Re: [ccp4bb] Reasoning for Rmeas or Rpim as Cutoff

2012-01-29 Thread arka chakraborty
Hi all, In the context of the above going discussion can anybody post links for a few relevant articles? Thanks in advance, ARKO On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:05 AM, Randy Read wrote: > Just one thing to add to that very detailed response from Ian. > > We've tended to use a slightly different app

[ccp4bb] REMINDER - Call for Beamtime 2012 at EMBL Hamburg

2012-01-29 Thread Thomas R. Schneider
Call for access to Synchrotron Beamline Facilities 2012 * DEADLINE 31/01/2012 24:00 CET * EMBL Hamburg, Germany We announce a call for synchrotron beam time applications in biological small-angle scattering (SAXS) and macromolecular crystal

Re: [ccp4bb] Reasoning for Rmeas or Rpim as Cutoff

2012-01-29 Thread Randy Read
Just one thing to add to that very detailed response from Ian. We've tended to use a slightly different approach to determining a sensible resolution cutoff, where we judge whether there's useful information in the highest resolution data by whether it agrees with calculated structure factors c

Re: [ccp4bb] protein lost on membrane of centricon!!

2012-01-29 Thread AARON HERNANDEZ
Rashmi,   I had a similar problem when I used an amicon to concentrate my protein, your buffer composition indicates me that a lot of salt concentration and glicerol makes your protein soluble, I had a similar buffer with a lot of saltt and 15% glicerol, and I simply reason that my protein it is

Re: [ccp4bb] MAD

2012-01-29 Thread Bernhard Rupp (Hofkristallrat a.D.)
For the history buffs and crystallographers needing some R&R and chill-out, an interesting historic fiction read about the era of Newton and Leibnitz and the foundation of the Royal Society is the Baroque cycle by Neil Stevenson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle Cryptonomicon, althoug

Re: [ccp4bb] Reasoning for Rmeas or Rpim as Cutoff

2012-01-29 Thread Ian Tickle
Jacob, here's my (personal) take on this: The data quality metrics that everyone uses clearly fall into 2 classes: 'consistency' metrics, i.e. Rmerge/meas/pim and CC(1/2) which measure how well redundant observations agree, and signal/noise ratio metrics, i.e. mean(I/sigma) and completeness, which

Re: [ccp4bb] protein lost on membrane of centricon!!

2012-01-29 Thread Bosch, Juergen
Another option I didn't mention is presoak your centricons in 30% glycerol over night prior to usage. Jürgen On Jan 28, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Bosch, Juergen wrote: Are you close to the theoretical isoelectric point of your protein ? Change pH of buffer Jürgen .. Jürgen Bosch J

Re: [ccp4bb] protein lost on membrane of centricon!!

2012-01-29 Thread Doug Ohlendorf
Rashmi, There are other membrane materials which might bind less. We have also found that there seems to be binding sometimes to the plastic itself. So a different manufacturer can help. Also, always use same centricon for same protein. Sometimes you take a big hit on a centricon's first

Re: [ccp4bb] MAD

2012-01-29 Thread Ian Tickle
Hi Peter You are right: the location of the prism experiment is most likely the study at Woolsthorpe, e.g. see http://www.isaacnewton.org.uk/texts/OfColours7 . Newton was admitted to Trinity College in 1661 as a 'sizar' (a paid part-time student employed by the College) but was forced to return t