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Another fabulous IUCr Newsletter:-

Structures of photoactive yellow protein were determined by serial femtosecond crystallography after illumination, capturing the isomerization of the chromophore after it absorbs light. Structures included in this movie include: 5hd3 (ground state), 5hdc (100-400 femtoseconds after illumination), 5hdd, 5hds (3 picoseconds), 4b9o (100 picoseconds), 5hd5 (200 nanoseconds) and 1ts0 (1 millisecond). For more, see the Molecule of the Month on Photoactive Yellow Protein and Guide to Understanding PDB Data: Methods for Determining Atomic Structures.

Interested in Synchrotrons & XFEL Radiation?
The IUCr2026 meeting has you covered with SEVEN sessions, including Synergies between cryoEM, diffraction methods, and complementary biophysical measurements; Structural studies across time scales; and more:
event.fourwaves.com/...

Robert Huber: ‘I call the last century the century of vision’ The Nobel laureate on the joys of entering a developing field, and the century of vision

Very nice interview. I heard Robert Huber lecture many times. In Trieste at a conference we shared breakfast together and of course discussing our field.
Robert Huber: ‘I call the last century the century of vision’
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/robe...

💠 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

This is very sad news. Benno was a great pioneer of neutron protein crystallography.

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

🚨 Registration is open for the CCP4 Study Weekend 2026:
“Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology” 🎉
📅 7–9 January 2026

I’m honoured to be a scientific organiser with Tobias Krojer and Stephanie Wankowicz.

👉 Programme & registration: studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk

Foreword to the CommDat special virtual issue on the raw diffraction data workshop and microsymposia at IUCr2023 Papers from the CommDat workshop on ‘Raw Diffraction Data Reuse: the Good, the Bad and the Challenging' and microsymposia at the IUCr2023 Congress in Melbourne are presented.

@iucrdata.iucr.org Editorial by Loes Kroon-Batenburg announcing the Collection of articles arising from the IUCr Committee on Data Workshop and Microsymposia held at the last IUCr Congress in Melbourne. iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/202...

Stacking interactions of organometallic sandwich and half-sandwich compounds: crystallographic evidence and quantum chemical support This review provides crystallographic insight into stacking interactions between aromatic ligands in organometallic sandwich and half-sandwich compounds obtained by analyzing all crystal structures...

🚨New review online - a deep dive into the stacking interactions of organometallic sandwich compounds 🥪💠using the Cambridge Structural Database @ccdc.cam.ac.uk

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Registration for the #CCP4SW 2026 is now open! Being held as hybrid event with in-person at EMCC, Nottingham, UK between 7-9 January 2026. This year's topic is Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology. Find out more at studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk

🧪 The countdown to IUCr2026 is officially on. The Call for Abstracts opens October 1, 2025, & this is your opportunity to share your discoveries on the global crystallography stage.

Stay informed and get the details first at 👉 iucr2026.org
Let science, structure, and scenery collide.

Researcher offering insight into Parkinson’s awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize - Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien David Eisenberg has been awarded this year’s Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography. He has pioneered the study of amyloid proteins’ molecular structure, providing new knowledge about neurodegenerat...

www.kva.se/en/news/rese...

Crystallography in school Preconditions and applications for teaching crystallography in high school chemistry classes are presented.

A great approach: "analysis of #CrystalStructures in science classes at #HighSchools offers a wide range of opportunities for illustrating and improving understanding of fundamental #StructuralChemistry concepts"😀 doi.org/10.1107/S160...
@japplcryst.iucr.org #K12 #crystallography #Education

Here is one of the #neutron quasi-Laue diffraction patterns collected from SHMT using the LADI-DALI beamline at Institut #Laue-Langevin

FEBS Press Room-temperature neutron crystallography revealed protonation states in pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent TthSHMT enzyme in the apo-form and in complex with glycine external aldimine (PLP–Gly) a....

febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

YouTube video by The Royal Society The ethical science of Kathleen Lonsdale | The Royal Society

Explore the ethical science of Kathleen Lonsdale with Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS with our film on her life and work:
#WomenInSTEM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf...

Empowering learning in crystallography: launch of the Education and outreach section in Acta Crystallographica Section E The Acta Crystallographica Section E announces a call for papers for its new Education and outreach section, dedicated to showcasing innovative practices, resources, and insights in crystallography an...

🚀 New @actacryste.iucr.org: Launch of the Education & Outreach section! A dedicated space for teaching resources, outreach reports, & practical tips in #StructuralScience. doi.org/10.1107/S205...
@iucrjournals.bsky.social #crystallography #education
Join us in shaping the future of learning 🥳🥳

📣Scholarship program of the European Crystallographic Association for PhD students or young post-docs working in any field of crystallography!!!
Apply before October 15, 2025!!!
More info: ecanews.org/blog/2025/09...

The Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. This scheme offers a first step into an independent research career for early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern. Find out more and apply now: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/dorot...

The HeXI hutch being assembled on the experimental hall at Diamond.

Great to see HeXI starting to appear on the experimental hall at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social. HeXI will be a 1 MeV electron diffraction instrument that will complement complement the capabilities of VMXm.

A collage of images with speakers in a conference room with a big screen behind them.

Yesterday, we celebrated the CSD's 60th and ICSD's 40th anniversaries at the #ECM35, recognizing the power of community and collaboration 🙌

Thank you to our inspiring speakers for their insightful talks, and thank you to everyone who joined us. #Crystallography #Collaboration

Dr. Matthew Partridge will be talking all about Data Auditing on 16th October 2025. Reserve your online spot: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...

#PSDI #Webinar #DataAuditing #GoodData

It's great to see NSMB following the lead of IUCr journals like Structural Biology (@actacrystd.iucr.org) and Structural Biology Communications (@actacrystf.iucr.org). Reviewers find it much easier if they don't actually have to ask for the experimental data! Here's hoping other journals follow.

A group of six women and a pink-and-orange mascot stand in front of a grey building.

Join the CCDC team in supporting and sharing the #WomenInCrystallography initiative at the #ECM35!

The project promotes women's participation at global events and aims for balanced representation among attendees and speakers.

Read more: www.iucr.org/news/newslet...

#Crystallography #Science

John Helliwell reviews Time-Resolved Methods in Structural Biology (Methods in Enzymology Volume 709) doi.org/10.1107/S205...

The first @diamondlightsource.bsky.social MX Newsletter is here! Including the latest news from the MX beamlines, helpful info about shutdowns, runs and training opportunities as well as useful tips and tricks for making the most of the MX beamlines at Diamond. www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/...

Wanna learn #Crystallography? Base in Australia or NZ? Worth noting that you've got another week or so to apply for this year's crystallography school

For lovers of #crystallography: The latest issue of the @IUCr Newsletter is out at www.iucr.org/news/newslet....

Note for diary: #CCP4SW 2026 will be held between 7-9 January 2026 at EMCC, Nottingham. Topic is "Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology". More information will be on the SW website soon!

PDB-IHM: A System for Deposition, Curation, Validation, and Dissemination of Integrative Structures Structures of many large biomolecular assemblies are now being determined using integrative approaches. In these approaches, information derived from …

Paper published: Read about A System for Deposition, Curation, Validation, and Dissemination of Integrative Structures
doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...