Crystallography matters ... more!

The main ambition of the 4th PYCheM is diffusion of scientific work in chemistry between young researchers in Portugal and abroad. It is also intended to emphasize the bond between fundamental scientific research and its applicability in Industry by pointing to new professional opportunities and motivating the enterprising spirit of the participants. In addition to projecting and deepening the interest in chemistry in the society, this congress aims to reinforce the development of working networks between the young researchers, promoting their communication and work capabilities.

This conference will be privileged with the honorable presence of two Nobel Laureates: Dr Aaron Ciechanover and Dr Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureates in Chemistry in 2004 and 2009, respectively.

Portuguese speakers include Professors Maria João Romão, Elvira Fortunato and João Rocha.

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.

The Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography of the IUCr is strongly committed to promote education in all the fundamental aspects of crystallography that nowadays are overlooked in common University courses. This mission is accomplished through a series of meetings in a wide range of regions. In spring 2014 we organize a school in Argentina, in continuation of our activity in the region after the previous schools in Havana, in Montevideo and in Uberlândia.

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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

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.

This MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) explains the basic building blocks of crystals, their symmetrical structure and introduces free software for crystal structure exploring. To be enrolled to this online course, visit the web site and click on the green button "Enrol with email".

The course is organized in chapters, every week a new chapter will be launched starting on April 18th.

Frank Hoffmann and his team from the University of Hamburg invite you to be part of the crystal admiring community.

The School Francesco Paolo Ricci is an international school established in 1994, entitled to Prof. Francesco Paolo Ricci who promoted with outstanding efforts the development of neutron research in Italy also actively contributing to the establishment of international agreements between the Italian Research Council (CNR) and the European International Neutron Facilities. The school provides a comprehensive training in the fundamental concepts of neutron scattering.

The school provides an excellent introduction to neutron scattering which is developed through to its application in contemporary research. It consists mainly of lectures and tutorials covering both the theory and technical aspects of neutron scattering with a particular emphasis on applications to Cultural Heritage. In addition to lectures on theory, sources, and neutron instrumentation, students will be tutored by world leading experts in the various scattering techniques including diffraction, quasi-elastic and inelastic scattering, imaging, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, and neutron-spin-echo.

The XII edition of the School will be held at the ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE (EMCSC)  as a Course within the International School of Solid State Physics (Director: Giorgio Benedek).

School Director: Ian Anderson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US)

School Vice-Directors: Gabriele Salvato (CNR, IT), Antonella Scherillo (ISIS, UK)

Target Audience: Students attending universities majoring in physics, chemistry, materials science, or related fields.

The exhibition and lectures "World of Crystals" (original title Svět krystalů) aim at showing the amazing shapes of the crystals from the whole world and from the Železné hory (Iron Mountains) National Geopark in particular.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on 6 May at 6.30 pm in the exhibition hall of the Vodní zdroje Chrudim s r.o.

Opening times: Monday to Friday, 8.00 to 4.00 pm.

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Joint scientific meeting of the Section of Physical Sciences, the Section of Chemical Sciences and the Section of Biological Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (the lectures will be in Hungarian)

8 May 2013, 10:00 am

International Year of Crystallography

Chaired by:
Gyula Faigel, member of the HAS

An experiment, which changed the course of natural sciences
Alajos Kálmán, member of the HAS

The structural biology of the preventive DNS-repair
Beáta Vértessy, doctor of the HAS

Why is a faulty crystal good?
László Kovács, doctor of the HAS

11.00 Break

Chaired by:
Gábor Náray-Szabó, member of the HAS

The molecular anatomy of the complement system’s activation
Péter Závodszky, member of the HAS

Do it yourself algorithms
Gábor Oszlányi, doctor of the HAS

Chemical crystallography: crystal architecture
Petra Bombicz, PhD

12.15 Break

Chaired by:
Gábor Náray-Szabó, member of the HAS

Self-assembly and flexibility: substrate selection strategies in oligopeptides
Veronika Harmat, Phd, university professor

Asymmetric interactions of a symmetric homodimer Ca-binding protein S100A4
László Nyitrai, PhD, university professor

New routes in structural research
Gyula Faigel, member of the HAS

Venue of the event: Main building of HAS, Assembly Room
1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9. Second floor

La storia della scoperta della doppia elica del DNA può essere considerata emblematica del contributo della diffrazione dei raggi X per la determinazione della struttura della materia a livello atomico. La prospettiva storica della scoperta permetterà di apprezzare il concorso di idee necessario alla formulazione del modello finale e il ruolo svolto dai protagonisti: James Watson, Francis Crick e Maurice Wilkins, vincitori del Premio Nobel, oltre a Rosalind Franklin e Linus Pauling.
Fisica, chimica e biologia si intrecciano per disegnare una delle molecole più affascinanti e importanti nella storia dell'umanità.

The exhibition will open on May 9th with a speech by Sven Lidin, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Lund University and Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

The programme includes:

- building of paperboard crystal polyhedra
- closest packing of ping pong balls competition
- symmetry desk: finding of symmetry elements, symmetry in nature
- destroying large calc-spar rhombohedra into small ones
- liquid crystals and LC-displays
- crystal structure analysis
- show with dry ice, rapid crystallisation processes and much more

1. Hot topics in macromolecular crystallography (by prof. dr. Elspeth Garman, University of Oxford, UK)
2. The whole is more than the sum of its parts (by prof. dr. Hans-Beat Buergi, University of Bern, Switzerland)
3. Charge density (by prof. dr. Dietmar Stalke, University of Goettingen, Germany)
4. Absolute structure and absolute configuration (by prof. dr. Howard Flack, University of Geneve, Switzerland)
5. Twinning in crystallography (by dr. Regine Herbst-Irmer, University of Goettingen, Germany)
6. Advanced solutions from the Cambridge Structural Database (by Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK)

The workshop aims at:

• Promotion of excellence and innovation in crystallography,
• Transfer of state-of-the-art knowledge and know-how to the most talented and motivated PhD students and postdocs in crystallography and related disciplines,
• Popularization of crystallography, and
• Celebration of the International Year of Crystallography (2014) in Croatia.

Participants, who will be chosen among the highly motivated applilcants - young scientists working in crystallography and related fields, will be invited to present their own research via short (15 to 20 min) talks or on posters. A small number of participants invited to the workshop (20) will give a chance to young crystallographers to share their ideas and experience among them, as well as to discuss their work and problems they encounter with the experienced senior scientists who will be attending the workshop as lecturers or tutors.

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International Summer School of Crystallography (11–17 May 2014)

Tutor: Prof. Carmelo Giacovazzo

Speakers: Prof. Henry Chapman (CFEL), Dr. Thomas Schneider (EMBL), Dr. Gleb Bourenkov (EMBL), Dr. Thomas A. White (CFEL), Dr. Adrian Mancuso (European X-FEL)

Venue: Center for Free-Electron Laser Science at DESY, Hamburg (Germany)

Sponsors: Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI - Excellence Cluster), PIER Helmholtz Graduate School, IMPRS-UFAST Graduate School (Max-Planck Society)

We are pleased to announce the first International Summer School of Crystallography at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science at DESY, Hamburg (Germany). In course of the International Year of Crystallography 2014, Prof. Carmelo Giacovazzo will give a full week of lectures on the basics of crystallography, as well as the basics of modern phasing methods in protein crystallography. The course will cover basic mathematical understanding of crystallographic point and space groups, diffraction experiments, structure factor calculations, systematic absences, determination of space groups and many additional topics.
After the discussions of theory, one afternoon will be spent to learn about modern applications of protein crystallography using advanced light sources, such as 3rd genereation synchrotrons and X-FELs.
The course will be given mainly for PhD students working in the field of crystallography, but exceptions for motivated PostDocs and MSc students can be made. The course will mostly cover mathematical background of crystallography, hence we are looking for students, having a (bio)physics background. This will NOT be a workshop covering protein crystallographic programs but rather the theory behind those programs.

The registration fees are currently discussed (most likely around 150 EUR), accommodation will be arranged by the DESY guest house and has to be covered separately by each applicant. The course will start Sunday (11.05.2014) around lunch and will end Saturday (17.05.2014) around lunch.

Application deadline will be end of February 2014 and notification of accepted applications will be sent during March 2014.
Applicants must provide a motivation letter, as well as a CV, directly to the organizer Cornelius Gati (cornelius.gati@cfel.de).

Please contact Cornelius Gati regarding further questions (cornelius.gati@desy.de).

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Hamburg!

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The course was held at the Hacettepe University, Department of Physics Engineering from Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th of May 2014. There were also hands-on practical computer applications.

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Lars ERIKSSON (Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry)

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Join University of Edinburgh researchers on Tuesday evenings in May and June to celebrate the 2014 International Year of Crystallography! Experts from a range of disciplines will explore the fascinating world of crystals, from historical discoveries to today’s cutting-edge research.  Programme 13th May, Dr Michael Wharmby (School of Chemistry) Why are all snowflakes hexagons? The secret life of water crystals  20th May, Prof Malcolm McMahon (School of Physics & Astronomy) Extreme Crystallography: Towards infinity, but not necessarily beyond 27th May, Dr Emrys Phillips (British Geological Survey) Nature’s Stained Glass – Using crystallography to reveal the processes which have shaped our planet 3rd June, Dr Will Donovan (School of Mathematics) The frontiers of symmetry: hidden geometry and tangled superstrings 10th June, Dr Stephen Moggach (Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions) Pressure, pores and pockets: X-ray diffraction of ‘nearly’ empty space 17th June, Prof. Lindsay Sawyer (School of Biological Sciences) Crystals, Proteins and the New Biology 24th June, Dr Adam Kirrander (School of Chemistry) Can we see it all? The future of X-ray crystallography

Click here to download the poster with the programme of the lecture series 

The preservation and conservation of our cultural heritage is a significant contemporary worldwide concern. Advanced scientific methods and techniques are essential for the identification of materials present in historic objects of cultural heritage and processes occurring therein. These methods can also help to give a deeper understanding of the technology and craftsmanship of old masters. Modern analytic methods are important in studies of authenticity and can be applied as diagnostic techniques in practical conservation.
The aim of the conference is to promote the development and use of X-ray and other modern techniques in order to extract information from objects of cultural heritage. The conference is also a forum to bring together scientists whose major expertise is in a high-tech field and museum professionals (art historians, conservators and curators) whose particular responsibility is the organization and preservation of collections, and to disseminate the newest results in the area of scientific investigation of art objects.

The first session of the conference entitled “Role of crystallography in science, art and everyday life” was opened for general public and was preceded by presentation of the Plus Ratio Quam Vis Medal to Professor Henk Schenk, past President of the International Union of Crystallography.

The conference was attended by over 90 participants.

A photo gallery of the event is available at http://www.chemia.uj.edu.pl/nauka-i-badania/konferencje/x-ray/gallery

Read the short biographies of all speakers of the FCT-NOVA lecture series at http://xtal.dq.fct.unl.pt/iycr2014/Speakers.html

The exhibition “In the unusual world of crystals” shows the beauty of crystals, the history of their investigations and their various applications. 

The exhibition was organized to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography IYCr2014 and the 650th Jubilee of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. 

Sites of Exhibition:

• Faculty of Chemistry JU,  14 May -14 June 2014
• Jagiellonian University Professors Garden, Krakow, 14-18 May 2014
• Main Jagiellonian Library , Krakow, 18 June – 18 July 2014
• Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research PAS, Wroclaw, 26-28 June 2014

and is scheduled to be displayed in many other places (Krakow, Wroclaw, Czestochowa, Poznan, Opole, Warsaw) in the second half of 2014.

A photo gallery is available at http://www2.chemia.uj.edu.pl/krysztaly_wystawa/?page_id=77

More about the exhibition (in Polish): http://www2.chemia.uj.edu.pl/krysztaly_wystawa/

14. Mai 2014:Prof. Thomas Armbruster, Universität Bern

„Kristalle: die Erforschung ihrer Eigenschaften im Wandel der Zeit"

Der Vortrag findet im Rahmen des IYCr2014 um 18:30 im Vortragssaal des Naturhistorischen Museums statt.

Einlass 18:15 unter Vorlage des Mitgliedsausweises bei der Kassa

Gemeinsame Veranstaltung der Freunde des Naturhistorischen Museums (http://freunde.nhm-wien.ac.at/aktivitaeten/vortraege.html) und der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft (http://www.univie.ac.at/OeMG/vwien.html)

The official language of the school is Russian.

The school's aim is to promote research activity and communication of young scientists and students in the field of contemporary problems of crystallography and materials science. The scientific program consists of invited lectures and practical lessons of leading scientists, as well as poster sessions of School participants. The School will provide a platform for young participants to share and discuss recent findings of their researches.

Application deadline is 15 April 2014.

We look forward to seeing you in Nizhni Novgorod!

The key aim of the festival is to show the contents of modern science and the importance of the technological development in a very accessible manner. We would also like to highlight the impact of scientific advances on the main humanitarian trends and the formation of brand new professions. The festival was initiated by Novosibirsk State University and Akademgorodok Foundation. General partner of the festival is Dynasty Foundation.

"Discovery phenomenon" was chosen as the main theme for this year. Thus we intend to substantiate the significance of scientific discoveries as well as the discoveries which we make every day whilst adapting to the fast changes of our surrounding world. It is also worth to focus the attention of the young audience on the attractiveness of science, as a way of doing and thinking, in order to generate interest to their future work in scientific field.

Sciences of the year: crystallography, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering sciences, cosmology, astrophysics, paleontology, educational psychology, hybrid pedagogic.

The comprehensive festival program includes more than 15 public lectures, seminars and panel discussions in the science café as well as in the University campus; science slam, which involves a "scientific battle" between young scientists; a training-conference on education and the professions of the future “Beyong the classroom”. Finally the most substantial program slot will be the outdoor event in  a  science picnic manner - "Archimedes Town" - which covers “fair of scientific discoveries” (20-25 tent-labs present their scientific researches), scientific auditorium for short speeches from selected experts, also experimental polygons for physics, chemistry and biology, mobile planetarium, exhibition area, scientific cinema etc.

The festival is created for people of all ages who are interested in science or those who are just curious and never been involved in any of the scientific disciplines.

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The workshop "Residual Stress and Texture Analysis by X-ray Diffraction” for graduate and doctoral students is organized as satellite event of the 4th Turkey Crystallography Meeting.

Students who will participate in the workshop and the meeting will be able to get support through TUBITAK.

In the framework of the Conference on Research and Dissemination (Jornadas de Investigación y Extensión) at the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Central de Venezuela, a guided exhibition to crystals and X-Ray Diffraction Equipment will be presented in the X-Ray Laboratory of the Earth Sciences Institute.

Among the items on display there will be: natural and man grown single crystals; X-Ray tubes; Debye-Scherrer camera; Laue back-reflection camera; Bragg-Brentano Diffractometer; Diffractograms; Diffraction patterns; a copy of "Bragg Notebook"; a set-up simulating the "Bragg Spectrometer", using a goniometer, an ionization tube and an electroscope. Also a laser diffraction pattern from a light bulb filament, trying to simulate photo 51 of Rosalind Franklin, will be exhibited.

Responsible: Dr. Carlos Rojas

"From Batteriels to Biological Machines: Crystallography Frontiers - Everyday Materials"

When it comes to crystallography, function follows form. Tune in to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography as Cora Lind-Kovacs and Jim Kaduk of the American Crystallographic Association join us to discuss recent advancements in research and everyday application.

What You Will Learn

• Insights into structure and how function follows form
• Importance of crystallography in analysis of everyday materials
• Analyzing real materials – from pure substances to applied mixtures
• And much more…

Webinar Details

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014 @ 2pm-3pm ET

Fee: Free to Attend

Download Slides: Available on Live Date

Meet Your Experts

Cora Lind-Kovacs (University of Wuppertal, Germany, prediploma; Georgia Tech, M.S., Ph.D.; Cornell University, postdoc) started her independent career at the University of Toledo in 2003, where she researches low temperature routes for the synthesis of advanced solid-state materials, with particular focus on negative thermal expansion materials and metal sulfides.

Jim Kaduk is an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology and President and Principal Scientist of Poly Crystallography Inc.  After obtaining a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at Northwestern he worked on catalysis R&D at Amoco Chemicals.  Jim is well known for his expertise in solving and refining crystal structures. His current work involves citrate salts, catalysts, pharmaceuticals, and long skinny molecules. He is one of the three main editors of the forthcoming Volume H of the International Tables for Crystallography on powder diffraction.   He has 140 published papers on powder crystallography, and he has contributed 500 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File.

Dr. Robin D. Rogers serves as Distinguished Research Professor, Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry, and Director of the Center for Green Manufacturing at The University of Alabama.  He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the American Chemical Society journal Crystal Growth & Design.

Acknowledgements

Co-produced by the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) Ad Hoc Task Force for the International Year of Crystallography 2014

The Fine Print

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To celebrate the European event "Museums at night", Visiatome organizes an evening combining science and art entitled "From crystals to jewellery".

The lecture "Le Diamant Bleu et le Grand Saphir, joyaux de la Couronne de Louis XIV" will be given by François Farges, Professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. This will be followed by demonstrations and activites for all, as well as the exhibition "Voyage dans le cristal".

More information on http://www.aicr2014.fr and http://www.visiatome.fr/

El Museo de Historia Natural "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" de Montevideo, Uruguay ha realizado una exhibición especial de Cristales y Estructuras Cristalinas aprovechando su colección de minerales para celebrar el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014. En la exposición se agregan a los minerales algunas figuras con las estructuras atómicas correspondientes.

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The Natural History Museum "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" of Montevideo, Uruguay has created a special exhibit of Crystals and Crystal structures using its own minerals collection to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014. The exposition contains some figures with the atomic structures of the selected minerals.

Every year, the third week of May, Uruguay celebrates the Science and Technology week. In 2014 the week will be motivated by the International Year of Crystallography 2014 and will have the motto "it all depends on the crystal you look through".

Researchers and graduate students will be offering talks focusing on the impact of Crystallography in our lives. The opening ceremony of the week will include a Dissemination Lecture on Crystallography. Lectures, about 1h long, will be offered to Primary and Secondary schools (both public and private), Teaching institutions in general and Social institutions from all the country. An estimate of 50 lectures on different aspects of crystallography will be given from May 19 to June 30 where the activities of the Sci & Tech week officially end.

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Cada año, durante la tercera semana de mayo, Uruguay celebra la Semana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología. Este año las actividades están motivadas por el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014 y tendrá como llamador la frase "todo depende del cristal con que se mire".

Tanto investigadores como estudiantes de postgrado darán charlas enfocándose en el impacto de la Cristalografía en nuestras vidas. El evento de apertura de la semana estará basado en una charla de divugación de Cristalografía y las charlas, de 1 hora aproximada de duración serán ofrecidas a Escuelas Primarias y Secundarias (públicas y privadas), instituciones de enseñanza en general e instituciones sociales de todo el país. Se estima que unas 50 charlas serán dictadas sobre distintos aspectos de la cristalografía desde el 19 de mayo al 30 de junio cuando concluyen oficialmente las actividades de la Semana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología.

The International Year of Crystallography IYCr2014 at Siena

(L'Anno Internazionale della Cristallografia IYCr2014 a Siena)

Organizers: Regione Toscana, Amico Museo 2014
Venue: 19 May 2014, 4:30 pm, Aula Magna, Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Siena, Piazzetta Silvio Gigli (Prato di Sant'Agostino) 2

Three teachers of the University of Siena will give an introduction to crystallography and its applications in biology, materials science, mineralogy and art. From a scientific point of view, one of the most interesting properties of crystals is the fact that, when exposed to X-rays, they will produce a ("diffraction") image which allows us to see (literally!) the structures formed by the atoms and molecules they are made from.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Wednesday, 21 May at 6 pm at the regional library of Lower Austria in St. Poelten.

Click on the image to download the invitation to the exhibition.

Venue: Planetario de Pamplona

21 May, 7.30 pm: Los Minerales en La Tierra. Esther Lasheras, Universidad de Navarra

28 May, 7.30 pm: Photo 5: la imagen de ADN más famosa de la historia. Javier Novo, Universidad de Navarra

4 June, 7.30 pm: Las caras del cristal. Una aproximación multidisciplinar a la historia de la cristalografía. César Tomé, Universidad del País Vasco

18 June, 7.30 pm: Kriptonita, estalagmitas y otros cristales peculiars. Jose Ramón Isasi Allica, Universidad de Navarra

25 June, 7.30 pm: Neutrones en la vida cotidiana. Javier Campo, CSIC Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón

Con motivo de este año tan especial, se ha organizado la exposición titulada "Los minerales: Año Internacional de la Cristalografía".

La exposición trata de ofrecer un recorrido por las características principales de los minerales, los cristales inorgánicos naturales. Estas características van desde cuales son las posibles formas de la celda unidad (sistemas cristalinos) hasta las principales propiedades físicas que presentan como consecuencia de su composición y su estructura, y que, con frecuencia, nos permiten identificarlos.

The 3rd ASEAN Synchrotron Science Camp celebrates IYCr2014 with a lecture on "Introduction to protein crystallography" by Dr. Nuttawan Pramanpol, beamline scientist at the Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI), and a special lecture on "International Year of Crystallography 2014: Discovery Timeline and R&D in Thailand" by Dr. Danaya Pakotiprapha, lecturer from Mahidol University.

These lectures will be held on Wed 21 May 2014 from 9.00-11.30 a.m. at SLRI.

In celebration of International Year of Crystallography 2014 - IYCR2014 the Group of Applied Physics and Crystallography decided to offer the community the IV Workshop of Applied Crystallography to Materials Science and Engineering to discuss and disseminate new technical applications in crystallographic research of new advanced materials. More traditional applications such as studies of X-ray diffraction in steels and alloys for structural applications, ceramic for general use, use of residues marble and granite, cement production, among many others will also be discussed. There are several areas of science and engineering of materials in which needs arise from X-ray techniques and their subsequent analysis applications.

A group of students from Sainte Pulcherie High School invites others students from Istanbul to discover what crystallography is through mathematics (symmetry, geometry), and physics (Bragg's law, X-ray diffraction...) and a quiz question paper.

Lecture given by Prof. Süheyla Özbey: Crystallography and its applications

Prize ceremony for the best crystal

The workshops are addressed to the PhD chemistry students of academic and research institutions from Lodz. The lectures will cover the basics of crystallography, the phenomenon of protein crystallization, diffraction of protein crystals and solving the crystal structures. In the laboratory, the participants will have an opportunity to crystallize lysozyme and conduct the diffraction experiment of protein crystal.

Download the poster with the programme of the workshop 

Come enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Land of Enchantment with a little science on the side!

Congratulations to our 2014 Award Winners 

• John Helliwell - Patterson Award 
• Borden Lacy - Etter Early Career Award 
• Dan Rabinovich - Wood Writing Award 

Program Co-Chairs

• Christine Beavers - cmbeavers@lbl.gov
• Petrus Zwart - phzwart@lbl.gov

Local Chairs 

• Zoe Fisher - zfisher@lanl.gov
• Kate Page - kpage@lanl.gov

Exhibitions about crystallography and mathematics, along with activities for children, a wifi party and the construction of a big crystal will be held during the 10th Setmana de les Matemàtiques 2014.

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La associació GAMMA, en col·laboració amb la Comissió Andorrana per a la Unesco, ha escogit l'any de la cristal·lografia 2014 com eix vertebrador de les seves activitats de la X Setmana de les Matemàtiques 2014.

Es conmemoren els 400 anys del descubriment de les simetries dels cristalls de gel a ull nu, per Kepler, els flocs de neu tenen geometria hexagonal i a la vegada els 100 anys del descobriment de la difracció dels raigs X, mitjantçant els quals vam poder mirar per primera vegada el món microscòpic de la materia.

Es va descobrir que l'atzar no existia a l'interior del diamant, que els atoms es col·locaven com si es tractés d'una paret de mahons, i que hi havia un ordre perfecte. L'espai mínim que ocupen les taronjes quan les enmagatzemen, també s'ordenen com una estructura cristal·lina cúbica, igual que els àtoms del diamant. 

El dissabte dia de matemàtiques al carrer, podrem gaudir de la construcció d'un cristall gegant, amb la mateixa estructura que el diamant, format por una xarxa de cubs. Ho farem amb gominoles i escuradents. Cada gominala, serà un vèrtex del cub, un àtom de carbó dolç. Això ens servirà per poder analitzar com són els diamants per dintre, com és una xarxa cristal·lina cúbica. I podrem deduir perquè el  diamant és el element més dur, i per això tan valuós.

També gaudirem dels pòsters de "L'any de la cristal·lografia 2014", de la Comissió Andorrana per a la Unesco, que ens expliquen totes les aplicacions importants de la cristal·lografia: des de la medicina, fins a la nanotecnologia, o nous materials, i que gràcies a aquestes estructures ordenades, tenen característiques molt valuosses i milloren els avenços tecnològics, com els components cada dia més petits i lleugers dels nostres dels nostres ordinadors.

Esperem que els joves i families, puguin gaudir dels  jocs i activitats d'aquesta festa  i aprenguin de una manera lúdica i pràctica els secrets que amaguen els materials. 

The practical sessions consist of a Demonstration Fair, where a number of stands will simultaneously offer the students the opportunity of attending short (30 minutes) practical sessions carried by the teachers at scheduled times. This year we have extended the number of demonstrations and the time scheduled, namely May 28th afternoon and May 29th the whole day.

The 2014 Spring Conference of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) will be held for the first time in Lille (France) from 26 to 30 May and will be the largest conference ever organized by E-MRS with a plenary session, 29 parallel symposia as well as poster sessions, one exhibition and much more. The exciting scientific programme will highlight the latest advances in international materials research and demonstrate key novel applications. Special emphasis will be given to the fields related to materials for energy and environment; nanomaterials; materials and light; hybrid organic and biomaterials; crystal growth in materials science, jointly organized with the International Organization for Crystal Growth. An additional feature of the conference will be the bilateral energy conference organized together with MRS-USA, as well as the presentation along selected symposia of Japanese research initiatives promoted by the J-MRS, followed by open discussion, the workshop devoted to grand challenges in materials, the special session devoted to on-going European initiatives in the field of materials and how to promote global actions in key research areas (Europe in Motion), besides tutorial courses devoted to the field of energy and oxides, among others.

In addition a major exhibition of equipment manufacturers, book editors and service units will be organized. Furthermore a number of satellite events are planned to encourage and develop an exciting scientific curiosity towards the wonderful world of materials and their applications! Indeed, it is becoming even more obvious that for the future era of sustainable growth and economic prosperity new advanced materials are the crucial issue to be addressed, crosscutting all main industrial fields, such as biotechnology, energy and the technologies of information and communication.

These activities are complemented by the outstanding plenary events taking place on Wednesday afternoon which will include 2 outstanding speakers. The session will continue with the award of the EU-40 Materials Prize, a prize reserved to researchers aged under 40 who are showing exceptional promise for leadership and have made outstanding and innovative contributions to Materials Research in Europe. The presentation of the Graduate Students Awards will conclude the session.

We predict this will be the largest and most exciting E-MRS Conference ever organized, breaking all records! We really look forward to your active participation and contributions to the discussion.

Confirmed lecturers 

Dott. Samuele Ciattini (Centro di Cristallografia Strutturale, Università di Firenze), Il CRIST ai raggi-X

Dott. Giorgio Guastella (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Direzione Regionale per la Lombardia, Laboratorio e Servizi Chimici, Milano), Applicazioni della diffrazione a raggi X in ambito doganale

Dott.ssa Chiara Vladiskovic (Dipharma Francis S.r.l., Baranzate, Milano), Principi Attivi Farmaceutici: a cosa serve la diffrazione da polveri?

Dott.ssa Laura Chelazzi (Dipartimento di Chimica «Giacomo Ciamician», Università di Bologna), Oltre i confini del cristallo singolo: aspetti applicativi della determinazione strutturale da polveri microcristalline

The full programme is available at the website.

Download the poster of the event

The University of Malaya organizes a one-day symposium on chemical crystallography entitled "Celebrating the International Year of Crystallography, IYCr2014".

Guest of honour: Prof. Dr Gautam R. Desiraju, IISc (Bangalore), current President of the International Union of Crystallography and UM HIR Academic Icon.

Venue: Auditorium Bangunan Makmal Kimia (New Chemistry Building), University of Malaya.

​Fees (inclusive of tea breaks and lunch, Abstract book; payment on the day): RM10 students (under-graduates, free); RM20 others.

Registration​ (name, status and institution) to Miss Nabihah (bha_namn@yahoo.com.my) by May 25th - limited to 130 participants.

Offers of Oral Presentations with titles (10-15 minutes) to Dr Nadiah (nadiahhalim@um.edu.my) as soon as possible. Students are especially encouraged to offer to present.

Offers of Poster Presentations (with titles and Abstract) to Miss Wani (haz_wani87@hotmail.com) by May 25th - limited to 50 presentations. 

Thanks to the Department of Chemistry for sponsorship and to MoE High Impact Research scheme for hosting Prof. Desiraju.

Click here to download the poster of the event 

As part of the lecture series to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography at FCT-NOVA, on May 28, Dr João Morais Cabral (IBMC, Porto) will give a talk entitled "A molecular study of a component of the bacterial machinery involved in hyperosmotic adaptation".

Prof Cabral's challenging research includes the structure of KtrAB (Nature, 496, 323-8, 2013), which is a bacterial K+/Na* transporter that is involved in the first steps of adaptation to hyperosmotic shock. This process involves signaling by ATP/ADP and a change in the conformation of the transporter. Dr. João Cabral will present the crystal structure of the KtrABATP transporter and will describe biochemical and functional experiments that reveal details of the molecular mechanism of transport activation.

Read the short biographies of all speakers of the FCT-NOVA lecture series at http://xtal.dq.fct.unl.pt/iycr2014/Speakers.html

The Departments of Applied Geosciences and Mathematics & Science of the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech), supported by the Geological Society of Oman, proudly present

Crystals, Forbidden Symmetries & Quasi-Crystals

Michaela Bernecker & Florian Rupp
together with the Students of Applied Geosciences at GUtech

Wednesday, 28th of May

Oil and Gas Exhibition Center

  5:00 pm  Reception

  5:15 pm  Introductory talk by Florian Rupp

  5:45 pm  Special student talks

  7:00 pm  Official opening of the exhibition

Abstract

The talks “Crystals, Symmetries and Quasi-Crystals” form the opening ceremony of an exhibition along with activities of the 2014 UNESCO year of crystallography at which we celebrate the 100thbirthday of the awarding the Nobel Price in Physics to the deciphering of the inner structure of crystals due to X-ray diffraction.

In our talks, we highlight the main steps leading to today’s under-standing of crystalline structures and their symmetries by discussing the ground-breaking discoveries of the last centuries: Stenos Law, classifications of planar and spatial packings, and X-ray diffraction. In particular the role of symmetries is outlined and why only certain rotations are allowed in crystals and others are strictly forbidden, like 5-fold rotations. To the great surprise of the scientific community exactly such a forbidden 5-fold rotation symmetry was realized in an alloy crystal in the 1980s. We illustrate why this is possible and what further types of forbidden symmetries occur in crystalline structures now known as quasi-crystals. For solving the riddle of the quasi-crystals the 2011 Nobel Price in Chemistry was awarded.

Special talks by students of Applied Geosciences at GUtech dedicated to the deeper understanding of certain topics round up the evening, before the exhibition is officially opened.

28. Mai 2014: Dr. Leopold Weber, i.R. BMWFJ

„Die Genese von Großlagerstätten in Raum und Zeit“

Der Vortrag findet im Rahmen des IYCr2014 um 18:30 im Vortragssaal des Naturhistorischen Museums statt

Einlass 18:15 unter Vorlage des Mitgliedsausweises bei der Kassa

Gemeinsame Veranstaltung der Freunde des Naturhistorischen Museums (http://freunde.nhm-wien.ac.at/aktivitaeten/vortraege.html) und der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft (http://www.univie.ac.at/OeMG/vwien.html)

Diseases, from bacterial and viral infections to cancer to chronic maladies, are still among the greatest problems for mankind, in spite of tremendous progress in genetics, biology, and chemistry. Approaches to developing new treatments have changed over time, and so have the methodologies used, in order to solve the varied, new, challenging problems that may happen on the path to drug discovery. Together with ever-evolving experimental techniques, a variety of computational approaches have been applied at the various stages of the drug design process, and in the past two decades structure-based drug design has become one of the mainstream approaches. This method can be used to target protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions and nowadays is applicable to all aspects of drug discovery, including lead identification, lead optimization, ADMET prediction, and drug repurposing. The purpose of the course is dual:

1) It will provide a review of the fundamentals and the application of crystallography to drug design, and an evaluation of the technology at the present state.

2) It will review the progress in this field and summarize the application and results to current fields of interest.