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  1. CSD Educators: Helen Maynard-Casely from Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

    Ilaria Gimondi – Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:53:00 GMT

    In this new CSD Educators blog, it is my pleasure to introduce Helen Maynard-Casely from Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). In this blog, Helen, who is also a CSD Champion, will tell us about the International School of Crystallography, held in person in Erice (Italy) between 3rd and 11th June 2022. 

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  2. We're research scientists and experts in crystallography and materials science at CCDC and the University of Notre Dame: Ask us anything!

    Ashley Moreno – Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:22:00 GMT

    The U.S. National Committee for Crystallography (USNC/Cr) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is providing an online workshop series for students and researchers on the use, development, and maintenance of crystallographic and structural databases. CCDC is excited to present a two-day session at the event about the Cambridge Structural Database! To celebrate, we’re hosting a live AMA (ask me anything) via Twitter with the CCDC session host, Dr Jeff Lengyel, and departmental crystallographer at the University of Notre Dame, Dr Allen Oliver.

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  3. CSD Educators: Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop

    Yinka Olatunji-Ojo – Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:45:00 GMT

    In this addition to our CSD Educators series, we hear from Dr Louise Dawe, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Louise is a collaborator and champion of the CSD—helping to develop some of our classroom modules. Here, she outlines current examples of collaborative crystallography workshops and schools in the Americas that can help educators plan future structural science events. It is based on a lecture presented by the author at the 2020 IUCr Congress and General Assembly.

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  4. Behind the scenes of the CSP Blind Test

    Lily Hunnisett – Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:11:00 GMT

    How many groups took part in the first challenge of the 7th CSP Blind Test? What kind of experimental work goes on behind the scenes? Read on for answers, and an interesting Q&A with a team from Catalent. Catalent is a development and manufacturing partner that has provided the high-quality experimental data for this test of crystal structure prediction (CSP) methods.

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  5. Happy 50th anniversary to our friends at the PDB!

    Ashley Moreno – Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:39:00 GMT

    This year the CCDC and the Protein Data Bank (PDB) are hosting a day-long symposium at the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Fall 2021 meeting. The conference theme is “the resiliency of chemistry,” and our symposium focuses on understanding enzyme function in 3D.

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  6. Guest Blog: Clare Crouchman - artwork inspired by crystallography

    Alexandru Moldovan – Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:46:00 GMT

    The renovation at the CCDC building in Cambridge started in 2019. Artwork to educate and inspire our team and visitors on the theme of crystallography was a key requirement.

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  7. Celebrating CCDC Founder and Crystallographer, Dr Olga Kennard’s IUCr Ewald Prize

    Suzanna Ward – Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:34:00 GMT

    CCDC Founder and crystallographer, Dr Olga Kennard recently received the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)’s twelfth Ewald Prize for her invaluable contribution to the development of crystallographic databases — specifically the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). On 14th August, we are delighted that Olga’s achievements will be celebrated in the Ewald Prize Lecture during the IUCr Congress Opening Ceremony.

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  8. Unique challenges from polymorphs in the agricultural sciences – A discussion on polymorphic cellulose with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Scientist Emeritus, Dr Alfred D. French

    Ashley Moreno – Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:44:00 GMT

    Molecules that have different molecular packing arrangements despite identical chemical composition are said to be polymorphic. The variety of possible forms, each an allomorph (or polymorph), presents opportunities and challenges in various fields – including the drug industry and agriculture and forestry. In this blog, we talk to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Scientist Emeritus1 and the Editor-in-Chief of Cellulose, Dr Alfred D. French about his work with cellulose, which has multiple polymorphs (allomorphs).

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  9. What's the difference between free Mercury and full-licence Mercury?

    Peter Wood – Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:37:00 GMT

    The CCDC offers a selection of products and services free of charge for the benefit of the scientific community, which includes a free version of Mercury. While the free version supports several functionalities, many popular features are only available with a licence. Here we explain the differences between the free and paid licence versions of Mercury.

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  10. Announcing the 2020 Struchkov Prize winners for early-career work in crystallography

    Carmen Nitsche – Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:28:00 GMT

    The CCDC is excited to announce the 2020 Struchkov Prize winners. Advancing structural science is a global effort, and the CCDC has been a proud financial supporter of the Struchkov Prize Association (SPA) since 2015.

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