Re: [ccp4bb] flow rate for cooling stream?

2020-07-02 Thread Ian Clifton
Hello Patrick, On 02/07/2020 21:03, Patrick Loll wrote: [...] Does anyone have an estimate for the flow rate one would typically use for the cold nitrogen stream passing over a protein crystal in a standard data collection? [...] A Cryostream 700 works at 5 litres per minute (gas), I

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread Ian Tickle
Well I very much doubt that many software developers are going to trawl through all their code, comments, output statements & documentation to change 'redundancy' or 'multiplicity' to 'MPR' or whatever terminology is agreed on (assuming of course we do manage to come to an agreement, which I

Re: [ccp4bb] [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread Ian Tickle
Hi Navdeep Yes good point, the principle of redundancy (though they wouldn't have used that term!) has a very long history, but von Neumann did more than anyone before him to formalise it:

[ccp4bb] flow rate for cooling stream?

2020-07-02 Thread Patrick Loll
Sorry, way off topic: Does anyone have an estimate for the flow rate one would typically use for the cold nitrogen stream passing over a protein crystal in a standard data collection? Background: Our nitrogen “generator” has gone belly-up and the vendor no longer services it, so I’m testing

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral position in structural biology - Institut Curie - Paris

2020-07-02 Thread Houdusse-Juille Anne
Job opening for a structural biologist to join the Structural Motility team at the Curie Institute Paris, France. We are looking for a post-doctoral fellow to join the Structural Motility team at the Curie Institute (Paris Center) directed by Anne Houdusse. The Structural Motility team at the

Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread Bernhard Rupp
There is probably some justification for the absence of 'reflection' (as used in crystallography) - in 'purist' Physics. The process itself is not a 'reflection', despite that it can be macroscopically described (in first approximation at least, and good enough for finding diffraction spot

Re: [ccp4bb] Question about small molecule crystallography

2020-07-02 Thread Navdeep Sidhu
Correction: It should read "with the detector almost but not quite hitting the source." On 02.07.20 17:13, Navdeep Sidhu wrote: > Alexander Blake wrote a nice chapter on small-molecule crystallization > in this book, if you run into problems in the crystallization stage: > > Alexander Blake.

Re: [ccp4bb] Question about small molecule crystallography

2020-07-02 Thread Navdeep Sidhu
Alexander Blake wrote a nice chapter on small-molecule crystallization in this book, if you run into problems in the crystallization stage: Alexander Blake. Crystal growth and evaluation (Chapter 3). In Clegg, William (Ed.) Crystal Structure Analysis: Principles and Practice. 2nd Edition.

[ccp4bb] Protein-DNA covalent bond refinement

2020-07-02 Thread Cristina Machon
Dear all, I am writing regarding a problem we are facing with the refinement of a structure. We would really appreciate it if anybody could suggest how to set up geometrical restraints for a protein-DNA covalent bond in Refmac or Phenix? Thanks in advance, Best wishes, Cristina -- Cristina

[ccp4bb] PhD positions in early stage drug discovery

2020-07-02 Thread Groves, Matthew
Dear all, The MepAnti project aims to tackle the antimicrobial resistance problem by targeting enzymes of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway. The MepAnti consortium consists of nine academic partners and seven non-academic partners coordinated by The Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical

Re: [ccp4bb] [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread Navdeep Sidhu
Dear Ian, You seem to be slightly off there: The successful use of repeating observations to reduce (especially systematic) observational error predates von Neumann by at least 4 centuries. One of the first instances of its use was in the 1500s, due to a migrant scientist working in Denmark and

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread Harry Powell - CCP4BB
Dear all I’ve been persuaded that MPR is a useful name (and see that there are shortcomings with both “multiplicity” and “redundancy") and I agree with much of what’s been said most recently in this thread. BTW, just because the Physics definition of a measurement/quantity/whatever is given

Re: [ccp4bb] Commercial source of His-tagged protein

2020-07-02 Thread Tristan Croll
Thermo Fisher sells His-tagged GFP quite cheaply. https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/A42611#/A42611 Tristan On 2020-07-02 10:31, Mark J van Raaij wrote: Dear All, Wondering if anyone knows of an economical commercial source of a soluble His-tagged protein. In principle any

Re: [ccp4bb] unable to launch ccp4 old interface on mac

2020-07-02 Thread David Waterman
Dear Luca, Thanks for your email. CCP4i is no longer supported by the CCP4 Core Team. The main interfaces in CCP4 7.1 are CCP4i2 and the CCP4cloud client. However, ccp4i is still included with the suite, as you found, and can be run from the command line if you source the CCP4 environment in a

[ccp4bb] AW: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread Schreuder, Herman /DE
Dear all, While following the development of this thread, I am truly amazed how people cling to names for the number of measurements per reflection whose meaning: * Depends on the cultural/engineering/scientific context * Can only be understood by experts * Where the experts, as

Re: [ccp4bb] Commercial source of His-tagged protein

2020-07-02 Thread Beatrice Vallone
Dear Mark, this is a small spin-off company from my Dept. I am not personally involved, but as they are biochemists they produce biophysics quality proteins and they have the expertise to discuss your needs. All the best, Beatrice -- Prof.

Re: [ccp4bb] Commercial source of His-tagged protein

2020-07-02 Thread David Briggs
Hi Mark, NEB

[ccp4bb] Commercial source of His-tagged protein

2020-07-02 Thread Mark J van Raaij
Dear All, Wondering if anyone knows of an economical commercial source of a soluble His-tagged protein. In principle any His-tagged protein would suffice, because it's for testing coupling to a surface via the His-tag. Asking for an international collaborator, who don't have access/expertise

Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread David Waterman
It is hard for us to rise above these cultural differences, so perhaps the adoption of a third, precisely-defined, and neutral term is indeed warranted. MPR seems a good start, but it forces us to think about what we mean by measurement. My feeling is that a diffraction spot can be measured in

Re: [ccp4bb] [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-07-02 Thread John R Helliwell
Good morning Jose, The devil is always on the detail:- You are of course correct that I had presumed, as Ethan pointed out, a sub 10 fsec pulse. Neutrons creating magnetic waves, you are again correct, “spin echo“ does occur, but without damage though as neutrons have such gentle energies