August 2019 - phenixbb - phenix-online.org

Post-doctoral position in membrane protein structural biology
by Hasan, Syed Saif 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

A post-doctoral research position is high-resolution structural biology of membrane protein complexes is available in my laboratory at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR; https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/profiles/s-saif-hasan) in Rockville MD. The post-doctoral researcher will have a choice of multiple structure-focused projects in cancer biology and viral pathogenesis using single particle cryoEM and crystallography. The researcher will have independence to guide the direction of their research and to pursue novel ideas should (s)he find an interesting scientific question related to the general research focus of my laboratory. IBBR is run jointly by the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). We are home to a large community of structural biologists and have extensive interactions with national laboratories and private companies located in the DC-Maryland area. Our new cryoEM facility houses a 200 keV Thermo Fisher Talos Arctica microscope equipped with a Falcon 3 direct electron detector. Our facilities will soon be expanded to include a new 200 keV Thermo Fisher Glacios microscope, a Gatan K3 direct electron detector and a Volta phase plate. My lab works in close collaboration with research groups in IBBR that specialize in mass-spectrometry, computational biology, NMR spectroscopy, and small angle X-ray scattering. Applicants should have experience in insect or mammalian cell culture for protein production. Experience in handling membrane proteins will be helpful. Prior training in single particle cryoEM and/or crystallography is desirable but not essential. If you are a membrane protein biochemist, especially with experience in G-proteins, and you want to explore questions in structural biology, this is the position for you. Applicants who have received their PhD or MD/PhD degree should email me (sshasan(a)som.umaryland.edu) a single PDF file containing a short cover letter (no more than one page), a detailed curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, and upto 3 reprints of representative first authorship publication(s). The University of Maryland, Baltimore is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Saif S. Saif Hasan, PhD Fellow, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201 AND Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT), 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: 240-314-6396 Fax: 240-314-6225 https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/profiles/s-saif-hasan

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Re: [phenixbb] [bruker-axs] cbf to sfrm
by Tim Gruene 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Dear Holger, thanks a lot for the prompt reaction! This will be very useful, in particular in case of proper twins. I look forward to the update, Tim On Thursday, August 29, 2019 11:32:00 AM CEST bruker-axs(a)lists.wisc.edu wrote: > Dear Tim, > > > > Thanks for having brought the bug to our attention. It got fixed in the > PROTEUM3/APEX3 2019.1 version which will be available for download next > week. > > > > Cheers, > Holger > > > Dr. Holger Ott > Global Application Coordinator SC-XRD & Senior Application Scientist > Chemical Crystallography > > Bruker AXS GmbH > Oestliche Rheinbrueckenstr. 49 > 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany > > Phone: +49 721 50997-5628 > Fax: +49 721 50997-45628 > > Holger.Ott@bruker<mailto:Holger.Ott@bruker>.com > www.bruker.com<http://www.bruker.com/> > > ________________________________ > > > > Sitz der Gesellschaft/Registered Office: Karlsruhe, HRB 107524 Amtsgericht > Mannheim, Umsatzsteuer-Ident.Nr. DE812037551, Geschäftsführer/Managing > Directors: - Dr. Frank Burgäzy, Dr. Klaus Gohlke > > Diese E-Mail einschließlich etwaiger Anlagen kann vertrauliche Informationen > enthalten. Sie ist daher vom Adressaten vertraulich zu behandeln und darf > nicht veröffentlicht werden. This email, including possible attachments, > may contain confidential information. It should therefore be treated as > confidential by the addressee and may not be published. > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: bruker-axs(a)lists.wisc.edu [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 28. Juli 2019 18:25 > An: bruker-axs(a)lists.wisc.edu; ccp4bb(a)jiscmail.ac.uk; > phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org Betreff: [bruker-axs] cbf to sfrm > > > > Dear all, > > > > recently the conversion from CBF to SFRM frame format with APEX was > discussed on the Bruker mailing list ("Synchrotron data with Bruker > Software"), including a potential bug that parameters in the frames other > than the first frame are not set correctly. The workaround to re-convert > from SFRM to SFRM a second time did not help in my case. > > > > I therefore updated my program sfrmtools, available at https:// > homepage.univie.ac.at/tim.gruene/research/programs/conv/sfrmtools/ > > > > With the option '-u',you can provide the first frame of the run, and via > '-p' > > a parameter file that contains the critical parameters (see documentation at > above URL) to update the header for all frames in this run. In case you > have twinned data and want to benefit from SAINT, this should be possible > with this feature. > > > > Both 64bit Linux binary and the source code are available. The program has > no dependencies and should compile under any platform. > > > > I did not debug this new feature very thoroughly, but it worked for me so > far. > > Any bug reports are welcome to this address > tim.gruene(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > I hope this is helpful for one or two users. > > > > I acknowledge the thorough documentation of XDS, of SAINT, and of the SFRM > header format. > > > > Kind regards, > > Tim > > > > cc Bruker mailing list, CCP4BB, phenixBB > > -- > > -- > > Tim Gruene > > Head of the Centre for X-ray Structure Analysis Faculty of Chemistry > University of Vienna > > > > Phone: +43-1-4277-70202 > > > > GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A -- -- Tim Gruene Head of the Centre for X-ray Structure Analysis Faculty of Chemistry University of Vienna Phone: +43-1-4277-70202 GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A

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Job posting - CryoEM Research Group Leader in Australia
by Peter Czabotar 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, I’d like to bring to your attention a job opening for a Research Group Leader specialising in CryoEM at the The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne Australia. For details see - https://www.wehi.edu.au/cryoem-laboratory-head This is a 7-year appointment in the first instance with opportunities for further renewal. WEHI is a highly collaborative world-class institution that has been in operation for more than 100 years and was recently ranked in Nature’s Top 20 non-profit/non-governmental biomedical research institutes globally. The link above contains all necessary information for enquiries and applications. Many thanks and kind regards, Regards Peter Czabotar Associate Professor Peter Czabotar Joint Division Head of Structural Biology The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1G Royal Parade Parkville VIC 3052 Australia Phone: +61 (0)3 9345 2311 | Email: czabotar(a)wehi.edu.au _______________________________________________ The information in this email is confidential and intended solely for the addressee. You must not disclose, forward, print or use it without the permission of the sender. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land where our campuses are located and the continuing connection to country and community. _______________________________________________

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rosetta installation problem
by Almudena Ponce Salvatierra 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

Dear all, yesterday I spent quite some time trying to install Rosetta, so that I can use all it's modules within Phenix. However, when I am running the tests, rosetta stops and I get the following message (see below). Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you Almudena ======================= ROSETTA/PHENIX X-ray refinement ======================= Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/phenix-1.14-3260/build/../modules/phenix/phenix/command_line/rosetta_refine.py", line 307, in <module> run(sys.argv[1:], create_dir=True) File "/Applications/phenix-1.14-3260/build/../modules/phenix/phenix/command_line/rosetta_refine.py", line 159, in run default_directory_number=params.output.directory_number) File "/Applications/phenix-1.14-3260/modules/cctbx_project/libtbx/utils.py", line 1925, in create_run_directory os.makedirs(dir_name) File "/Applications/phenix-1.14-3260/base/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/../../../../../../../Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'rosetta_1' Almudenas-MacBook-Pro:bin almudenaponce$

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Student/postdoc fellowships for Understanding Biology through Structure, March 16-20, 2020
by Tom Terwilliger 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

Hi Structural biologists, particularly students and postdocs! Student/postdoc fellowships still available for Understanding Biology through Structure 2020 (https://cvent.me/4kq9P, March 16-20, 2020 in Santa Fe,NM). The fellowships cover registration and hotel (you still have to get there) and are being awarded after registration on a competitive rolling basis based on a publication you upload. Speakers at the symposium will be encouraged to present sufficient background and experimental detail so that students can understand the significance, promise, and limitations of their work. Each talk will have a full 10 minutes of discussion (15 minutes for Keynote talks). Moderators for each session will help include students and postdocs in the discussion. Students and postdocs will have many opportunities to talk with more senior researchers at conference breaks, meals, receptions and poster sessions. The last conference was a huge success (see https://bit.ly/2Gfkm4t and https://bit.ly/2Gg39rm) and this one is looking great (see https://cvent.me/4kq9P) We have a super group of speakers (keynote speakers are Ilme Schlichting, David Stuart, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Robert Stroud, Suzanne Scarlata, David Eisenberg, Wayne Hendrickson, Yvonne Jones, Eva Nogales, and Tom Blundell) After the main conference there will be an optional Phenix workshop with lectures and hands-on sessions on using Phenix for crystallography and cryo-EM. You can register now at https://cvent.me/4kq9P ! Best regards, Tom T Thomas C Terwilliger Laboratory Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Scientist, New Mexico Consortium 100 Entrada Dr, Los Alamos, NM 87544 Email: tterwilliger(a)newmexicoconsortium.org Tel: 505-431-0010

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Phenix refine on queueing server
by Johannes Cramer 23 Aug '19

23 Aug '19

Dear phenix developers/community, could anyone please point me to a tutorial on how to set up phenix for a job queueing system (preferably PBS). I am interested to use the gui on several systems, but to do the calculations on another. Is this possible? Cheers, Johannes

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6th International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology
by Leighton Coates 22 Aug '19

22 Aug '19

Dear Colleague You are invited to the 6th International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology which will take place at the University of Osaka in Japan. The early bird registration and abstract submission deadline of 31st August 2019 is rapidly approaching. Start Date: 17th Oct 2019 End Date: 20th Oct 2019 URL: https://isdsb2019.symposium-hp.jp/ The 6th International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology (ISDSB2019) is an international symposium organized by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, University-Industry Research Cooperative Research Committee, 169th Committee on Structural Biology using Diffraction Techniques. This symposium is positioned as an interface between academic researchers and industry researchers, as well as an interface between diffraction techniques and other related techniques in the field of structural biology. Symposium topics will include Macromolecular crystallography, CryoEM, software and databases and drug discovery, registration and abstract submission for the symposium is now open and costs 25,000 Japanese yen for academics. Confirmed Speakers are Nobel Lecture Joachim Frank, Columbia University, USA (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017) Plenary Lectures Stephen K. Burley, RCSB Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University and UC San Diego, USA Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan Ian Wilson, The Scripps Research Institute, USA Invited Speakers Shinichi Adachi, Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS), KEK, Japan Terese Bergfors, Uppsala University, Sweden Caterina Biscari, ALBA Synchrotron, Spain Gérard Bricogne, Global Phasing Limited, UK Jacqui Gulbis, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Vadim Cherezov, University of Southern California, USA Leighton Coates, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Michael Henning, LeadXpro, Switzerland Roderick E. Hubbard, York University, UK Tamir Gonen, UCLA, USA Jie-Oh Lee, KAIST, Korea Mei Li, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, P.R.China Jose A. Márquez, EMBL, France Yukihiko Sugita, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University Marjolein Thunnissen, Max IV, Lund University, Sweden Leann Tilley, University of Melbourne, Australia Contact: Atsushi Nakagawa (Osaka University) Email: isdsb2019(a)gmail.com URL: https://isdsb2019.symposium-hp.jp/

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PhD and Postdoc position - Structural biology methods development at Würzburg University, Germany
by Andrea Thorn 22 Aug '19

22 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, for two projects in structural biology methods development, the Thorn Laboratory the Rudolf Virchow Center at the University of Würzburg is looking for a PHD CANDIDATE (m/f/d) and a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (m/f/d) Our lab develops new methods for macromolecular X-ray crystallography and Cryo-EM. In these exciting projects you will improve how well we understand, measure and model macromolecular crystal structures using practical experiments and big data analyses. We are looking for candidates with skills in data analysis and programming. Any previous experiences in crystallography, molecular biology, machine learning, image or statistical analysis are also a bonus. You should be a good communicator. For the PhD project, we offer a 36-month full- or part-time position, embedded in the Würzburg Graduate School for Life Sciences (GSLS); for the postdoctoral position, we offer a 30-month full- or part-time position with a competitive salary as well as career and family support. For more details, see: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/43020000/2019/PhD_Thorn_August_2019_… https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/43020000/2019/Postdoc_Thorn_July_201… https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/rvz/forschung/assoziierte-forschungsgruppen/ag… If you have any questions, please email me: andrea.thorn(a)uni-wuerzburg.de. Best wishes, Andrea Thorn. _____ Dr. Andrea Thorn group leader Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine University of Wuerzburg Josef-Schneider-Str. 2 97080 Wuerzburg Germany andrea.thorn(a)uni-wuerzburg.de https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/rvz/research/associated-research-groups/tho…

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Error very small nonbonded interaction distances.
by Ahmad Khalifa 21 Aug '19

21 Aug '19

Hello, I attached the log file below. Best regards.

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CCTBX documentation questionnaire
by Dorothee Liebschner 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

Hi everyone, During this year's ECM computing school, it came up that the CCTBX does not have a lot of documentation. This seems to be a major reason why people don't use it, even if they would like to employ the libraries. We would like to find out which parts of the CCTBX are the most interesting for users. We certainly cannot provide extensive documentation for the entire toolbox, but we can see what we can do once we know the main areas of interest. So if you were in the situation of wanting to use the CCTBX but decided to stay away from it because the documentation was non-existent or obscure, please let us know by filling out the questionnaire below (it's anonymous): questionnaire CCTBX documentation <https://forms.gle/9RawJFfHyEvhCVVP7> Best wishes, Dorothee -- Project Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road, M/S 33R0345 Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel: (510) 486-5709 Fax: (510) 486-5909 Web: https://phenix-online.org

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