Re: [ccp4bb] Harold Jeffreys

2011-03-01 Thread James Stroud
Bah...no Kindle Edition...I guess I'll have to keep reading The Grand Design. James On Mar 1, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Bernhard Rupp (Hofkristallrat a.D.) wrote: > For those who concern themselves with such matters, the 1973 edition of > Sir Harold Jeffreys' "Scientific Inference" has just been reiss

Re: [ccp4bb] Processing Laue data

2011-03-01 Thread Pius Padayatti
To all Laue experts up here How does a Laue data is collected? Thanks in advance to all PSP On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:43 AM, REX PALMER wrote: > What programs are available for processing Laue data to produce an > intensity data set? > Are explanatory notes or publications available? > > Rex P

Re: [ccp4bb] Processing Laue data

2011-03-01 Thread Marius Schmidt
there is a small but brave community that actually attempted to collect Laue data on proteins with modern synchrotron sources. They are all centered around Keith Moffat in Chicago and Michael Wulff in Grenoble. Maybe you contact these people: D. Bourgeois at the ESRF, V. Srajer or Z. Ren at the AP

[ccp4bb] Postdoctoral Position in protein crystallography/drug design

2011-03-01 Thread Jenny Martin (IMB) UQ
A postdoctoral position at research officer/senior research officer level is available in the laboratory of Professor Jenny Martin, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. The position is for one year in the first instance, with the possibility o

[ccp4bb] Harold Jeffreys

2011-03-01 Thread Bernhard Rupp (Hofkristallrat a.D.)
For those who concern themselves with such matters, the 1973 edition of Sir Harold Jeffreys' "Scientific Inference" has just been reissued as a Cambridge paperback. Together with AFW Edwards' "Likelihood" this is good material for the finer aspects of inference I did only cursory touch in BMC chapt

Re: [ccp4bb] while on the subject of stereo

2011-03-01 Thread Jacob Keller
> I heard somewhere that the reason chickens (which have eyes on > the opposite sides of their heads, giving binocular vision a > different meaning) bob their heads up and down is to get a 3D > perspective. Check out egrets when they are fishing--definitely triangulating, maybe refraction-artifact

Re: [ccp4bb] while on the subject of stereo

2011-03-01 Thread Edward A. Berry
Jim Pflugrath wrote: One should be able to see 3D from the depth-cueing and by keeping the view in motion. Don't ever use stereo glasses in a public seminar. "putting the molecule in motion" is a good way to let the audience see 3D. I like to make a small animated gif ("rocking gif") which

Re: [ccp4bb] while on the subject of stereo

2011-03-01 Thread Jan Löwe
Ah! The question of to stereo or not to stereo! There has to be a scientific reason why this question is more popular than asking for what Linux distro is more fashionable this spring or why an Rmerge of 0.90 in the outermost shell is good for you and your structure. I am offering my two (conf

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral position in Structural Immunology (T and NK cell synapses) in Stockholm, Sweden

2011-03-01 Thread Adnane Achour
Dear group members, I would also like to bring this second opening to your attention: ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: 2 years Post-doctoral position in structural immunology with applications in T cell and NK cell receptor recognition of MHC class I and class II complexes in Stockholm, Sweden DEADLINE F

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral position in Structural Parasitology in Stockholm, Sweden

2011-03-01 Thread Adnane Achour
Dear group members, I would like to bring the following opening to your attention: ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: 2 years Post-doctoral position in structural parasitology in Stockholm, Sweden DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 25 Mars 2011 or until position filled TYPE OF POSITION: Post-doc AFFILIATION INSTI

Re: [ccp4bb] while on the subject of stereo

2011-03-01 Thread Jim Pflugrath
I will offer my view. I hate stereo glasses and hate stereo in general. One should be able to see 3D from the depth-cueing and by keeping the view in motion. For fitting, I like to flip the view by 90 degrees. I know I am going to move in displayX and displayY, but never in displayZ. I then

Re: [ccp4bb] Problem with refinement and positive electron density

2011-03-01 Thread Judith Reeks
Dear All, Thank you for your suggestions. Many of you asked what the occupancies were in the region and they were all one, so partial occupancy was not the problem. I was using TLS restraints during the refinement when this problem happened. Given the suggestions that TLS may be a problem an

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread David Schuller
The Viewsonic and Samsung monitors are both 1680x1050 resolution. A new crop of monitors came out last year with 1920x1080 resolution. We have an Acer GD235HZ and a Planar SA2311W, each operating off a Quadro 3800 with the optional stereo connector. Other monitor models compatible with the nV

[ccp4bb] International PhD Programme at CNIO, Madrid

2011-03-01 Thread Daniel Lietha
Dear colleague, We would like to draw your attention to the call for the * International Ph.D. Programme* at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid. We would greatly appreciate if you could forward the information below to potential candidates. The CNIO offers excellent tr

Re: [ccp4bb] Problem with refinement and positive electron density

2011-03-01 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Judith Reeks wrote: Dear All, I am currently refining a structure using the latest experimental version of Refmac (5.6) and there seems to be a problem with my Fo-Fc map. There is a region where I have fitted residues to the electron density but after refinement there is still positive el

Re: [ccp4bb] Problem with refinement and positive electron density

2011-03-01 Thread Mark J van Raaij
when these kind of things occur to me it always is a silly mistake like: - occupancies of the new residues set to 0.0 - reading in the old pdb-file when running refmac instead of the new one - calculating the map with the old refmac output instead of the new output - reading in and/or displaying th

[ccp4bb] Problem with refinement and positive electron density

2011-03-01 Thread Judith Reeks
Dear All, I am currently refining a structure using the latest experimental version of Refmac (5.6) and there seems to be a problem with my Fo-Fc map. There is a region where I have fitted residues to the electron density but after refinement there is still positive electron density assigned

[ccp4bb] while on the subject of stereo

2011-03-01 Thread David Roberts
Hi again, I'd like to ask a question about the pedagogy of stereo. That is, using stereo with students in the classroom. Do you all find that, after setting up these elaborate stereo devices, students really use the stereo or do they tend not to? I am a huge fan of stereo - and frankly her

[ccp4bb] ICSG 2011 early registration and abstracts submission open until March 4

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Terwilliger
Dear Colleagues, We hope that you are planning to attend the International Conference on Structural Genomics 2011, which will be held in Toronto, Canada on May 10-14, 2011. Due to technical difficulties with the registration page, we have extended both the early registration and abstract sub

Re: [ccp4bb] Examples of images from various detectors

2011-03-01 Thread James Holton
Well, my personal "museum of image file formats" is here: http://bl831.als.lbl.gov/example_data_sets/ Which I have organized by light source since although the "file format" is technically the same for a given detector model, the meaning of the contents of the header (such as the beam center)

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread Alexander . Schiffer
Dear Harry, as you mention two screens: have you ever tried to use two 3D screens? We currently have that setup but are not too happy with it. So I wonder if its a general problem or very specific to our setup. Best regards, Alexander From: CCP4

[ccp4bb] Opportunity in 2D Crystallography of Membrane proteins

2011-03-01 Thread Schertler Gebhard
We are looking for a PhD student in cryo electron microscopy. Our laboratory (http://lbr.web.psi.ch/) is working with a number of membrane proteins and in particular G protein coupled receptors. The goal is to prepare stabilized membrane proteins in a highly functional form and reconstitute them

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread Harry M. Greenblatt
BS"D Dear Andreas We have several examples of Linux working with the Quadro FX3800 with the optional 3pin connector, and either the Viewsonic 3D display, or the Samsung 2233RZ. We find the Samsung to have better image quality. As noted by others, in Europe you must specifically ask

[ccp4bb] Examples of images from various detectors

2011-03-01 Thread Ashley Buckle
Dear All I am looking for example files of most common detector formats eg from the mosflm doc (below). I have some of the most common ones we use routinely eg Mar, ADSC and R-Axis but if anyone has by chance compiled an archive of example files, or can point me in the right direction that wou

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread Schubert, Carsten [PRDUS]
Andreas, I can only second what Chris was saying. We have the same setup (FX3800 with separate riser for stereo connection) used in all of our machines and it works very well. In terms of monitor I would recommend to spend a bit more money and go with an Alienware or Asus 3D LCD, both are running

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Richardson
>>> Andreas Eichinger 03/01/11 9:24 AM >>> > We are currently setting up a new 3D workstation with a Samsung > SyncMaster 2233RZ monitor and a Nvidia 3D vision glasses kit on a > Redhat Enterprise Linux box. According to Nvidia, a Quadro FX 4800, > Quadro FX 4600 or Quadro FX 3700 graphics

[ccp4bb] problem running tutorial data in phenix autosol

2011-03-01 Thread Seema Nath
dear all, i was trying to run the sad tutorial data in phenix autosol. the p9 sad worked really well in the fast mode building almost the entire structure, but the se17 sad data does not give good results. it shows an fom of 34.6 and r factor of 33.2 in P41 spacegroup. autobuild bui

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread Pedro M. Matias
Yes, we recently installed such a system and it works very well. Minor drawback: the 3D Vision system interferes with the older 3D stereo (NuVision) system - we have 4 stereo workstations in the same room, 3 old and one new. We don't know yet whether there are interference problems between mac

[ccp4bb] Graphics card for Nvidia 3D vision

2011-03-01 Thread Andreas Eichinger
Dear colleagues, We are currently setting up a new 3D workstation with a Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ monitor and a Nvidia 3D vision glasses kit on a Redhat Enterprise Linux box. According to Nvidia, a Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 4600 or Quadro FX 3700 graphics card can be used for 3D on Linux