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ISSN 1467-2790 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS British Crystallographic Association No.78 September 2001 BCA Spring Meeting 2002 Dorothy Hodgkin - RSC Landmark Fibre Diffraction Crystallography and Antiquities 2001 Walter Hälg Prize Quarterly Book Reviews IInternational CCentre for DDiffraction DData 1941—Sixty Years—2001 Serving the Scientific Community Release 2001 of the Powder Diffraction File™ Featuring ❖ Over 87,500 experimental patterns ❖ 2,500 new experimental patterns added for Release 2001 ❖ Over 49,000 patterns calculated from the ICSD database ❖ 2,821 new calculated patterns added for Release 2001 ❖ Interplanar (d) spacings, relative intensities (Int), and Miller indices ❖ Chemical formula, compound name, mineral name, structural formula, crystal system, physical data, experimental parameters, and references when available ❖ Quality mark for each experimental pattern for estimate of reliability ❖ Entries indexed for subfile searches ❖ Dedication to detail and scientific purpose ❖ Four-tiered editorial process ❖ Highest standards for accuracy and quality Ask about our special Anniversary pricing Visit us at www.icdd.com Phone: 610.325.9814 ❖ Sales: 610.325.9810 ❖ Fax: 610.325.9823 ❖ [email protected] ICDD, the ICDD logo, and PDF are registered trademarks of the JCPDS—International Centre for Diffraction Data. 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Corporate Members . .22 JO JUTSON, Tel: (01691) 671033 The 2001 Walter Hälg Prize . .23 EDITOR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS, 4, Henlle Gardens, Gobowen, PCG/SCMPG Bursaries . .23 Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 3NU. e-mail: [email protected] CLRC e-Science Centre to run UK Grid Support Centre . .24 The British Crystallographic Association Size Strain - III Meeting . .24 is a Registered Charity (#284718) Mineralogy Database . .24 1 From the President September 2001 The conference season is upon us, science, but it seems to me that President’s Remarks and even in non-crystallographic the excitement is increasing and meetings, crystallography is not in any way diminishing. everywhere to be seen. I was at a Despite our many reservations Gordon Conference on 3-D about the way in which Electron Microscopy in Rhode government and others handle Island in June ( I was one of just and manage science, it is a great three crystallographers!), and was time to be a crystallographer. amazed at the work in which low resolution particles whose shape Our own spring meeting has to was determined by single particle reflect all this, and the organisers electron microscopy studies were of our next meeting in filled with structures taken from Nottingham have done a splendid the protein data bank thus giving job: the plenary session is devoted a model of macromolecular to structure solution and phasing assemblies at an atomic as applied to all systems from resolution. Studies of muscle small molecules to contraction, for example, at this macromolecular assemblies using level are simply astonishing, and both single crystals and powders. the microscopists have their sights There are sessions on DNA set on whole cells and organelles recombination and repair, at a similar resolution. polymorphism, drugs and disease, Reitveld refinement, detectors, Other developments proceed thin films, crystallisation, apace: powder diffraction can education and the formation of a now relatively routinely solve new special interest group structures ten times the size of devoted to the Diamond facility. those 5 years ago, especially Many of these sessions will take organic molecules even using the form of workshops. Every laboratory data; the flood of attempt has been made to keep biological macromolecule costs to a minimum, and the structures continues unabated Nottingham campus is a (More than 14000 new structures delightful place. How can anyone were deposited in the protein resist? data bank last year.); data collection hardware continues to I hope to see many of you at the improve and computing has Krakov ECM Meeting at the end become a minor cost. of August. ECM conferences also Crystallographic software reflect the scope and diversity of becomes increasingly 21st century crystallography as sophisticated and easier for non- well as the BCA Spring Meetings. Cover pictures left to right: experts to use (although this has X-ray diffraction image of normal breast obvious dangers). Diamond, the tissue. new synchrotron, is on the way, 2Fo-Fc map calculated from cellulose II. and plans are afoot for a new Detail of Middle Kingdom coffin from El neutron spallation source; these Bersheh. will keep the UK in the forefront Chinese underglaze-blue porcelain dish, of crystallographic technology for mid-14th century, Yuan Dynasty. the next decade. Crystallography Chris Gilmore Dorothy Hodgkin plaque. has always been an exciting August 2001 2 Council Members 2001 - 2002 BCA Council Members Prof. Paul R. Raithby (2003) Ex-officio Members Department of Chemistry, 2001 - 2002 University of Bath, Editor "Crystallography News" Claverton Down Dr. Josephine Jutson BATH BA2 7AY 4 Henlle Gardens tel: (01225) 323183, Gobowen, President (2003) [email protected] Oswestry Shropshire SY11 3NU Prof. Chris J.Gilmore GROUP REPRESENTATIVES tel: 01691 671 033 Department of Chemistry [email protected] University of Glasgow Biological Structures GLASGOW G12 8QQ Dr. A. Hadfield (2002), Education Officer tel: 0141 330 3716 Department of Biochemistry, Mrs K.M.Crennell [email protected] University of Bristol 'Fortran Friends' BRISTOL BS8 1TD, P.O.Box 64 Vice President (2004) tel: 0117 928 7436, Didcot Prof. Paul Fewster [email protected] Oxon OX11 0TH, Philips Analytical Research Centre tel: 01235 834 357 Cross Oak Lane Chemical Crystallography [email protected] Dr Harry Powell (2002) Redhill RH1 5HA MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology GROUP CHAIRMEN tel: 01293 815714 MRC Centre [email protected] Hills Road Biological Structures