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ACA 2011 - Transactions Time Resolved Photochemistry Electron Density Bruker AXS American Crystallographic Association Number 4 Winter 2010 ACA 2011 - Transactions Time Resolved Photochemistry Electron Density Bruker AXS 3 Year Warranty on IµS APEX DUO - Dual Wavelength Perfected The Most Versatile System for Small Molecule Crystallography The APEX DUO combines the highest intensity Microfocus sealed tube sources for Mo and Cu radiation with the most sensitive CCD detector for crystallography. The APEX DUO allows collection of charge density quality data with Mo radiation and exploits all the advantages of Cu wavelength for absolute structure determination and diffraction experiments on ever smaller organic crystals. Data from both wavelengths can be collected successively in one experiment and switching between wavelengths is fully automated, fast and without user intervention. Crystallography think forward www.bruker-axs.com APEX Duo_ACA_1-2010.indd 1 1/8/2010 9:55:19 AM American Crystallographic Association www.AmerCrystalAssn.org Table of Contents 2 President’s Column 3 Notes from Council 4 From the Editor's Desk On the cover- see page 43 Acta F Showcases Structural Genomics Index of Advertisers 5-6 Awards to Crystallographers 7-8 Memories of Jim Stewart (1931 -2010) 9-10 ACA Living History - David Sayre 11 Science as Art / Art as Science 14 ACA 2010 - Crystallography World of Wonders 15 19th Annual BHT Regional Meeting 16 6th Meeting of the Argentinian Crystallograpic Assn. 18 High Pressure Single-Crystal Diffraction 19 Puzzle Corner 20-23 Book Reviews 24-27 Election Results for ACA Offices - 2011 Contributors to this Issue 28 ACA Corporate Members 29-37 2010 ACA Travel Award Winners 38-39 Contributors to ACA Award Funds 40-42 ACA 2011 - New Orleans - Preview 43 Calls for ACA Nominations - Travel Funds Available What's on the Cover 44 Calendar Announcing: ACA 2011 Small Molecule Course Contributions to ACA RefleXions may be sent to either of the Editors: Please address questions pertaining to advertisements, membership inquiries, or use of the ACA mailing list to: Connie (Chidester) Rajnak ....................... Judith L. Flippen-Anderson 4210 Old Field Trail ............................................ 3521 Launcelot Way Marcia J. Colquhoun, Director of Administrative Services Kalamazoo, MI 49008 ...................................... Annandale, VA 22003 American Crystallographic Association P.O. Box 96, Ellicott Station tel. 269-342-1600 ..................................................tel. 703-346-2441 Buffalo, NY 14205 [email protected] [email protected] tel: 716-898-8692; fax: 716-898-8695 [email protected] Photographer: Peter Müller Awards & News:Bomina Yu Book Reviews: Joe Ferrara Historian: Virginia Pett Puzzle Corner: Sidney Abrahams Deadlines for contributions are: February 1 (Spring), May 1 (Summer), August 1 (Fall) and November 1 (Winter) ACA RefleXions (ISSN 1058-9945) Number 4 2010. Published four times per year in the spring, summer, fall and winter for the membership of the American Crystallographic Association, P.O. Box 96, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY 14205-0096. Membership in the ACA includes a non-deductible charge of $1.75 from membership dues to be applied to a subscription to the ACA RefleXions. Periodicals postage paid at Buffalo, New York. POST- MASTER: Send address changes to ACA, P.O.Box 96, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, NY, 14205-0096. President's Column Winter 2010 They say that time as well as financial savings for our members are major factors, seems to speed up since attendees would have one less day away and one fewer as one grows older. night of expenses. The majority of meeting attendees stay for That certainly appears three or four days. Comparisons to other crystallographic and true to me as I write society meetings demonstrated that most of these are three to my final President’s four days with similar registration fees to that of the ACA. We Column. Reflecting are checking to see if the hotel contract for our 2012 Boston back on the range of meeting can be modified from a five-day meeting to four days. my experiences during If so, we may implement the new format in 2012. Failing that, 2010, I find much to be we will try the new format in 2013. Sites being considered for pleased about. There future meeting are Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, a return to Hawaii, was our successful Los Angeles and/or the Washington, DC area. We will keep you ACA meeting in posted as planning develops. Chicago as well as my When I stood for election as Vice President, one thing I wanted being able to participate to work on was to ensure that ACA remains relevant and vital for in interesting meetings at AIP, the USNCCr for Crystallography, all our members, especially young scientists. Working toward the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, and the First North that goal, I am pleased to report that at its fall meeting, Council African Crystallographic Conference. The ACA is the voice voted to include a YSSIG representative as an ex officio, non- of our community of scientists, responsible for promoting the voting member. Jamaine Davis will take on that role in 2011, power of diffraction and scattering in structural studies and their providing direct input to Council from theYSSIG, which will importance in a wide range of fields. My interactions over the allow us to better serve that important community. past year have provided valuable opportunities to represent the ACA and to solidify our place in the scientific community. We Another way we hope to better serve our twelve SIGs and to are trying to enhance the visibility of the ACA by getting our maintain balance in our meetings is by increasing the variety of organization to appear as a prominent hit when ‘crystallography’ vendors who exhibit at our annual meetings. Based on feedback is Googled. We have gotten the ACA listed on Wikipedia and are from the survey we did in Chicago, we are working to attract also exploring appropriate social networking sites. new vendors and to lure back companies that had come to our meetings but have not been exhibitors in recent years. Increasing Another benefit of attending these meetings is to learn about vendor participation will allow us to learn of and potentially test valuable resources available to us. The USNCCr is a part of the new products and, not insignificantly, increase the revenue stream National Academies, which is represented by staff members from our annual meetings. on the Board of International Scientific Organizations (BISO). The International Visitors’ Office (IVO), within BISO, provides You can help the ACA to remain a vibrant organization by services for monitoring international visa situations. This office renewing your membership and by doing it electronically. It is can facilitate and expedite individual US visa cases for visiting fast, simple, secure, and it is a greener option. It also saves the scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students – at no ACA your membership dollars by cutting down on the cost of charge. They generally cannot be of assistance after a visa mailings. So, if you haven’t already renewed your membership, application has been denied. If a US visa applicant has not received please take time to do that right now. We can’t succeed without a response in twenty-one days, the applicant should fill out an our members. IVO questionnaire so BISO can follow up on his or her case. This year has been a wonderful experience for me. It has been a The questionnaire can be found at: sites.nationalacademies.org/ pleasure to work with the professional staff at ACA Headquarters pga/biso/visas/PGA_048017. in Buffalo. Marcia and Crystal (and Patti and Jen in the past) made An important action that Council took at our fall meeting was my job infinitely easier this year. I have been honored to serve to vote to change the format of ACA annual meetings. We plan to as the President of the ACA in 2010 and have enjoyed working change from a five-day meeting with four parallel sessions each with so many of you that are involved in the broad disciplines morning and afternoon to a four-day meeting with five parallel represented in the ACA. sessions each half day. We will continue to start the meeting on There are many things to work toward in the coming years – Sunday to take advantage of any special weekend airfare rates expanding our membership, developing new SIGs to better serve and end the meeting on Wednesday afternoon. The new format the interests of our members, increasing outreach and education retains a total of forty sessions, but SIGs that traditionally held efforts, especially to teachers and young scientists, and helping a session each half day (for a total of ten sessions in five days) those young scientists prepare for the multidisciplinary approach will have to consider if they want to continue with ten sessions or to research that is now the norm for success. Now that I have offer a session each half day, which would result in eight sessions passed the gavel to Tom Koetzle, I look forward to 2011 when I under the new format. It was noted that there was already some can serve as Past President and watch him lead us into the next overlap of session topics at ACA meetings as well as at the IUCr decade. Lastly, I want to thank you for your support and for your Congress and the European Crystallographic Association annual continued participation in the ACA. meeting. Several factors led to Council’s decision. Time savings Judy Kelly 2 Notes from Council Winter 2010 Highlights of the October 2010 ACA Council Meeting. Back row: Marv Hackert, Jim Britten, Bill Duax, Tom Koetzle, Bob Von Dreele. Front row: S.N. Rao, Marcia Colquhoun, Judy Kelly, Bernie Santarsiero, Carrie Wilmot. Reports: President Judy Kelly announced that the 2011 and approved for four years of support at a time.
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