Dear Lena, Structural biology has made enormous progress in the last two decades but it has essentially been a cumulative process involving many people and ideas. If you have to restrict the choice to a "solve structure" button within the last three years then I would vote for Isabel Uson's ARCIMBOLDO.
Best wishes, George On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:43:43PM +0200, Lena Griese wrote: > Dear CCP4ers, > > after 3 years without working in structural biology and crystallography, this > summer I will have my PhD defence. As I am now working in a complete different > field I would be happy to know what happened in structural biology the last > years worth to mention. Is there finally the "solve structure" button? The > last > nice thing I can remember was the magic triangle. And on proteins structures? > I > know that there were some new scientific findings about the structure of > inclusion bodies... > So, news and milestones from the crystallography for a really hard PhD test > are > wellcome! > > Thanks in advance! > > Best regards, > > Lena -- Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-22582
