Dear Jessica, The opening question from your external examiner I expect to be “Your studentship funder is interested in your training and competence in research methods, your university however, in deciding to award your degree, has to know what your contribution to knowledge is?” PhD theses require an abstract but what you need to answer that question is a shorter synopsis. A synopsis can be quite tricky to get right whilst being succinct.
I realise I have not answered your precise question, on Xray crystallography questions that may arise. So, on that point, the topical question seems to be “What is your view on being able to predict what you have found out by Xray crystallography? Best wishes, John Emeritus Professor John R Helliwell DSc > On 14 Jun 2022, at 16:58, Jessica Besaw <jbesaw1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello CCP4! > > I am preparing for my PhD defense on X-ray crystallography of membrane > proteins. > > So my ask from you folks is: What X-ray crystallography questions would you > ask in a PhD defense? > > All questions - easy, tough, tricky - are welcome. > > Thank you kindly, > > Jessica Besaw > > > > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/