27th June 2014
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| Event Name | An experiment on crystallography |
| Start Date | 4th Mar 2014 9:00am |
| End Date | 30th Nov 2014 4:00pm |
| Duration | 271 days and 7 hours |
| Description | 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. |
| Location | Mudaliarpet, Pondicherry India |
| Contact | Aravindaraja Devadoss aravind.devadoss@gmail.com |
| URL | asngmsmudaliarpet2011.blog.com |
| Category | activities for schoolchildren |
| Event Name | Aus der Mineraliensammlung des Krahuletz-Museum in Eggenburg: Neufunde – Neuerwerbungen – Schätze der Studiensammlung |
| Start Date | 18th Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 31st Dec 2014 |
| Duration | 197 days and 1 hour |
| Description |
Eine neue Kluft im Steinbruch Eibenstein lieferte beachtliche Kalzitkristalle, z.T. Phantombildungen und Kalzite in Chalcedon. Aus Motlas O.Ö. wurden herrliche Quarz-Stufen, Andalusit, Beryll, Schörl und Orthoklas angekauft. In der Mittelvitrine werden aus der Studiensammlung des Museum besondere Stufen ausgestellt: Einzel-Quarzkristalle und Stufen (auch Amethyst), sowie seltene Mineralien wie Amstallit, bzw. aus dem Fundort Kottaun; ferner Beryll, Chalcedon, Schörl u.a. Ebenso wurde der größte Feldspatkristall Österreichs aus Wanzenau bei Rosenburg dem Krahuletz-Museum übergeben und ist dort im Rahmen der Mineralien-Dauerausstellung zu sehen. |
| Location | Eggenburg Austria |
| Contact | Herta Effenberger herta.silvia.effenberger@univie.ac.at |
| URL | http://www.krahuletzmuseum.at/sonderausstellungen.html |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Caracterización de Materiales Policristalinos mediante Técnicas de Difracción de Rayos X |
| Start Date | 23rd Jun 2014 8:00am |
| End Date | 27th Jun 2014 6:00pm |
| Duration | 4 days and 10 hours |
| Description | In a joint effort of the Colombian and Venezuelan Societies of Crystallography, two courses on X Ray Diffraction Techniques are being organized: a course on X ray Powder Diffraction which will take place in Mérida, Venezuela, from June 23 to 27 of 2014, and a course on Single Crystal X Ray Diffraction which will take place in Bucaramanga, Colombia, in September. The participation is open to undergraduate and graduate students and young scientists from academic institutions, as well as professionals from the industrial sector. Students, young researchers, and professionals from other Latin-American countries are most welcome. The Course on Powder Diffraction integrates the basic principles, common practices, and applications of X ray diffraction techniques for the analysis of polycrystalline samples. Particular attention will be paid at obtaining good experimental data for their appropriate use in different applications. Three fundamental aspects constitute the core of the powder diffraction course: (1) use of X ray diffraction techniques for qualitative and quantitative analysis of polycrystalline materials; (2) use of the program GSAS-II (Structure refinement using the Rietveld Method); (3) Microstructure characterization (Use of the program PM2K2). These topics will be presented in the context of conventional X ray diffractometers and of synchrotron radiation. The Invited Speakers are: Dr. Robert Von Dreele (Argonne National Laboratory, USA), Prof. James A. Kaduk (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA), Prof. Matteo Leoni (Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy), and Prof. José Antonio Henao (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia). Professors Asiloé J. Mora, Graciela Díaz de Delgado, Belkis Ramírez, Gerzon Delgado, and Miguel Delgado (ULA, Venezuela) and Dr. Alexander Briceño (IVIC, Venezuela) will also be instructors. This event is being supported by Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela), FONACIT (Venezuelan Science Funding Office) and the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD). |
| Location | Merida Venezuela |
| Contact | Prof. Miguel Delgado migueld@ula.ve |
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| Category | schools and workshops |
| Event Name | Crystallography Display for IYCr2014 |
| Start Date | 19th Mar 2014 2:00pm |
| End Date | 25th Oct 2014 4:00pm |
| Duration | 220 days and 1 hour |
| Description | A small display of minerals at the Diss Museum (Norfolk, England), specially chosen to link with the International Year of Crystallography.
In addition there are minerals exhibiting special features including pyrite, sphalerite, magnetite, fluorspar, gypsum and rhodochrosite, some of which come from the famous 'Trepča' lead/zinc mine near Kosovo Mitrovica in Kosovo. Opening times (19th March to 25th October): |
Minerals have been selected that exhibit their crystalline form to illustrate some basic laws: the work of Nicolas Steno and the law of the constancy of facial angles (using quartz) and Réne Haüy's geometrical law of crystallization (using calcite and galena).| Location | Diss, Norfolk United Kingdom |
| Contact | Peter Perkins pjperkins@live.co.uk |
| URL | http://www.disscommunity.net |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Crystallography at the Night of Science 2014 |
| Start Date | 27th Jun 2014 |
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| Duration | N/A |
| Description | Crystallography is embodied as a special event of the Night of Science 2014 at the Goethe University. The following activities will be held: lectures about symmetry in general and crystallography; a booth with art, models, videos, plays etc. around crystals and crystal structures; tours through the X-ray (powder) diffraction laboratory. |
| Location | Frankfurt/Main Germany |
| Contact | Jürgen Glinnemann Glinnemann@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de |
| URL | http://www.nightofscience.de |
| Category | other |
| Event Name | Crystallography for Chemists: A Hands-On Workshop at the University of Montana |
| Start Date | 25th Jun 2014 1:00pm |
| End Date | 27th Jun 2014 12:00pm |
| Duration | 1 day and 23 hours |
| Description | Please join us for a three-day Chemical Crystallography workshop at the University of Montana, June 26 – 28, 2014. The workshop is intended for chemistry graduate students and novice crystallographers (including postdocs and faculty) who wish to increase their knowledge of X-ray crystallography and their proficiency in handling data and solving crystal structures. We have scheduled this workshop in conjunction with the commissioning of a new NSF-funded Chemical Crystallography facility to support research activities in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Pharmacy at the University of Montana. This facility features a state-of-the-art Bruker D8 Venture instrument with both Cu and Mo X-ray sources, a large PHOTON 100 CMOS detector and an Oxford CryoStream low-temperature attachment. |
| Location | Missoula, Montana United States |
| Contact | Orion B. Berryman orion.beryman@umontana.edu |
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| Category | schools and workshops |
| Event Name | Crystallography for Humankind |
| Start Date | 23rd Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 23rd Dec 2014 |
| Duration | 184 days and 1 hour |
| Description | From June to December 2014 an exhibit related to the celebrations for the International Year of Crystallography entitled "Crystallography for Humankind" will be on view at the FCT-NOVA (entrance of Building VII).
The opening is scheduled on June 23rd, with the presence of Professor Robert Huber, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The results of the Photo Contest will be announced. |
| Location | Caparica Portugal |
| Contact | Ana Luisa Carvalho almc@fct.unl.pt |
| URL | http://xtal.dq.fct.unl.pt/iycr2014 |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Crystallography in everyday life"- Travelling photo-Exhibition |
| Start Date | 12th Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 27th Oct 2014 |
| Duration | 138 days and 1 hour |
| Description |
The 15 stunning images celebrate the wonder of crystallography, symmetry and crystals as symbolized in the places, objects and experiences of everyday life and will now form part of the traveling exhibition around Australia. Graziano Lolli from Italy won the first prize in this category with a photo of "romanesco broccoli". |
The Australian satellite of the IYCr2014 photo competition | Location | Australia Australia |
| Contact | Poulomi Agrawal poulomi.agrawal@science.org.au |
| URL | http://www.science.org.au/crystallography-everyday-life-travelling-photo-exhibition |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Exhibición Especial de Cristales y Estructuras, Crystals and strucures special exhibit |
| Start Date | 19th May 2014 |
| End Date | 31st Dec 2014 |
| Duration | 227 days and 1 hour |
| Description | 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. ---- 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. |
| Location | Montevideo Uruguay |
| Contact | Leopoldo Suescun leopoldo@fq.edu.uy |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/site/museotorresdelallosa/ano-internacional-de-la-cristalografia |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Exhibition "World of Crystals" |
| Start Date | 7th May 2014 |
| End Date | 27th Jun 2014 |
| Duration | 52 days |
| Description | 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. |
| Location | Chrudim Czech Republic |
| Contact | Jan Doucek doucek@vz.cz |
| URL | http://www.geoparkzh.cz |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| Start Date | 23rd Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 27th Jun 2014 |
| Duration | 5 days |
| Description |
The International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC) is a biennial event organised since 2010. ICPAC-2014 will be held from 23rd to 27th June 2014, in Mauritius. The Organising Committee has adopted the theme “Crystallising Ideas: The Role of Chemistry” for this event. This theme matches with the declaration of the Year 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography.
Chemistry is one of the subjects of Science for understanding and explaining makeup and changes of everything that has mass and occupies space. Chemistry has permeated the study of different branches of Science.
The World has condensed into a global village with progress in Science and Technology. However the World is now facing a crisis due to explosive increase in the demand of energy, food and water. Therefore, Science and Chemistry have crucial roles for sustaining the development of our planet.
The conference program will feature a wide variety of keynote, plenary, invited and contributed lectures, as well as poster sessions. There will also be workshops and symposia conducted by experts on different chemical aspects.
This conference will provide a platform for participants to share and discuss recent findings of their research covering all topics related to Chemistry and crystallise new ideas. It will also be an opportunity for participants to visit the island of Mauritius, famous for its sun, sea and sand and multicultural aspects.
We look forward to welcoming you, academicians and researchers, to participate in this international gathering.
The website of the conference is http://sites.uom.ac.mu/icpac/.
Professor Ponnadurai Ramasami, Chairman of the Organising Committee of ICPAC-2014
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| Location | Flic en Flac Mauritius |
| Contact | ponnadurai ramasami ramchemi@intnet.mu |
| URL | http://sites.uom.ac.mu/icpac/ |
| Category | conferences |
| Event Name | Kristalle - Kunstwerke der Natur |
| Start Date | 21st May 2014 |
| End Date | 18th Jul 2014 |
| Duration | 59 days |
| Description | The exhibition "Crystals - Artwork of Nature" (original title: "KRISTALLE - Kunstwerke der Natur") will take the visitors on an exciting journey, also including elaborated computer graphics, through crystals and the structure of matter. In the spirit of the International Year of Crystallography 2014, this exhibition aims at disseminating crystallography and the knowledge of the structure of matter to the general public, and providing information on history and application of crystallography.
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. |
| Location | St. Poelten (Niederoesterreichische Landesbibliothek) Austria |
| Contact | Robert Krickl mail@r-krickl.com |
| URL | http://www.aufhebenswert.at/veranstaltungen/doppelausstellung-kristalle-kunstwerke-der-natur-trifft-keltische-kunst-heute |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | L'enigma Escher |
| Start Date | 29th Mar 2014 |
| End Date | 29th Jun 2014 |
| Duration | 92 days and 23 hours |
| Description | 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)
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| Location | Caraglio Italy |
| Contact | Ugo Bertolotti - Associazione Culturale Marcovaldo ugo.bertolotti@marcovaldo.it |
| URL | http://www.marcovaldo.it/pagine/ita/dettaglio_evento.lasso?id=4F26D874053422127CNwD2F627BA |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Lattices and invisible rays |
| Start Date | 9th May 2014 |
| End Date | 12th Sep 2014 |
| Duration | 127 days |
| Description | The University library at Lund University celebrates the International Year of Crystallography by hosting a book exhibition displaying a wide plethora of scientific works ranging from the 15th Century up to present time. Focus will be on man's fascination of crystals, the discoveries of Röntgen, Laue and the Braggs, plus local crystallographers and the new MAX IV Laboratory currently under construction in Lund.
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. |
| Location | Lund Sweden |
| Contact | Kristian Knutsson kristian.knutsson@ub.lu.se |
| URL | http://www.ub.lu.se/o.o.i.s/5311 |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Living with crystals |
| Start Date | 13th Feb 2014 6:00pm |
| End Date | 11th Jan 2015 6:00pm |
| Duration | 332 days |
| Description | 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 |
| Location | Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana Slovenia |
| Contact | Breda Èinè Juhant bjuhant@pms-lj.si |
| URL | http://www.pms-lj.si/si/razstave/obcasne-razstave/634 |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Los minerales: Año internacional de la Cristalografía |
| Start Date | 21st May 2014 |
| End Date | 31st Jul 2014 |
| Duration | 72 days |
| Description | 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. |
| Location | Pamplona |
| Contact | Esther Lasheras Adot elasheras@unav.es |
| URL | http://clubdeamigosdelaciencia.org/exposicion-y-ciclo-de-conferencias-la-doble-belleza-de-los-cristales/ |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Semana de la Ciencia y la Tencnología (Sci & Tech week) |
| Start Date | 19th May 2014 |
| End Date | 30th Jun 2014 |
| Duration | 43 days |
| Description | 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. ------------------------ 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. |
| Location | Uruguay (all the country) Uruguay |
| Contact | Leopoldo Suescun leopoldo@fq.edu.uy |
| URL | http://www.semanacyt.org.uy/ |
| Category | activities for schoolchildren |
| Event Name | The 1st FEBS-INSTRUCT practical crystallization course in the middle EU "Advanced methods in macromolecular crystallization VI" |
| Start Date | 20th Jun 2014 4:00pm |
| End Date | 27th Jun 2014 2:00pm |
| Duration | 6 days and 22 hours |
| Description | The 1st FEBS-INSTRUCT practical crystallization course in the middle EU is in fact the 6th run of the FEBS practical course named "Advanced methods in macromolecular crystallization VI“ that will take place at the Academy and University Center at Nove Hrady (Czech Republic) from June 20th to June 27th, 2014. The course is intended for undergraduate (5th year) and postgraduate students and postdocs with an interest in macromolecular crystallization. The planned course is quite different from the established courses in protein crystallization. The course is designed to bring over the message of the benefits of more rational approaches to macromolecular crystallization and is aimed at a healthy mixture of advanced discussions of the theory and laboratory experiments. To achieve this goal, we have invited a number of prominent experts in the field as teachers and tutors. Proposed deadline for applications: March 31, 2014 For more information about the course, please have a look at the website http://febs.img.cas.cz or contact organizers. Ivana Kuta Smatanova, e-mail: ivanaks@seznam.cz Pavlina Rezacova, e-mail: rezacova@img.cas.cz Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, e-mail: jmgruiz@ugr.es |
| Location | Nove Hrady Czech Republic |
| Contact | Ivana Kuta Smatanova ivanaks@seznam.cz |
| URL | http://febs.img.cas.cz |
| Category | schools and workshops |
| Event Name | The Fascination of Crystals and Symmetry |
| Start Date | 18th Apr 2014 |
| End Date | 30th Jun 2014 |
| Duration | 74 days |
| Description | Rubies, sugar, snowflakes: crystals are beauty, arranged in grid structures.
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. |
| Location | world wide web Germany |
| Contact | Frank Hoffmann Frank.Hoffmann@chemie.uni-hamburg.de |
| URL | https://iversity.org/courses/the-fascination-of-crystals-and-symmetry |
| Category | other |