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CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS BCA Spring Meeting 2004 Contents September 2003 Contents BCA Administrative Office, Northern Networking Ltd, 1 Tennant Avenue, From the President. 2 College Milton South, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5NA Council Members . 3 Scotland, UK Tel: + 44 1355 244966 Fax: + 44 1355 249959 From the Editor/Corporate Members . 4 e-mail: [email protected] Communications to the Editor . 5 News and Meetings . 6 NEXT ISSUE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS BCA Spring Meeting 2004 . 8 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY NEWS is Published quarterly (March, June, Book Review/Puzzle . 9 September and December) by the British Crystallographic Association. Submissions on any CCG Ninth Intensive Course in X-ray Structure Analysis . 10 subject related to crystallography are most welcome. If possible, please send text electronically 7th International School on the Crystallography of without special formatting. Biological Macromolecules . 11 Pictures are most welcome, but should be sent as separate, graphic files. Items for inclusion in Diamond - First User Meeting,19 May 2003 in RAL. 14 the December 2003 issue should reach the Editor by 25 October 2003. Crystallisation 2003. 16 BOB GOULD 33 Charterhall Road EDINBURGH EH9 3HS RSC Chemical Landmark: The Braggs at Leeds University, 1912-1915 . 17 Tel: 0131 667 7230 E-mail: [email protected] The 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. 19 The British Crystallographic Association is a Registered Charity (#284718) BCA Spring Meeting 2003: Synchrotron Radiation . 20 As required by the DATA PROTECTION ACT, the BCA is notifying members that we store your contact information on a computer database to simplify our administration. These details are not divulged to any High Throughput, Databases and Data Mining at York . 21 others without your permission. You may inspect your entry during the Annual Meeting, or otherwise by application to the BCA Administrative Office. We will be happy to amend entries at any time. High-pressure neutron diffraction and models of Titan . 24 COVER PICTURES Education SIG at the Spring Meeting – Reports on Available Courses . 26 1. Not just girls are diamond’s best friends! 2. And the point group of this castle is…. 3. 50 years of snakes and ladders? ACA, Cincinnati, July 2003 - Micro symposium on Future Strategies for 4. Getting ready for the BCA 2004 Successful Crystallographic Computing. 28 5. Hard at work in Durham Forthcoming Meetings. 30 1 From the President September 2003 The Spring Meeting programme to be able to note that the President’s Remarks itself is coming together, with the contribution made by the BCA Plenary Session theme in 2004 towards providing bursaries for being “Catalysis: from Metals to the Geneva (/Jerusalem) IUCr Macromolecules” which I think meeting is now back with us as meets very well the aim of hoped. This fund, provided by the providing a unifying session in Glasgow 1999 organisation which all strands of interest headed by Chris Gilmore and within the BCA can participate. I Judith Howard, is intended to be am certainly looking forward to an ongoing commitment to it. One of the most pleasing provide underpinning support for things for me at the programme IUCr meetings. After currency committee meeting was the exchange, the amount we will range of excellent topics now be able to offer Florence proposed – by no means all of 2005 is slightly below the original these could be included in the £25k fund, but we hope it will It is always a pleasure to start a programme. still be a substantial aid to that column like this with good news, meeting. and my good news on this Of course, with a packed occasion is the appointment of programme in our current model By the time you read this, the four new Honorary Members of of a 3-day Spring Meeting, it is summer will be in the past and the BCA. This accolade is awarded impossible to include everything, we will be looking forward to the to distinguished crystallographers and we are looking at ways of new academic year. From my who have made outstanding increasing the flexibility. The day personal perspective this means contributions to crystallographic preceding the SM has occasionally new challenges, as I have taken science and to the BCA. I am in the past been used for up a new appointment, based delighted to announce that the Workshops (particularly of the equally between the University of four new Honorary BCA Members hands-on variety), and this is a Glasgow and RAL. After spending are David Blow, Durward trend we can encourage, offering much of my career to date in a Cruickshank, Mike Hart and Workshops a more flexible Facility environment at ISIS, it will Judith Howard. Council aim to timeframe in which to operate. be good now to see things also consider nominations for We are also looking at ideas for a from another angle and I am Honorary Membership each year; Young Scientists’ day, so watch looking forward to it. Contacting these are welcome at any time out, you young scientists I have me, with comments you may from any member, or from the spoken to on this subject – you have about BCA issues, will be subject groups. have not heard the last from me! much the same as before, but with the option of getting me at On the subject of nominations, at As I write this, the summer either the Department of next year’s Spring Meeting in conference season is in full swing Chemistry in Glasgow Manchester, the Hodgkin Prize and I am in Cincinnati at the ACA ([email protected]) or as and Lecture will be awarded and meeting. It is good to see a before at ISIS delivered. As announced strong UK presence here and ([email protected]). Or of elsewhere in this issue, hopefully this will also be course, the opportunity of nominations for the Hodgkin reflected at the forthcoming missing me in two places rather Prize are invited. Also at ECM-21 in Durban - I know how than just one! Manchester, a slot has been hard the locals there have earmarked for the Bragg Lecture worked to put the meeting Chick Wilson which we are delighted to host together. On the subject of on behalf of the Bragg Lecture international meetings, it is good Committee. 2 Council Members 2003-2004 BCA Council Members Group Representatives Webmaster Dr Jeremy K. Cockcroft 2003 - 2004 Biological Structures School of Crystallography Dr. Andrea Hadfield Birkbeck College President (2006) Department of Biochemistry, Malet Street Prof. Chick Wilson, University of Bristol LONDON WC1E 7HX, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, BRISTOL BS8 1TD, tel: 020 7631 6849 ISIS Facility, tel: 0117 928 7436, [email protected] CHILTON OX11 0QX [email protected] tel: 01235 82 1900 ext 5137 or 01235 44 5137 Chemical Crystallography [email protected] Dr Harry Powell Group Chairmen MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology Vice President (2004) MRC Centre Biological Structures Group Prof. Paul Fewster Hills Road Dr. Richard Pauptit PANalytical Research Centre CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QH Protein Structure Lab Cross Oak Lane tel: 01223 402423 AstraZeneca, REDHILL RH1 5HA [email protected] Mereside, tel: 01293 815714 Alderley Park, [email protected] Industrial MACCLESFIELD SK10 4TG, Prof. Christopher S. Frampton tel: 01625-516135 Secretary (2004) Department of Chemistry [email protected] Dr. Christine Cardin University of Southampton University of Reading Highfield Chemical Crystallography Group Dept of Chemistry SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ Dr Alexander J. Blake Whiteknights tel: 02380 594167 School of Chemistry, READING RG6 6AD [email protected] University of Nottingham tel: 0118 9318215 University Park [email protected] Physical Crystallography NOTTINGHAM NG7 2RD Dr John Evans Tel. 0115 9513488 Treasurer (2006) Department of Chemistry, [email protected] Mr. David J. Taylor University of Durham, 35 Birchley Road, DURHAM DH1 3LE, Industrial Group Billinge [email protected] Prof. Christopher S. Frampton WIGAN WN5 7QJ Department of Chemistry tel: 01744 893108 University of Southampton [email protected] Highfield Co-opted Members SOUTHAMPTON SO17 1BJ Immediate Past-President (2004) tel: 02380 594167 Prof. Chris J. Gilmore Prof. P. 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