Most participants in the CSHL X-rays Methods in Structural Biology course have seen the powerpoint presentation of Alex McPherson's trip to Mars in 2001. Here are a couple of slides from the presentation: http://i43.tinypic.com/33kx79l.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/oic17r.jpg (Trehalose was pretty bad for the Martian polar ice caps)
Also note that the deadline for application to the 2013 Course is coming up: June 15th. The course will be held October 14-29, 2013 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Here is the announcement: http://meetings.cshl.edu/courses/2013/c-crys13.shtml Jim ________________________________________ From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of Ethan Merritt [merr...@u.washington.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:00 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] A crystallographer on Mars The _New Yorker_ frequently publishes decently written articles on a ..... "... the mission includes a nuclear-powered mobile laboratory, equipped with lasers, spectrometers, and an X-ray crystallographer". Wow! Who's the lucky Mars-going crystallographer? Anyone we know?
