Mike Glazer

People looking at a protein image on a computer

Interested in Crystallographic Computing?
IUCr2026 has you covered with THIRTEEN symposia exploring AI/ML; teaching; big data; quantum crystallography; high-throughput methods and automation; and more

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Proof of kids book in front of plant. Book looks like a composition notebook with red title „X-ray crystallography adventures!“ subtitle: cat & elephant‘s sugar crystal mystery. Two cartoons of a cat in a lab coat and an elephant in baking gear are on bottom right.

Excited to have proofs in hand of our crystallography children‘s book! Illustrated by an amazing undergrad Justine Wong!

More info coming soon…
#chemsky

Image inspired by the MS "MS129 How mathematics opens minds and black boxes in crystallography"

Enter the world of Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography at IUCr2026
MaThCryst microsymposia will explore how math opens minds and black boxes in crystallography; and implementing free tools to improve xtal teaching
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Solving molecular organic crystal structures from powders Powder diffraction is a widespread technique found in academic, forensic, industrial research and quality-control laboratories the world over. The recent article by Kabova et al. [(2025), Acta Cryst. C81, 559–569] provides step-by-step guidance on how to proceed and the software the authors use, from sample preparation and the powder diffraction measurement itself, to the verification of the final structure.

Andrew N. Fitch: Solving molecular organic crystal structures from powders #PowderXRayDiffraction #RealSpaceStructureSolution #OrganicMolecules ... #IUCr https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053229625009052

IUCr2026 logo (left) and a Magnetic Structure inspired image (right)

Interested in Magnetic Structures?
IUCr2026 has you covered with ELEVEN sessions covering topics including novel perovskites, structural chirality, and emerging technologies and more
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Computing the bridge length: the key ingredient in a continuous isometry classification of periodic point sets We describe an efficient algorithm to compute the bridge length estimating the size of a complete isoset invariant, which classifies all periodic point sets under Euclidean motion.

M​cManus and Kurlin: Computing the bridge length: the key ingredient in a continuous isometry classification of periodic point sets #PeriodicPointSet #LabelledQuotientGraph #IsometryInvariant ... #IUCr https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053273325008253

Crystal Structures & Cowboy Culture Collide

#IUCr registration is OPEN!
Secure your spot today to take advantage of early-bird rates, connect with the global structural science community, and experience an unforgettable Congress in beautiful Calgary, Alberta.
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🌎 Time to share your science with the world! Your work belongs at #IUCr2026, the global stage for crystallography and structural science

🔗 Submit your abstract now: event.fourwaves.com/...

📅 Open: Oct 1, 2025 – Feb 15, 2026
📬 Questions? info@iucr2026.org

Happy to share this little tutorial review:

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#crystals #flexible #chemistry

The latest issue of the @IUCr #crystallography Newsletter is now available at www.iucr.org/news/newslet...

Useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures Single crystal diffraction analysis remains the gold standard for the three-dimensional atomic structure characterization of framework materials such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic fram...

My tutorial review on single crystal diffraction analysis is now online @crystengcomm.rsc.org! Students, supervisors, and reviewers: Please consider this thought-provoking read to discover many facets of the crystallographic practice that are often overlooked or misunderstood 💎 #crystallography

Consider "fried fish merchant" or "man eating fish". Would a hyphen be useful here?

💠 The ACA community mourns the loss of Dr. Benno P. Schoenborn (1938–2025), a pioneer in neutron protein crystallography whose work transformed structural biology.
Read more and share memories: 🔗 bit.ly/42wNvlM
#crystallography #InMemoriam #ACACommunity #neutrondiffraction

Start networking for the IUCr 2026 Congress with the IUCr Early Career Scientist Division
Details at:
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They're so awesome, and the googly eyes are truly the 'chef's kiss' 😄

We’re thrilled to announce that abstract submissions for IUCr 2026 are officially OPEN 🎉

🗓 Deadline: February 15, 2026
📍 Location: Calgary, Canada

🔗 Submit your abstract today: www.iucr2026.org/

#IUCr2026 #CallForAbstracts #Crystallography #StructuralScience #science #IUCr

Introducing the American Union of Crystallography - Its objective is to become the independent, enduring voice for crystallographic science in the United States - Learn more about the AUC and how you can support it zurl.co/Lnc7H

As we’re tied with 3 hours to go in this round, the orthorhombic structure of #Perovskite was discovered by Irish X-ray crystallography pioneer Helen Dick Magaw. So a vote for Perovskite is not only a vote for this amazing mineral, but also showers honor on this wonderful #WomanOfSTEM. #MinCup25

Vote for #Perovskite or risk disappointing these Uruguayan future geologists! #TeamPerovskite #MinCup25

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...

Reminded me of @mrjamesob.bsky.social Geography teacher
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"

🧬 The IUCr 2026 Call for Abstracts opens October 1, 2025.

Now’s the time to explore ideas, gather collaborators, and get ready.

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Let your research rise under the Alberta skies.

#IUCr2026 #Crystallography

Do you like things to be orderly but still a little unpredictable? Check out sessions like “Quasicrystalline, incommensurate modulated, and composite phases” or “Approximate Periodic Symmetry”, just to name a couple.

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📣 The #GE3C has awarded the Gold Medal 🎖️, its highest distinction, to Professor Santiago García Granda, from the University of Oviedo and President of the IUCr, in recognition of his extensive and outstanding 🔝 scientific career in the field of crystallography 💎.

Paul Ewald’s treatise on Fourier Transforms for crystallography and more I recently stumbled across this great article by Paul Ewald on using and understanding the Fourier transform (FT) for crystallography. It’s not been downloaded all that much, which for a foun…

I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the contact, I'll try to set up a meeting. Let's see if we can find common ground between the two techniques. They're both based on the very same principles after all! lookingatnothing.com/index.php/ar...

Prof Sir Peter Hirsch: 1925-2025

We are very sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS.

Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.

www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

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This is awesome! #crystallography

Agreed

How can you be a solid-state chemist and vote anything but #perovskite ?