraZeneca, Secretary (2004) CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QH Mereside, Dr. Christine Cardin tel: 01223 402423 Alderley Park, University of Reading [email protected] Macclesfield Dept of Chemistry SK10 4TG, Whiteknights Industrial tel: 01625-516135 Reading RG6 6AD Prof. Christopher S. Frampton [email protected] Department of Chemistry tel: 0118 9318215 University of Southampton [email protected] Chemical Crystallography Group Highfield Prof. Paul R. Raithby Southampton SO17 1BJ Department of Chemistry Treasurer (2003) tel: 02380 594167 University of Bath Mr. David J. Taylor [email protected] Claverton Down 35 Birchley Road, BATH BA2 7AY Billinge Physical Crystallography tel: (01225) 323183 WIGAN Dr John Evans [email protected] Lancs WN5 7QJ Department of Chemistry, tel: 01744 893108 University of Durham, Industrial Group [email protected] DURHAM DH1 3LE, Prof. Christopher S. Frampton [email protected] Department of Chemistry Ordinary members University of Southampton Dr Margaret J. Adams (2003) Co-opted Members Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ Lab. of Molecular Biophysics Prof. P.Barnes, tel: 02380 594167 Rex Richards Building Department of Crystallography, [email protected] South Parks Road Birkbeck College, Malet Street, OXFORD OX1 3QU Physical Crystallography Group LONDON, WC1E 7HX tel: 01865 275391 Dr Pamela A. Thomas tel: 020 7631 6817 [email protected] Department of Physics [email protected] University of Warwick Dr Jeremy K. Cockcroft (2003) (Web Coventry CV4 7AL Prof. Chick Wilson, tel: 0113 233 2538 Master) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, [email protected] School of Crystallography ISIS Facility, Birkbeck College CHILTON, Malet Street Oxon OX11 0QX LONDON WC1E 7HX, tel: 01235 82 1900 ext 5137 Full committee details on the tel: 020 7631 6849 or 01235 44 5137 BCA website - [email protected] [email protected] http://bca.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/BCA/ 3 From the Editor March 2003 election addresses. I should like Issue. As this is the 100th to take the opportunity of anniversary of the birth of expressing my gratitude to our Kathleen Lonsdale, Mike Glazer outgoing President for his has agreed to write a memorial excellent leadership. Personally, I article about her, which should thank him both for persuading also appear in June. me to take on the Editorship of Crystallography News, and for As the President remarks, being very supportive. The “From crystallography is not standing the President” column always still! Some of the progress brings arrived without fail from one extra headaches, though. Lachlan part of the globe or another, and Cranswick has submitted an has always been good reading. article on the fascinating (and murky!) subject of “idea I am particularly grateful to patents”. His full composition is A happy, if somewhat late, New those who have reviewed books, available on the Web, but the Year to all! This issue looks and we have another good crop brief summary in this issue forward to the Spring Meeting, of reviews in this issue. Special should show that it is not merely most of the details of which mention should be made of the a legal curiosity! Georgina appeared in December, but the new IUCr pamphlets, reviewed by Rosair’s survey of how “service” programme, as up-to-date as I Marjorie Harding. There are now crystallography is done will could get it, is summarized in the 22 of these, covering a wide hopefully get more groups to centrespread of this issue. Keep range of topics, and they are respond to her questionnaire. tuned to the website for up-to- essentially free for the printing. Many of our readers will also date information. As a result of There should be more reviews in want to take a look at “Data the meeting being so late, we the next issue, and I hope that Overload”, by Andrew Bond and have decided to publish the June readers find these valuable.