Dear all, A symposium at the University of Liverpool has been organized to celebrate the achievements of Lipson and Beevers in the presence of a number of members of Lipson's family.
The event, which will take place on 17 July 2015, is free to attend. Speakers include Eleanor Dodson, Mike Glazer, Stephen Lipson, Hod Lipson and Peter Strickland. There is no registration fee. Registration is required for the event at http://payments.liv.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=77 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crystallography Symposium, 17th July 2015, Life Sciences Building, Lecture Theatre 3, University of Liverpool Barkla X-ray laboratory of Biophysics was opened on 21st July 2011 by Sir Tom Blundell and Late Dame Louise Johnson. Charles Glover Barkla was a graduate and then a lecturer at the University. He made key contributions to the birth of X-ray physics and crystallography (http://www.biophysics.liv.ac.uk/X-rays_Liverpool.html), for which he received the 1917 Nobel Prize in physics. Arnold Beevers and Henry Lipson, who were also student and staff at Liverpool in the 1930’s invented the Beevers-Lipson strips which became the workhorse of crystallographic calculations (Fourier synthesis) prior to the emergence of calculating machines and computers in the 1960’s. A symposium is organized to celebrate the achievements of Lipson & Beevers in the presence of a number of family members of Henry Lipson. An X-ray exhibition will be opened at the end of the symposium celebrating the achievements of Sir Oliver Lodge (the first Physics Professor of the University, 1881), Barkla, Beevers & Lipson. 10:30-11:30 Session One Chair: Professor Anthony Hollander, Director IIB 10:30-10:40 Welcome: Professor Samar Hasnain, Max Perutz Professor of Molecular Biophysics 10.40-11:10 Eleanor Dodson, FRS (University of York) Fourier Maps I have known; from Beevers-Lipson strips to Winograd Fast Fourier Transforms 11:10-11:20 Peter Strickland (IUCr’s Executive Managing Editor) Lipson & IUCr 11:20-12:30 Session Two Chair: Prof Stephen Holloway, Pro-Vice Chancellor 11:20-11:45 Mike Glazer, Vice President of IUCr (Oxford University) Role of Lipson in Crystallography 11:45-12:10 Stephen Lipson (Technion, Israel) My youth with Fourier Strips 12:10-12:30 Hod Lipson (Cornell/Columbia) Fourier Strips: The dawn of bioinformatics VOTE OF THANKS & GROUP PHOTO 12:40 Professor Janet Beer, Vice Chancellor will open the X-ray exhibition celebrating the achievements of Barkla, Beevers, Lipson and Lodge at Liverpool 12:40- 14:00 LUNCH & DEPARTURE Registration is free but requires registration at www.payments.liv.ac.uk Organisers: Dr Svetlana Antonyuk & Prof Samar Hasnain
