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What the critics said: “one of those people who always seem to follow a different drummer”. Royal Society University Research Fellow at YSBL, The University of York, UK | Computational glycobiology | Co-editor at Acta Crystallographica F | instruct-ERIC representative at the 3D-Bioinfo community | CCP4 WG2 co-chair and ED&I champion. #CCP4 #glycotime #Chemistry #RealTimeChem #Biology #StructuralBiology #Privateer #York #Guitar #Blues #EffectsPedals #DIYstompboxes #Autistic #aspergers #nobot
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An interesting article about George Sheldrick and SHELX by @sellathechemist from a while back

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/sheldricks-shelx/4015554.article

Sheldrick’s SHELX

From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination

Chemistry World
My open letter and FRS resignations reported in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00486-5
Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship

More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.

I miss when search engines looked for the words you typed
This Mastodon IOS app is brilliant!

Douglas Adams had the right idea.

Yes, you all go to Mars with Elon and start the new right-wing-only society there. We'll be right behind you on the next ship.

Instead of trying to use one biomacromolecule as a one-size-fits-all calibration standard for #cryoem, creating optimized mixtures with relevant properties can be more robust and reliable. #CryoElectronMicroscopy #SingleParticleAnalysis #Benchmarking https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X24010318
Multi-species cryoEM calibration and workflow verification standard

CryoEM technologies are emerging as a powerful structural science tool to reveal molecular details of biological systems, but have lacked comprehensive calibration standards for biomacromolecular workflow benchmarking. A cryoEM calibration sample mixture is introduced that may be used to evaluate more than the achievable information limit of the instrument by providing a workflow-validation and educational tool for biological samples.

Acta Crystallographica Section F

A new edition of 'Interviews with Authors': Section Editors Jon Agirre, Cristy Nonato and Mark van Raaij and Commissioning Editor Roberto Steiner have a wide-ranging discussion with John Helliwell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTEEOKEISDA

Read his recent review at https://tinyurl.com/httyvex5

John R. Helliwell

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@ActaCrystF Structural Biology Communications and get your own episode of Interviews with Authors! https://t.co/fqDv9ZfJZ7
Beyond publishing: introducing Interviews with authors

To find out what lies behind the articles published in Acta Cryst. F – Structural Biology Communications the journal now publishes interviews with its authors.

Acta Crystallographica Section F
"We have decided to start meeting willing authors online after their research has been published. Why? Fundamentally, because we care about the answers. We edit a journal of the IUCr, a body that was created by scientists ... for the common good." https://t.co/fqDv9ZfJZ7
Common strategies and pitfalls are described and practical advice is given to increase the chances of success when starting a single-particle analysis cryo-EM project.#CryoElectronMicroscopy #SpecimenPreparation #HighResolutionStructureDetermination https://t.co/QOu5YUy063
Cryo-EM sample preparation for high-resolution structure studies

Practical advice for preparing samples for use in high-resolution structure determination using cryo-electron microscopy is given.

Acta Crystallographica Section F