Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-29 Thread Kris Tesh
77381 USA 001 281 362 2300 x 144 -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Agacan Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:49 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature Dear Junhua, This does indeed sound like a

Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-29 Thread Mark Agacan
Dear Junhua, This does indeed sound like a description of a fiber diffraction pattern. For example, as you probably already know, A-form DNA fibres give large bands close to 3.4 Angstroms at the top and at the bottom of the images. The exact positions of the bands are specific to the type of fibr

Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-28 Thread Julie Bouckaert
I know this is not what you ask for, but I have had good experience with mounting in capillaries (borosilicate, a bit stronger than quartz, but quartz should work also if you are very careful), leaving the crystals in the mother liquid, to fly them over by FEDex from USA to Europe. Leave the cap

Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-28 Thread Juergen Bosch
Hi Junhua, you should contact TSA in Houston, speak to them prior to your flight arrange a contact person who will be there when you are traveling. Send them a Fax explaining what and why you are carrying your crystals with you and how e.g. small cooler with pads etc. I carried some RT 96 well

Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-28 Thread Manish C Pathak
Hi Junhua & Bill, I wonder about growing crystals in some kind of gel. Long back, i received the crystals in gel, and they did diffract. Is it still in practice ? regards Manish William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Junhua: These are ccp4 bb questions, so don't apologize (or we all wi

Re: [ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-28 Thread William Scott
Hi Junhua: These are ccp4 bb questions, so don't apologize (or we all will start having to do so). All of my room-temperature shipping experiences are pre 9-11-2001, and involve carrying stuff with me on airplanes, which is now an impossibility (unless you possess a Saudi diplomatic pouch, but in

[ccp4bb] crystal shipping at room temperature

2007-05-28 Thread Junhua Pan
Dear all, Sorry for the non CCP4 questions. We would like to ship some virus crystals to a synchrotron at room temperature (for room temperature diffraction). I am wondering if anybody has ever had any good experience for this kind of shipping. Especially, it would be great if anybody has any g