We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of George Michael Sheldrick, a prominent figure in crystallography whose contributions have shaped the field for decades. A full obituary will be published in Acta Crystallographica A in due course.

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This week's reading suggestion: Crystallography Reviews, 2024, 1–18. doi.org/10.1080/088931… #Crystallography Have a nice week!

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This ongoing series—Best Practice in Crystallography published in Acta Cryst C: Structural Chemistry—is designed to help researchers refine their techniques & enhance their understanding of structural chemistry. Articles are #openaccess or free to access journals.iucr.org/special_issues…

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This focused issue of Acta Crystallographica Section F entitled Empowering education through structural genomics contains 16 articles written by early career researchers, many of whom are undergraduates or high-school students Structural Biology Communications IUCr doi.org/10.1107/S20532…

The crystal structure of NSP13 bound to the natural flavonoid myricetin led to a virtual screening campaign that identified rosmarinic acid and chlorogenic acid as potential novel natural inhibitors @unigoettingen #SARSCoV2 #NSP13Helicase #Myricetin doi.org/10.1107/S20597…

The July issue is out! tinyurl.com/y25fxe86 The cover shows a rainbow of protein crystals taken from a Topical Review on 'Preparing for successful protein crystallization experiments'. Take a look at doi.org/10.1107/S20532…

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Features of sample preparation that should be considered prior to biomolecular crystallization experiments are reviewed, as described in the SAMPREP workshop during the 73rd Annual ACA Meeting #Crystallization #XRayCrystallography #StructuralBiology doi.org/10.1107/S20532…

Scientists have found a new way to recreate inner ear hair cells in the lab to study hearing loss. elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr… #DevBio #CellBio

Happy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin! Born #OTD in 1958 pdb101.rcsb.org/learn/other-re…

📄 New paper: 3DEM Structure Map Validation Recommendations Two new metrics assess model-to-map fitness in cryo-EM: 🔹 Q_relative_all → compares avg Q-score across PDB/EMDB 🔹 Q_relative_resolution → compares within similar resolution #3DEM #CryoEM #wwPDB

After a year of scientific scrutiny, a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover has been confirmed to contain a potential biosignature. The sample is the best candidate so far to provide evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. go.nasa.gov/4n35lVM

Every discovery on Mars brings us closer to our next giant leap with #Artemis. Perseverance’s “Sapphire Canyon” sample may hold signs of ancient microbial life, collected from a river-carved valley rich in organics and key elements. 🔗 go.nasa.gov/3JPeySS

Sapphire Canyon, a Martian sample collected by our Perseverance rover, could preserve evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet. Here's what we've learned after a year of scientific scrutiny: go.nasa.gov/4n35lVM