All students (and professors) should see this too - I don't know whether it is a crystallography paper that is under consideration, but it shows the possible ultimate reward for your hard work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VRBWLpYCPY best wishes Pete Artymiuk P.S. German speakers will have to turn the sound right down to appreciate the English subtitles. On 16 Apr 2010, at 03:56, xaravich ivan wrote: > Right you are, Chayne, > I think it should be shown to every " Protein crystallographer "graduate > student on their first day in the lab. > > ivan > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chayne Piscitelli <pisci...@ohsu.edu> wrote: > The documentary "Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist" is definitely > a must-see film. It captures the story of life and science in a > crystallography lab, that of Dr. Larry Shapiro at Columbia University, and > follows the graduate students journey of fortune and misfortune that > crystallographers know so well. Not to sound too sappy about it, but it is > almost like a "coming of age" story for graduate students.... > > Check it out: > http://naturallyobsessed.com/ > > -Chayne Piscitelli > > From: CCP4 bulletin board [ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Brad Bennett > [bradbennet...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:43 AM > > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films > > Hi Harry- > X-ray crystallography played an integral part in discoveries made in Michael > Crichton's "Andromeda Strain". Mainly it was used to determine the elemental > composition and arrangement of the "capsid" or shell that the "foreign" > organism was found within. > > Best- > Brad > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:16 PM, harry powell <ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > wrote: > Hi > > Not a question about films for recording X-rays on, but a question about > films about X-rays, Crystallography and related subjects! > > I was wondering what ccp4bbers favourite movies involving real science, > especially crystallography might be? If they're from Hollywood, though, I'd > guess it should be "favorite"... > > I'm a little tired, but the only one I can think of at the moment is actually > based on results from fibre diffraction - "Life Story", with Jeff Goldblum. > There must be others, though. > > Harry > -- > Dr Harry Powell, > MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, > Hills Road, > Cambridge, > CB2 0QH > >
