Public Profile - The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)

UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:00:00 GMT

For this year's #WomenInScience day we celebrate all the amazing women who have made great science happen with the CCDC over the past year.

CrystEngComm celebrates the CSD in a special issue

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:10:00 GMT

The journal CrystEngComm has published a special issue to mark the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) reaching 1 million structures, with 33 papers that highlight the breadth of applications made possible with this data.

Community Toolkit from Crystal Conversations

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.

7th Crystal Structure Prediction Blind Test brings new challenges for computational chemists

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:00:00 GMT

Announcing the challenge

This week the 7th CSP Blind Test begins - a major challenge in computational chemistry. It will see the world leading methods in Crystal Structure Prediction put to the test on real targets - with a high bar set by previous work. The 7 test systems have been sourced from leading experimentalists in industry and academia for prediction.

Careers Clinic at Crystal Conversations September meeting

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:52:00 GMT

The September Crystal Conversations meeting included a Careers Clinic session. Attendees asked our panel of 6 professionals questions about career options, progression and advice for the future of jobs in STEM.

BioChemGRAPH project will improve data synergy to facilitate drug development

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:00:00 GMT

The BioChemGRAPH collaboration brings together key chemical and biochemical datasets, to give researchers deeper insights than ever before.

How scientists can support COVID-19 research from home

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:41:00 GMT

As the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic continues, scientists around the world have set up virtual projects to collaborate, share knowledge, resources and data to support drug discovery.

Working from home as a scientist – how to research remotely

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:14:00 GMT

The current COVID-19 outbreak is making more people work remotely, either by choice or by company or government policies - but with the right approaches, scientists around the world continue their research work.

Lee Daniels joins CCDC’s growing North America team

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:28:00 GMT

The CCDC, world-leading experts in structural chemistry data, software and knowledge for materials and life science research and application are pleased to welcome Dr Lee Daniels to their growing North America team.

Sophie Bryant CCDC

Announcing the challenge