[ccp4bb] SOLEIL Call for Proposals (AP35) deadline: Monday, 16 Sep 2024 17h00

2024-09-09 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, This is just a gentle reminder that the deadline for the submission of projects to Synchrotron SOLEIL is within one week: Monday, 16 Sep 2024 at 17h00 ( Paris time). Synchrotron SOLEIL has several beamlines dedicated to structural biology, not only for macromolecular crystallog

Re: [ccp4bb] Fragile Crystals

2023-11-23 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Morgan, Cases like yours are the motivation why the PROXIMA 2A beamline (amongst other beamlines) have developed a plate screener for collecting X-ray diffraction data in situ. I suggest you contact those beamlines to find out how to get your plates in the beam. Cheers, Bill From: "Blak

[ccp4bb] Call for proposals SOLEIL - AP33 deadline 15 Sep 2023

2023-09-05 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, This is just a gentle reminder that the deadline for proposals for beamtime at SOLEIL is fast approaching - 17h00 (Paris time) 15 September 2023 . This call (AP33) includes BAG proposals for PROXIMA1, PROXIMA 2A and SWING beamlines for MX, micro-MX and SAXS experiments, as well

Re: [ccp4bb] in memoriam of Raimond Ravelli

2023-07-06 Thread SHEPARD William
Indeed, this is very sad news. It's difficult to find the right words when a friend and colleague passes away. My condolences to Maaike and his family. Kind regards, Bill From: "Garib Murshudov" To: "CCP4BB" Sent: Thursday, 6 July, 2023 11:04:02 Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] in memoriam of Rai

Re: [ccp4bb] Structure prediction - waiting to happen

2023-04-15 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear James, I love your Star Trek Transporter analogy! "Beam me up Scotty..." Oops! Cheers, Bill From: "James Holton" To: "CCP4BB" Sent: Saturday, 15 April, 2023 01:28:35 Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Structure prediction - waiting to happen Very sorry to hear about your grant. I've been the

Re: [ccp4bb] Actor puck tongs

2022-10-17 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Georg, PROXIMA 1 has some old ACTOR accessories, ask Andy THOMPSON ( [ mailto:andrew.thomp...@synchrotron-soleil.fr | andrew.thomp...@synchrotron-soleil.fr ] ). Cheers, Bill From: "Kempf, Georg" To: "CCP4BB" Sent: Monday, 17 October, 2022 15:17:44 Subject: [ccp4bb] Actor puck tongs

[ccp4bb] Deadline for proposals at Synchrotron SOLEIL

2022-09-01 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, Just a gentle reminder that the deadline for the submiision of proposals to the MX, SAXS and other beamlines at Synchrotron SOLEIL is fast approaching: 15 Sep 2022 (17h00 or 5 pm). Please see below for more details. Cheers, Bill Dear Colleague and SOLEIL User, We are ple

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral fellowship in a weird and wonderful project

2022-07-12 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, Although this is a bit off-topic, it will definitely interest the crystallographers who like to do the “weird and wonderful” science. We are looking for a motivated scientist to develop micro-fluidic devices and serial crystallography methods as applied to MOFs, POMs and

Re: [ccp4bb] Help with interpreting Tyrosine modification

2022-01-29 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear Misba, Perhaps it's a silly question, but have you tried to model in propionate? The carboxylate group could make H-bonds to both the Arginine sidechain and the the tyrosine OH group. Propionate should show no anomalous signal. Just my 2-bits worth. Cheers, Bill - Original Messag

Re: [ccp4bb] unknown density in 1.6 A structure

2021-06-03 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Peer, Have you tried to model the hydroxyl O1 disordered at the carbonyl position? Check the H-bonding pattern to the end groups, this might give some clues. Cheers, Bill Le 03/06/21 12:50, « Peer Mittl » a écrit : >I'm struggling with the electron density shown in the attachment. The >

Re: [ccp4bb] Post Doc PROXIMA 2A Synchrotron SOLEIL

2020-01-13 Thread SHEPARD William
, Saint Aubin BP 48 91192 GIF-SUR-YVETTE France email: william.shep...@synchrotron-soleil.fr From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of SHEPARD William Sent: 12 December 2019 18:29 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Post Doc PROXIMA 2A

[ccp4bb] Post Doc PROXIMA 2A Synchrotron SOLEIL

2019-12-12 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, There is a 2-year ANR-funded post doctoral position available to join the PROXIMA 2A team at Synchrotron SOLEIL (located near Paris, France) to develop Serial Crystallography methods. This is an ideal opportunity for a young scientist who wishes to learn about beamline instrumenta

Re: [ccp4bb] [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] molecular replacement_protein-glycan complex

2019-11-15 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Shen, This comment is a too late to help, but out of interest, did you run SIMBAD, which checks for contamiants, on your data? It's another thing one do when the MR solutions are very mediocre. Cheers, Bill From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK]

Re: [ccp4bb] crysalis pro from rigaku

2019-11-04 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, I am also interested in this, but the current version of CrystalisPro that we have does not read HDF5 data files from EIGER detectors. Currently we convert to CBF, but Crystalis still has issues… Does anybody have a sure-fire script to convert HDF5 to Esperanto? Cheers, Bill De

[ccp4bb] Beamline Scientist position on PROXIMA 2A

2019-06-24 Thread SHEPARD William
Hi Everybody, Just as a reminder, we recruiting a Beamline Scientist (permanent position) on PROXIMA 2A at Synchrotron SOLEIL, which would be an excellent opportunity for a suitably motivated scientist. Please refer to the link below for more information: https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/

[ccp4bb] Post-Doctoral position at SOLEIL

2016-11-17 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear Colleagues, A two year post doctoral position on Radiation Damage is immediately available on the PROXIMA 2A beamline at Synchrotron SOLEIL. Please forward the announcement to any interested candidates. PROXIMA 2A is a micro-focus beamline dedicated to macromolecular crystallography (MX)

[ccp4bb] Python programmer position (18 months)

2015-04-15 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear Colleagues, An opportunity exists at Synchrotron SOLEIL for an engineer or scientist to develop the MXCuBE experimental control interface for the two MX beamlines, PROXIMA 1 and PROXIMA 2A . The position is for a fixed term of 18 months working on site with a group of motived scientists.

[ccp4bb] Scientific Programmer Position

2011-03-03 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear All, Please find below an announcement for a Scientic Programmer on the PROXIMA 2 beamline at Synchrotron SOLEIL. The position is a 2-year contract suitable for a PXer with strong computing & instrumentation skills or a Computing Engineer. http://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/images/File/s

[ccp4bb] Post-Doctoral Position/Scientific Programmer on PROXIMA 2

2011-01-24 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear Colleagues, We are seeking a motivated young scientist or engineer with excellent skills in programming and computing to join the PROXIMA 2 team at Synchrotron SOLEIL. Please forward the announcement below to any interested parties. Kind regards, Bill Post-doctoral Position - Scienti

[ccp4bb] RE : [ccp4bb] High Rmerge with thin frames

2010-11-05 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear Sergei, It is difficult to say without looking at XDS or MOSFLM logfiles, but this sort of problem (high & flat Rsym in all resolution bins) sounds like the crystal vibrating wildly in the cryostream. You could ask the data collector the following questions: 1) Was the cryostream misalig

[ccp4bb] TR : Pernament Beamline Scientist position at Synchrotron SOLEIL

2009-10-26 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear CCP4 community, We are still looking for candidates with experience in macromolecular crystallography and beamline instrumentation for a permanent scientific position opening on the PROXIMA 2 beamline at Synchrotron SOLEIL (see below for more details). Please note the the deadline

[ccp4bb] Pernament Beamline Scientist position at Synchrotron SOLEIL

2009-09-11 Thread SHEPARD William
Dear Fellow Crystallographers, There is a permanent scientific position opening on the PROXIMA 2 beamline at Synchrotron SOLEIL (see below). We are looking for candidates with a background & post-doctoral experience in macromolecular crystallography and instrumentation. Please note the t

[ccp4bb] Beamline Scientist PROXIMA 2

2009-08-04 Thread SHEPARD William
Hello CCP4BBers, A permanent scientist position is open on the PROXIMA 2 beamline at SOLEIL. Please see below for more information. Cheers, Bill Beamline Scientist PROXIMA 2 (m/f) (Ref: EXP-102) SOLEIL is a state-of-the-art, third generation synchrotron radiation centre dedicate