Crystallography matters ... more!

The event is a One-Day Meeting organized for students of secondary schools in order to illustrate how the X-ray crystallography allows to get a picture of the exact position of the atoms in molecules. The day will be divided into short lessons, which will be held by young researchers, on the principles of this methodology and in several practical demonstrations on crystal growth and on the various stages of the process of structure determination.

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Many initiatives have been and are being organized to involve schoolchildren at Mudaliarpet, Pondicherry (India) into crystallography on the occasion of IYCr2014.

1. At first, the students were given a brief introduction on various crystals, which made them think about how crystals are formed.

2. Following this, a team of students were selected for a project on Crystal Growth - investigating the size, shape and number of crystals formed, taking various substances such as table salt, sugar, epsom salt, borax, potassium nitrate and alum. 

3. A Radio Talk was given by the teacher and the students on the "International Year of Crystallography".

4. A lecture was given on the topic to the school students, following which a demonstration -cum- exhibition, along with a poster presentation by the teacher is to be arranged for view for the public around the school locale. 

5. A next attempt to telecast the above in the television is made.

6. Students of our school are participating in the IYCr2014 Crystal Growing Competition. 

The photograph exhibition "Entre Art et Sciences: le Corail en Images, de l'Animal au Cristal" will be hosted at the Scientific Centre of Monaco (CSM) from 7 April to 3 June 2014.

Following the great success obtained in Reggio Emilia, the exhibition “L’ENIGMA ESCHER- PARADOSSI GRAFICI TRA ARTE E GEOMETRIA”, a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher, will be on display at "Il Filatoio di Caraglio" (Cuneo, Italy) from 29 March to 29 June 2014.

The exhibition presents the work of the Dutch graphic artist from his debut on the scene to his latest years, bringing together 130 works, including lithographs, etchings and drawings, on loan from museums, libraries and national institutes – among which the Galleria d’Arte Moderna of Rome and the Fondazione Wolfsoniana of Genoa – as well as from some important, private collections.

A special section is dedicated to tilings, with a panel illustrating the 17 crystallographic planar groups and some original examples of Escher's plane-filling drawings.

The exhibition is included in the events for IYCr2014 celebrations in Italy. 

Read the press release on the Reggio Emilia exhibition mentioning the connection with IYCr2014 (in Italian)

The exhibition "Living with crystal" (original title in Slovenian: Živeti s kristali), organized on the occasion of the International Year of Crystallography, will be open from 13 February 2014 to 11 January 2015 at the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana. 

On display: Photographs of minerals, Crystal drawings, Mineral and crystal collections, Jewellery, Fluorescent minerals, Interactive presentation of minerals and rocks on Biedermeier tables, Interactive play "Umek the Mineralogist", Microscopic world of crystals.

Authors: Miha Jeršek, Mirjan Žorž, Breda Činč Juhant, Katarina Fuchs

A LNEG (Portuguese Geological Survey) and Portuguese IGCP initiative to promote the International Year of Crystallography 2014 – 10, 11, 12 April, Beja, Portugal (10h30 - 11h30 am).

The objective is to promote IYCr2014 using the rock blocks of the Beja Geological Trail and their minerals. The trail collection includes Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, including sulphide stockwork veins mineralizations.

The initiative is dedicated to general public, teachers and students. Participation is free.

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This year's exhibition at Carolina Rediviva, Platonic Solids and Quasicrystals, is all about crystallography and shows how this science has been perceived over time. By collaborating with the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University, we can exhibit books side by side with real crystals, models of crystals and instruments that have been used to measure the angles of these strange formations that seem to have been cut and polished by human hand whereas in fact they have been shaped by uniform atomic structures.

Welcome on a beautiful journey through this collection of historical scientific books and artifacts.

A Memorial Bronze Plate on the III Liceum Ogólnokształcące façade will commemorate the school years of Max von Laue in Poznan (1887-1891).
The unveiling ceremony on April 11, 2014 will be followed by a Laue Symposium.

Mariusz Jaskolski (Poznan, Poland), Chair of the Organizing Committee

PROGRAMME 

10:00 Opening
Dir. Katarzyna Kordus
Prof. Mariusz Jaskólski
Prof. Andrei Wieckowski

10:45 The Unveiling Ceremony

11.00 Concert of choral music

11.30 Official addresses
Local government representative
Prof. Maciej Nalecz (UNESCO)
Prof. Gautam Desiraju (IUCr)
Prof. Andreas Roodt (ECS)

12:00 Break

12:30 Laue Symposium, with the participation of
Prof. Wolfgang Schmahl (U. Munich)
Prof. Matthias Bochtler (IIMCB Warsaw)
Prof. Janusz Lipkowski (PTKr Warsaw)
Prof. Wojciech Rypniewski (IChB Poznan)
Prof. Alexander Wlodawer (NCI USA)
Prof. Jerzy Pelka (IF Warsaw)
Prof. Udo Heinemann (MDC Berlin)
Prof. Agnieszka Kiliszek (IChB Poznan)
Prof. Dieter Hoffmann (MPI Berlin)

15:00 Break

15:30 Poster session

16:00 Closing ceremony 

Read a report | See the photo gallery 

A journey into the world of crystals

Librinfesta is an exhibition held in Alessandria (Italy) from April 8th to 12th, 2014 to encourage schoolchildren (especially the youngest) to book reading. Among the various events, to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography, Dr. M. Milanesio, Dr. G. Croce and Dr. E. Conterosito of the Università del Piemonte Orientale organize some activities for children about the fascinating relations among crystals, symmetry, order, light, molecules and real life objects.

Viaggio nel mondo dei cristalli

Con il 2014 l’Associazione Il Contastorie di Alessandria organizza l’XI edizione  della manifestazione Librinfesta (dall’8 al 12 aprile 2014); Librinfesta è un evento per giovani lettori e un’occasione per creare tavoli di lavoro e aggiornamento per il mondo della scuola e per tutti coloro che riconoscono all’educazione e alla lettura un ruolo cardine nella formazione dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza. In programma eventi, letture, incontri e laboratori tra cui quello organizzato dal Dr. M. Milanesio, Dr. G. Croce e Dr. E. Conterosito dell’Università del Piemonte Orientale in occasione anche dell’Anno Internazionale della Cristallografia. Tale laboratorio dal titolo ‘Viaggio nel Mondo dei Cristalli’ è rivolto a studenti delle ultime classi della scuola primaria e a studenti della scuola secondaria ed ha lo scopo di far conoscere ai più giovani l’affascinante mondo dei cristalli e della cristallografia attraverso giochi sulla simmetria e sugli effetti di diffrazione della luce e di far meglio comprendere le proprietà delle molecole e le loro strutture anche in oggetti di uso quotidiano.

See the photos of the event