Dear crystallographers
I would like to get some opinion. For someone beginning to learn basic
crystallography including indexing, scaling ..., should I start with automated
tool like Xia2? Or is manual method for each step better for learning?
Thank you.
Theresa
Dear theresa
xia2 does a great job so it can be used as your reference when processing your
data manually, either for learning or improvement. When comparing different
processing programs and protocols try to judge data quality by some objectice
criteria like HA site identification, anomalous
Dear Theresa,
My answer would be - it depends.
If you are in the business of learning crystallography, then I would
absolutely suggest you start from doing everything by hand. Indeed, if
you really want to get stuck in I would suggest starting with the
programs you need (mosflm, scala, truncate
Hello Teresa,
I need to disagree with Graeme over the idea that ccp4i 'hides' what is
happening. If you care to you can see all the gorey details of command files,
log files etc.. You can run the programs one step at a time and with various
modes with ccp4i and iMosflm and learn something of
Hi
In addition to what Poul and Graeme have said, it may be worthwhile attending
one of the fine protein crystallography schools that are run, where you will
hear lectures on integration scaling etc that attempt to explain the basics
of what's being done, and probably have a couple of
This is actually very true, I simply want to support/enforce Liz's statement by
adding that ccp4i indeed provides for both ends: from elementary scripts,
useful for experts, to a rather large-scale automated processing where
low-level details are not on the front page, which is more useful for
After putting up your quote in the lab, a student quickly replied To do
and fail is to remember and to understand :-)
On 2/17/12 1:43 PM, Harry Powell wrote:
Hi
In addition to what Poul and Graeme have said, it may be worthwhile attending one
of the fine protein crystallography schools that
You would hope one learns something from failed experiments.
I feel prehistoric now after Liz comment.
Jürgen
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
615 North Wolfe
@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Opinion on automation
Hi
In addition to what Poul and Graeme have said, it may be worthwhile attending
one of the fine protein crystallography schools that are run, where you will
hear lectures on integration scaling etc that attempt to explain the basics
of what's
