Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-02-01 Thread James Holton
ined before is locally uniform and therefore can be fitted by a planar background function. Cheers -- Ian -Original Message- From: owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk [mailto:owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of James Holton Sent: 29 January 2010 09:43 To: CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-29 Thread Ian Tickle
efore can be fitted by a planar background function. Cheers -- Ian > -Original Message- > From: owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk [mailto:owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf Of James Holton > Sent: 29 January 2010 09:43 > To: CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb]

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-29 Thread Ian Tickle
> I believe he means something that is relevant to real life where > crystals are small, diffraction weak, and background high, i.e. a > quantity that can realistically be extracted from the crap we get on our > images. Frank, my point was that in the presence of DS (which for protein crystals mea

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-29 Thread James Holton
All I'm saying is that when I calculate the average general scattering from 8192 random configurations of one disordered atom per unit cell: http://bl831.als.lbl.gov/~jamesh/diffuse_scatter/xtal_diffuse.gif and then subtract from that the general scattering from an "occupancy-weighted model" wit

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-29 Thread Frank von Delft
On 28/01/2010 20:20, Ian Tickle wrote: On another point you said you wanted an 'operational' definition of I(Bragg). I'm not entirely clear what you mean by that. Are you saying I believe he means something that is relevant to real life where crystals are small, diffraction weak, and backg

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread Ian Tickle
> If all cells are completely unsynchronized, then the occupancy-weighted > average electron density map of all the conformers will fully explain > the background-subtracted spot intensities, but if there is > cell-to-cell synchronization: it won't! This is not correct: as I tried to explain in

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Thursday 28 January 2010 09:57:31 John Badger wrote: > Hi Ethan, > Your effort to play devils advocate is appreciated - I have not seen much > debate on the applicability of TLS so at risk of diverging into a separate > thread: > > I would not argue that TLS is necessarily a valid model for c

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread James Holton
John Badger wrote: Diffuse scatter patterns were compared to simulations of correlated motions that were long-range (say, the size of the whole molecule) ... This is exactly not the point I was trying to make. Anything confined to a single unit cell is not what I would call "long range".

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread John Badger
Hi Ethan, Your effort to play devils advocate is appreciated - I have not seen much debate on the applicability of TLS so at risk of diverging into a separate thread: I would not argue that TLS is necessarily a valid model for correlated motion in proteins because it 'works' in fitting the ava

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread Phil Evans
This is the basis of the TAILS "correction" in Scala, but I'm not convinced it works very well, particularly if you don't have lots of fully recorded reflections Phil On 28 Jan 2010, at 15:41, Dirk Kostrewa wrote: > Dear James, > > Am 27.01.10 10:08, schrieb James Holton: > >> I'm still no

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread Dirk Kostrewa
Dear James, Am 27.01.10 10:08, schrieb James Holton: I'm still not really sure what the difference is between a Bragg spot and a feature "under" it. Why not define a "Bragg intensity" operationally? Subtracting local background with a least-squares plane is pretty much universally done, and

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-28 Thread Colin Nave
: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only > reflections > > On Wednesday 27 January 2010, John Badger wrote: > > Colin, > > > > Your point: > > "I think the point here (probably the one you are making) > is that if > > crystallograp

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-27 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Wednesday 27 January 2010, John Badger wrote: > Colin, > > Your point: > "I think the point here (probably the one you are making) is that if > crystallographers produce a pseudo rigid body motion (or static > disorder) model described by TLS parameters then it would make specific > predictions

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-27 Thread John Badger
Colin, Your point: "I think the point here (probably the one you are making) is that if crystallographers produce a pseudo rigid body motion (or static disorder) model described by TLS parameters then it would make specific predictions of diffuse scatter. These predictions could be used to test th

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-27 Thread Colin Nave
[mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf Of James Holton > Sent: 27 January 2010 09:09 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only > reflections > > John R Helliwell wrote: > > > > Dear James, > > I enjoy

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-27 Thread James Holton
s instead of only reflections > -Original Message- From: owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk <mailto:owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk> [mailto:owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk <mailto:owner-ccp...@

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-26 Thread John R Helliwell
alled "mosaicity" and use learned >> profiles derived from nearby stronger spots (ignoring the fact that the >> intrinsic profiles of a hkl and a 6h 6k 6l reflection will be closely >> related). The normal procedure is obviously very good but we don't know >>

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-25 Thread James Holton
inal Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Tickle Sent: 22 January 2010 10:54 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections > -Original Message- From: owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-24 Thread Colin Nave
to:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf Of Pierre Rizkallah > Sent: 24 January 2010 00:55 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only > reflections > > Hi Colin, > > I was slightly disappointed you missed out one thing in your > cat

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-23 Thread Pierre Rizkallah
ries plus other comments welcome Regards Colin > -Original Message- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf Of Ian Tickle > Sent: 22 January 2010 10:54 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-23 Thread Colin Nave
plus other comments welcome Regards Colin > -Original Message- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf Of Ian Tickle > Sent: 22 January 2010 10:54 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only > ref

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-22 Thread Ian Tickle
> -Original Message- > From: owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk > [mailto:owner-ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of James Holton > Sent: 21 January 2010 08:39 > To: CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only > reflections >

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-21 Thread Jacob Keller
estern.edu *** - Original Message - From: John R Helliwell To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:49 AM Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections Dear Jacob, Your approach I think it is a sound one for explor

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-21 Thread John R Helliwell
Dear Jacob, Your approach I think it is a sound one for exploring how to gain a significant potential improvement by harnessing the diffuse diffraction, which looks rich and varied in many cases ie must surely contain good structural information. The separation of the various experimental and cryst

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-21 Thread Colin Nave
Message- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On > Behalf Of James Holton > Sent: 21 January 2010 08:39 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only > reflections > > It is interesting and relevant here I thin

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-21 Thread James Holton
Fax: (716) 898 8660 Skype: eddie.snell Email: esn...@hwi.buffalo.edu Telepathy: 42.2 GHz Heisenberg was probably here! -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Smith Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:00

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Harry
Fax: (716) 898 8660 Skype: eddie.snell Email: esn...@hwi.buffalo.edu Telepathy: 42.2 GHz Heisenberg was probably here! -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Smith Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:00 PM To:

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Klaus Fütterer
ct: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections Hi Jacob, I see you're still in the crystallography business. While you have an interesting idea, I doubt refining structures against entire images would be of any use in obtaining higher quality macromolecular str

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Jacob Keller
bably here! -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Smith Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:00 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections Hi Jacob, I see you're stil

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Edward Snell
! -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Smith Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:00 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections Hi Jacob, I see you're still in the crysta

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Soisson, Stephen M
Jacob- Based on your question, you would likely be interested in doing some literature searches for the pioneering work of George Phillips and the utilization of diffuse scattering information. What you are thinking about has already been broached - nearly 20 yrs ago. It is likely that a revisit

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Paul Smith
Hi Jacob, I see you're still in the crystallography business. While you have an interesting idea, I doubt refining structures against entire images would be of any use in obtaining higher quality macromolecular structures. Much of what you see on the screen is a function of parameters complet

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Herbert J. Bernstein
I agree with Bernhard -- both on the soundness of the idea and on the difficulty in finding the right home for it in NSF or NIH, but I would suggest giving it a try. -- Herbert = Herbert J. Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science Dowling C

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread William G. Scott
Dear Jacob: I think the main impediment is that more diffuse scattering, for example, isn't as easy to model as Bragg crystalline diffraction. But it is definitely useful. One example is tRNA: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?am0009 Acta Cryst. (1994). D50, 210-218[ doi:10.1107/S0907

Re: [ccp4bb] Refining against images instead of only reflections

2010-01-20 Thread Bernhard Rupp
I think these arguments for image conservation and image *use* are well taken. The best source of information of what is going on my be the imgCIF people, - I'd start with Andy Howard and Herbert Bernstein. I think that image data (after detector- and configuration-specific corrections to the raw