Right you are, Chayne, I think it should be shown to every " Protein crystallographer "graduate student on their first day in the lab.
ivan On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chayne Piscitelli <pisci...@ohsu.edu>wrote: > The documentary "Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist" > is definitely a must-see film. It captures the story of life and > science in a crystallography lab, that of Dr. Larry Shapiro at Columbia > University, and follows the graduate students journey of fortune > and misfortune that crystallographers know so well. Not to sound too sappy > about it, but it is almost like a "coming of age" story for graduate > students.... > > Check it out: > http://naturallyobsessed.com/ > > -Chayne Piscitelli > > ------------------------------ > *From:* CCP4 bulletin board [ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Brad > Bennett [bradbennet...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:43 AM > > *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films > > Hi Harry- > X-ray crystallography played an integral part in discoveries made in > Michael Crichton's "Andromeda Strain". Mainly it was used to determine the > elemental composition and arrangement of the "capsid" or shell that the > "foreign" organism was found within. > > Best- > Brad > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:16 PM, harry powell <ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Not a question about films for recording X-rays on, but a question about >> films about X-rays, Crystallography and related subjects! >> >> I was wondering what ccp4bbers favourite movies involving real science, >> especially crystallography might be? If they're from Hollywood, though, I'd >> guess it should be "favorite"... >> >> I'm a little tired, but the only one I can think of at the moment is >> actually based on results from fibre diffraction - "Life Story", with Jeff >> Goldblum. There must be others, though. >> >> Harry >> -- >> Dr Harry Powell, >> MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, >> Hills Road, >> Cambridge, >> CB2 0QH >> > >
