September 2019 - phenixbb - phenix-online.org

Submissions to the Computational Crystallography Newsletter – 15 NOV 19
by Nigel Moriarty 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Folks Calling for articles and short communications of interest to structural biologists. The deadline for submission for the January 202-0 issue is 15 November 2019. The Computational Crystallography Newsletter (CCN) is an electronic newsletter for structural biologists, and is published online every 6 months. Feature articles, meeting announcements and reports can be submitted to me at any time for consideration. Submission of text by email or word-processing files using the CCN templates is requested. Past newsletters and a Microsoft Word template are available at www.phenix-online.org/newsletter <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.phenix-2Donline.org…>. As a reminder, the last issue is detailed here. July 2019 <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf> Articles - Processing serial crystallographic data from XFELs or synchrotrons using the cctbx.xfel GUI <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf#page=11> Short Communications - Automatic β-peptide linking in Phenix <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf#page=5> - phenix.hbond: a new tool for annotation hydrogen bonds <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf#page=7> - Bytes and Bobs : Accelerating python code with Numba <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf#page=8> Fitting tips #18 – A subversive kind of misfit “water” <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf#page=2> FAQ - Can I submit my X-ray model to the Protein Data Bank in PDB format? <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2019_07.pdf#page=4> Cheers Nigel --- Nigel W. Moriarty Building 33R0349, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720-8235 Phone : 510-486-5709 Email : NWMoriarty(a)LBL.gov Fax : 510-486-5909 Web : CCI.LBL.gov

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General interest
by John R Helliwell 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

Dear Colleagues, The recent IUCr Committee on Data Satellite Workshop at ECM32 Vienna on “Data science skills in publishing” speaker presentations, overall report and photos from the day are now available via the IUCr CommDat Public Forum weblink:- https://forums.iucr.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=422&sid=f14add194ce5e9c146b51b… Best wishes, John Emeritus Professor John R Helliwell DSc Chairman of IUCr Committee on Data

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Post-doctoral position for structure determination of large RNAs and RNP
by Sunandan Mukherjee 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

Hi everyone, Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering (LBPE) at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMCB), Warsaw, Poland, headed by Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki, is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher for experimental structure determination of large RNAs (in particular lncRNAs and viral RNAs) and their complexes with proteins (RNPs). LBPE is an interdisciplinary and international team, focused on developing new approaches to determine RNA and RNP structures with the combined use of experimental methods and computational modeling. This position is ideal for you if you have solid experience (documented in publications) in at least one of the following techniques: 1) X-ray crystallography, 2) SAXS 3) cryo-EM, 4) AFM, and if you wish to learn new techniques of integrative structural biology, including computational modeling methods. You are expected to have a strong publication record, which includes at least one first-author publication in a very good international peer-reviewed journal. You are expected to take a lead and apply for fellowship/grant funding within the first year of your employment, with a project that combines the initial research area (structural analyses of large RNAs) with your own ideas. We are particularly interested in candidates interested in the gradual development towards scientific independence (next stage: junior group leader elsewhere) or growing towards a position of a senior scientist within our organization (long-term cooperation, involvement in multiple projects, supervision of junior scientists). The Postdoctoral Researcher will be selected from candidates in an open competition, according to the procedure complying with the rules of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers as a part of HR Excellence in Research strategy https://www.iimcb.gov.pl/en/institute/hr-excellence . Application deadline: September 14th, 2019. For more details, please visit http://genesilico.pl/employment . With regards, Sunandan

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Selenium Nucleic Acids
by SeNA Research Institute 06 Sep '19

06 Sep '19

Dear Chemical and/or Structural Biologists, To serve our community, we have developed the selenium-atom specific derivatization of nucleic acids for crystallographic studies. We have discovered that virtually without any perturbations, the incorporated Se-atoms on nucleic acids can (I) rationally solve the phasing problem and (II) significantly facilitate nucleic acid crystallization (even with higher resolution and much larger crystals) in many cases, including protein-nucleic acid complexes. Currently, we are looking for collaborators and would be happy to offer free samples of Se-DNAs and Se-RNAs for your structure-and-function investigations. If you are interested, please contact us at SeNA(a)senaresearch.org Thanks, Mike SeNA Research Institute Email: SeNA(a)senaresearch.org Web: www.SeNAresearch.org http://www.senaresearch.org/

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Postdoctoral position
by Tobias Beck 05 Sep '19

05 Sep '19

Dear all, The Beck group is moving to Hamburg, where we will have labs well-equipped for chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology. Moreover, state-of-the-art facilities for structural characterizations such as PETRA III are close by. We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow, funded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, for a project involving protein redesign, protein production and functionalization, and application in imaging and therapy. You should have a PhD degree in chemistry, biochemistry or biology and some experience with protein production and purification. Skills in structural biology / computational design are a plus. The post is available from January 01 2020. Full details of the post and the applications process are available here: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/uhh/stellenangebote/wissenschaftliches-personal/… The group homepage can be found here: https://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/institute/pc/arbeitsgruppen/beck.html https://www.ac.rwth-aachen.de/extern/beck/ The deadline for applications is Oct 06 2019. Please contact me for further information or informal inquiries: tobias.beck(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de Best, Tobias. -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Tobias Beck - independent group leader - RWTH Aachen University Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Landoltweg 1, office: 304N 52056 Aachen, Germany phone: +49-241-80-90057 fax: +49-241-80-99003 web: http://www.ac.rwth-aachen.de/extern/beck/ ___________________________________________ >From October 01: ____________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Tobias Beck University of Hamburg Department of Chemistry Institute of Physical Chemistry Grindelallee 117 D-20146 Hamburg Germany email: tobias.beck(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de web: www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/institute/pc/arbeitsgruppen/beck/ ____________________________________________________________

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77th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference
by Leighton Coates 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Dear Colleagues You are invited to the 77th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference which will be hosted onsite at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA Start Date: 24th Oct 2019 End Date: 26th Oct 2019 URL: https://conference.sns.gov/event/78/ The conference will take place over three days, and feature sessions focused on all areas of diffraction, from powders to protein crystals. Topics will include Biological Diffraction, Total Scattering, Magnetic scattering, and small molecule Diffraction. The Chung Soo Yoo Award, established by the Pittsburgh Diffraction Society to honor Dr. Yoo’s memory, and a $400 cash prize will be given to the graduate student having the best poster presentation at the conference. Registration for the conference is only $100 and will close on September 20th, and we are still accepting abstracts for posters until that date. Confirmed Speakers are Jahuan Azadmanesh, (University of Nebraska) Emil S. Bozin (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Theodore Betley, (Harvard University) Chris Davies, (Medical University of South Carolina) Bob Von Dreele, (Argonne National Lab) Fred Dyda, (National Institutes of Health, NIDDK) Martin Egli, (Vanderbilt University) Jaime Fernandez-Baca, (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Dustin Gilbert, (University of Tennessee) Margarida Henriques, (CAS Institute of Physics) Ken Herwig, (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Patrick Holland, (Yale University) Robert Koch (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Joeseph Kolis, (Clemson University) Cora Lind Kovacs, (University of Toledo) Patricia Langan, (Lentigen Technologies) Jeremy Lohman, (Purdue University) Rebecca McAuliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Leonard Mueller, (University of California, Riverside) Tim Mueser, (University of Toledo) Robert Philips, (University of Georgia) Raktim Roy, (The Scripps Research Institute) Ella Mara Schmidt, (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) David J. Schuller, (Cornell University) Michael Shatruk, (Florida State University) Timothy Stachowski, (Hauptman Woodward Institute) Corey Thompson, (Purdue University) B.C. Wang, (University of Georgia) Weiwei Xie, (Louisiana State University) Haidong Zhou, (University of Tennessee) Best Wishes Leighton Coates

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