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CSD-Educators: Michael Zdilla Professor at Temple University

Ilaria Gimondi – Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:39:00 GMT

It is my pleasure to welcome Professor Michael Zdilla from Temple University as our guest for the third blog of the CSD Educators series. In his journey through crystallography teaching, Mike has created the Database for Educational Crystallographic Online Resources (DECOR), which we now host here at the CCDC. In its creator’s words, “DECOR is the world’s first online repository of shared teaching materials for crystallographic education. The site has an array of downloadable visual aids, animations, homework problems, and links to online courses and software downloads. DECOR is a resource for anyone in search of teaching tools for development of a new course for crystallography, augmentation of existing courses, or the pursuit of an informal education in crystallography and diffraction.”

Dr Karen Robertson wins CCDC Prize 2020

Peter Wood – Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:02:00 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Karen Robertson, from Nottingham University, for winning the CCDC Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists 2020 (CCDC Prize).

Community Toolkit from Crystal Conversations

Sophie Bryant – Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:03:00 GMT

Hundreds of people have joined the CCDC and BACG at the Crystal Conversations virtual events this year - for tutorials, talks and tea breaks for solid form scientists of all disciplines. This month we built a community toolkit of resources that help you do great work.

Could the "Sunshine Vitamin" help in the fight against COVID-19?

Zainab Abdulali – Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:35:00 GMT

The Sunshine Vitamin and COVID-19

Scientists have been looking for volunteers to take part in a new study to investigate the impacts of vitamin D, the 'sunshine vitamin', on the immune system. The study aims to determine whether taking vitamin D can help to increase immunity against respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, as some studies suggest a correlation between people with lower vitamin D levels and more severe COVID-19 symptoms.

CSD Educators: Chiara Massera Professor at the University of Parma

Suzanna Ward – Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:00:00 GMT

This is the second blog in our CSD Educators series and I am delighted to introduce Chiara Massera from the University of Parma. In our CSD Educators series we will be hearing from lecturers and teachers about some of their experiences in education and their journey to using the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). Chiara is a passionate educator with twenty years experience teaching students. She has helped to organise several international crystallography schools including last years “Crystallographic Information Fiesta” in Naples. We asked Chiara to tell us more about her journey to teaching others about the wonders of crystallography.

Blog November 2020

CSD-Educators: Michael Zdilla Professor at Temple University

Dr Karen Robertson wins CCDC Prize 2020

Community Toolkit from Crystal Conversations

Could the "Sunshine Vitamin" help in the fight against COVID-19?

CSD Educators: Chiara Massera Professor at the University of Parma

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