[ccp4bb] NOT: Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-17 Thread A Leslie
This discussion seems to have moved a very long way from the original topic, and hence the reported "Subject", could this be continued as a new thread please ? Thanks Andrew On 17 Nov 2009, at 11:40, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: Tim Gruene wrote: Yes, but models that can be validated again

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-17 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
Tim Gruene wrote: Yes, but models that can be validated against experimental data. The defining characteristics of computational models is that they (A) are 100% dependent on the algortihm, (B) can't be validated at all. Cheers, Morten >>> Sorry, they can be validated

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-17 Thread Tim Gruene
I would say that any prediction that can be derived from a model and confirmed is a validation of the model and the model remains valid until replaced by a better one. The sun was orbiting the earth until evidence became too contradictorily for this model. Until then it was a good model - bette

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about - biochemistry to validate model

2009-11-17 Thread Colin Nave
From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Morten Kjeldgaard Sent: 17 November 2009 09:56 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about On 17/11/2009, at 08.10, mesters wrote: >>

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-17 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
On 17/11/2009, at 08.10, mesters wrote: Yes, but models that can be validated against experimental data. The defining characteristics of computational models is that they (A) are 100% dependent on the algortihm, (B) can't be validated at all. Cheers, Morten Sorry, they can be validated t

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-16 Thread mesters
Kjeldgaard Morten wrote: On 14/11/2009, at 20.17, Miguel Ortiz Lombardia wrote: Le 14 nov. 09 à 19:15, Kjeldgaard Morten a écrit : On 14/11/2009, at 18.55, Ronald E Stenkamp wrote: The rumblings here at the Univ. of Washington among the computational modelers is that some of their current m

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-16 Thread Pete Meyer
e M. Sheldrick Sent: Sat 11/14/2009 4:08 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about Apologies for the typo, I meant to say 'Bernhard'. George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, Un

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-15 Thread Konrad Hinsen
On 15 Nov 2009, at 12:54, Kjeldgaard Morten wrote: Yes, but models that can be validated against experimental data. The defining characteristics of computational models is that they (A) are 100% dependent on the algortihm, (B) can't be validated at all. Computational models can be validated

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-15 Thread Christoph Best
Hello everybody- > Molecular models are the result of numbers emerging from computer programs. > The results of such computations do not reflect anything in nature. There's > no experimental evidence whatsoever, making modelling a very theoretical -- > in my eyes uninteresting -- exercise. Molecu

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-15 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardia
Le 15 nov. 09 à 12:54, Kjeldgaard Morten a écrit : On 14/11/2009, at 20.17, Miguel Ortiz Lombardia wrote: Le 14 nov. 09 à 19:15, Kjeldgaard Morten a écrit : On 14/11/2009, at 18.55, Ronald E Stenkamp wrote: The rumblings here at the Univ. of Washington among the computational modelers is

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-15 Thread Kjeldgaard Morten
On 14/11/2009, at 20.17, Miguel Ortiz Lombardia wrote: Le 14 nov. 09 à 19:15, Kjeldgaard Morten a écrit : On 14/11/2009, at 18.55, Ronald E Stenkamp wrote: The rumblings here at the Univ. of Washington among the computational modelers is that some of their current models might be more rep

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-15 Thread Nicholas M Glykos
Apologies for the free editing: > > > > Molecular models are the result of numbers emerging from computer programs. > > The results of such computations do not reflect anything in nature. There's > > no experimental evidence whatsoever, making modelling a very theoretical -- > > in my eyes uninte

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Frederic VELLIEUX
:21 > De : "Athanasios Dousis" > A : CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural > Molecular Biology is about > > > Fred, > > Great video-- thanks for sharing it with us. Could someone (pref

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Athanasios Dousis
Fred, Great video-- thanks for sharing it with us. Could someone (preferably with a personal connection to the French owners) please ask if the English version can be posted on Google Video or Youtube? I'd like to distribute the link, but the file is too large for casual downloading and vie

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardia
Le 14 nov. 09 à 19:15, Kjeldgaard Morten a écrit : On 14/11/2009, at 18.55, Ronald E Stenkamp wrote: The rumblings here at the Univ. of Washington among the computational modelers is that some of their current models might be more representative of protein structures in solution than are

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Kjeldgaard Morten
On 14/11/2009, at 18.55, Ronald E Stenkamp wrote: The rumblings here at the Univ. of Washington among the computational modelers is that some of their current models might be more representative of protein structures in solution than are the crystal structure models. It may take less than

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Ronald E Stenkamp
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about Apologies for the typo, I meant to say 'Bernhard'. George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Van Den Berg, Bert
ost of the tricks? Bert van den Berg UMass Medical School -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of George M. Sheldrick Sent: Sat 11/14/2009 4:08 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biolog

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardia
Le 14 nov. 09 à 10:53, Frederic VELLIEUX a écrit : Dear Bulletin Board, The following URL's may help people to understand crystallography (this was also pointed out to me by Ines Kahlaoui last night, I am so grateful to her): http://videolectures.net/mit3091f04_sadoway_lec14/ (for the B

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread Frederic VELLIEUX
. Sheldrick" > A : CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural > Molecular Biology is about > > > I also think that it is a very nice video and I will certainly be showing > it to my students (and relatives).

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread George M. Sheldrick
Apologies for the typo, I meant to say 'Bernhard'. George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-22582 On Sat, 14 Nov 2009, George M. Sheldrick wrote: > > I als

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-14 Thread George M. Sheldrick
I also think that it is a very nice video and I will certainly be showing it to my students (and relatives). However the little step between recording the X-ray reflections and getting a final refined map might be expanded a little. That is after all what CCP4 etc. is about! Otherwise, despite t

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Bernhard Rupp
that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about On Nov 11, 2009, at 1:44 AM, Vellieux Frederic wrote: > but also shows what we crystallographers have known for a long time, since the first colour E&S graphics workstations in fact, that the electron are blue That is th

[ccp4bb] tr: RE: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Frederic VELLIEUX
Rupp" > A : "'Frederic VELLIEUX'" > Copie à : > Objet : RE: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural > Molecular Biology is about > > I wonder how we could do that best? I used the example of the HIV protease > > from his preloaded ex

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread William G. Scott
On Nov 11, 2009, at 1:44 AM, Vellieux Frederic wrote: > but also shows what we crystallographers have known for a long time, since > the first colour E&S graphics workstations in fact, that the electron are blue That is the color of electrons dissolved in liquid ammonia (thus allowing the viewe

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Bernhard Rupp
Dear All, About a year ago I made a short demo video, only intended to illustrate how robotics figure in drug target crystallography. It is biased and somewhat out of date of course, but shows some nice crystal growth, harvesting and data collection. Material credits are at the end. Fo

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2009-11-13 Thread Narayanan Ramasubbu
Just thought this will be of interest to all. Subbu --- Begin Message --- Narayanan Ramasubbu wrote: Vellieux Frederic wrote: Narayanan Ramasubbu wrote: Hi: Could someone point out the name and where to get these crystallization plates used in the video? By the way, this is a wonderful vide

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Christian Biertuempfel
Thank you Dr. Sauter for making such an awesome movie. I am sure it will be very valuable for teaching as well as for showing the general public what we do. Definitely try to have the DVD ready for Christmas shopping... Best regards, christian claude sauter wrote: > Narayanan Ramasubbu a écrit :

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Jim Fairman
The crystallization plates with the screw caps shown 8 minutes into the film can be purchased from Qiagen (They used to be made by a company called Nextal but Qiagen bought them out a few years ago). I've been using these plates for years and love not having to deal with the vacuum grease. Here i

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread claude sauter
Narayanan Ramasubbu a écrit : mb1pja wrote: Dear Fred A really nice video that would be great for giving non-crystallographers (including colleagues and 1st year students, and perhaps also friends and family) an overview of what we do. Thank you for pointing it out - and of course very many

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Vellieux Frederic wrote: Hi, I think the plates are Greiner bio-one plates. We use them on the nanodrop crystallisation robot at PSB-EMBL (https://htxlab.embl.fr). Will check with Jean-Luc Ferrer from IBS (if he has not gone home already, it is late on a Friday...). Fred. And the plates wi

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Hi, I think the plates are Greiner bio-one plates. We use them on the nanodrop crystallisation robot at PSB-EMBL (https://htxlab.embl.fr). Will check with Jean-Luc Ferrer from IBS (if he has not gone home already, it is late on a Friday...). Fred. Narayanan Ramasubbu wrote: mb1pja wrote:

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread Narayanan Ramasubbu
mb1pja wrote: Dear Fred A really nice video that would be great for giving non-crystallographers (including colleagues and 1st year students, and perhaps also friends and family) an overview of what we do. Thank you for pointing it out - and of course very many thanks to Dominique Sauter for

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread mb1pja
... and thanks also to Ines Kahlaoui who pointed it out to you! On 11 Nov 2009, at 09:44, Vellieux Frederic wrote: > Dear all, > > Thought I'd share this with you: > > I located this through Ms Ines Kahlaoui, from the Beja Higher Institute of > Biotechnology in Tunisia (Ines has to teach and

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-13 Thread mb1pja
Dear Fred A really nice video that would be great for giving non-crystallographers (including colleagues and 1st year students, and perhaps also friends and family) an overview of what we do. Thank you for pointing it out - and of course very many thanks to Dominique Sauter for making it. I am

Re: [ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-11 Thread Dr. Anthony Addlagatta
simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about > *** > This message has been scanned by the InterScan for CSC SSM at IICT and found to be free of known security risks. > *** > > Dear all, > > Thought I'd share this with you: &

[ccp4bb] video that explains, very simply, what Structural Molecular Biology is about

2009-11-11 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Dear all, Thought I'd share this with you: I located this through Ms Ines Kahlaoui, from the Beja Higher Institute of Biotechnology in Tunisia (Ines has to teach and locates videos on the internet, which she then downloads and uses for teaching). Ines located this jewel: http://video.google