LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TABLE OF CONTENTS It is a pleasure and an honor to have been elected to serve the crystallographic community as President of the IUCr. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT ............... 1 Now, more than at any other time in history, it is important XX CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY .. 2 that we set aside national interests and embrace the prin- EDITORIAL ..................................... 4 ciples of the International Union. Those principles include RECENT ARTICLES IN IUCR JOURNALS ..... 6 free circulation of scientists, education of the new generation IUCR ACTIVITIES ............................. 7 Photo Courtesy of HWI Graphics Graphics HWI of Courtesy Photo of scientists everywhere, and assistance to emerging nations. XIX CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY11 Emerging nations can benefit from the use of the power- MEETING REPORTS ......................... 17 William L. Duax NOTICES, AWARDS, ELECTIONS........... 18 ful techniques of X-ray crystallography in order to analyze, FUTURE MEETINGS.......................... 20 understand and use the unique natural resources within their LETTERS TO THE EDITOR................... 24 countries whether mineralogical, chemical, or biological in nature. CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC MEETINGS CALENDAR24 It is noteworthy that the Union consistently uses its financial resources to INDEX TO ADVERTISERS .................... 24 support countries in need and students everywhere. I urge you to support all of the activities of the IUCr. Consider publishing some of your best work in Acta or Judith L. Flippen-Anderson starting a personal subscription to an Acta Journal. Establish a collaboration with Editor a research scientist on another continent in order to advance science and support international communication. 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Other international process of bacterial flagellum. The images scientific societies have membership of as many as 90 countries. Many of these in the upper right corner were provided by Zbigniew Daughter. The left image is the other countries would benefit from IUCr membership. The easiest way to spread experimental map of phospholipase at 1 the word about the IUCr is to have the IUCr Newsletter distributed to individu- Å resolution obtained by /ACORN/ from als who may be interested in crystallography and science libraries in nonmember the position of a Ca atom found from its countries. If you have friends, colleagues, or collaborate in countries that are not anomalous signal by /SHELXD/ in the data collected with 1.54 Å radiation. The right now members of the IUCr, please send these names and address to the IUCr office image is a superposition with the correct so that they can be added to the mailing list. model showing that all peaks in the electron Perhaps the best thing each of you could do for yourself, your science and others density map are accounted for. would be to volunteer for a leadership role in a scientific organization, work for Contributors: P.D. Adams, E. Antipov, R. Bakker, international cooperation, and encourage young people to become involved. S.V. Borisov, C. Branden, I.D. Brown, I. Bytheway, G.S. Chandler, C. Chidester, B. Craven, J.-C. Daran, Bill Duax G. Dodson, K. El-Sayed, B.N. Figgis, E. Garman, [email protected] I. Goncharenko, C.H. Görbitz, R.W. Grosse-Kunst- leve, J.M. Guss, M. Guss, A.J. Howard, L.-W. Hung, T.R. Ioerger, B.R. Kaafarani, S. Kegley, J.A. Krause, C.H. Lake, M. Lutz, A.J. McCoy, N.W. Moriarty, D.C. Neckers, R. Nelmes, A.G. Oliver, E.F. Pai, P. Paufler, R. Read, J.C. 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If you would like to see a copy of the IUCr Newsletter in your college or university library, send the address to the Newsletter office so that we can add it to our mailing list. IUCr Newsletter ♦ Volume 10, Number 4 ♦ 2002 1 XX IUCR CONGRESS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY EDITORIAL XX IUCr Congress and General Assembly Why Florence? The international fame Florence, Italy, August 23 - 31, 2005 of Florence as an art city, the Scientific Program Committee worldwide interest in its artistic Chairperson: Carlo Mealli (CNR, Firenze) heritage and its cultural tradi- tions, its geographic position, Local Organizing Committee the famous “green” region of Chairperson: Paolo Dapporto (U. of Florence) Tuscany, Florence also has the P. Rossi (U. of Florence) advantage of having Congress facilities right in the middle of the city’s busi- A. Guerri (U. of Florence,) ness centre, near all the major hotels and tourist attractions and at a stone’s S. Ciattini (U. of Florence) throw from the railway station and from the airport terminal. Florence has C. Faggi (U. of Florence) all the necessary facilities: an airport with daily flights from the most impor- M. Ferraroni (U. of Florence) tant European capitals, an important railway junction which links Florence C. Bazzicalupi (U. of Florence) to Rome and Milan, a motorway which connects Florence with Siena, San M. Di Vaira (U. of Florence, Firenze) Gimignano, Arezzo, Pisa and Lucca and the famous Chianti area, an efficient F. Cecconi (CNR, Firenze) train connection system and motorway from Pisa airport. D. Masi (CNR, Firenze) Florence also hosts an important University and many renowned research D. M. Proserpio (U. of Milan) centers. A major renovation of the scientific infrastructures is under develop- M. Mellini (U. of Siena) ment. A new big Campus (Polo Scientifico) is about to be fully operative. S. Mangani (U. of Siena) Congress Secretariat P. Paoli (U. of Florence, Firenze) A. Ienco (CNR, Firenze) www.iucr2005.it e-mail: [email protected] 2 IUCr Newsletter ♦ Volume 10, Number 4 ♦ 2002 IUCr Newsletter ♦ Volume 10, Number 4 ♦ 2002 3 EDITORIAL 2003 promises to be a year of new begin- Correction: nings and exciting challenges for me. On a Volume 10#3. The photo on pages 15-16 was courtesy personal note I have left the Naval Research of Caroline Duax (not W.L. Duax) Laboratory to take a position with the Protein Data Bank (PDB) - quite a leap for a dyed-in- the-wool small molecule crystallographer. to our community (IUCr Commission activities, what’s happen- Even from the small molecule perspective ing in the various crystallographic associations, election results, I have always viewed the PDB as a critical awards, obituaries, book reviews, letters to the editor, relevant international resource. I am pleased to be joining the team web-sites, future meeting announcements, new resources, etc). responsible for its maintenance and growth. Please continue to submit articles you feel would be of interest My second new beginning is that I am one of the new co- to our readers.