September 2021 - phenixbb - phenix-online.org

RapiData 2020 applications open
by Smith, Clyde 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Applications are now open for the 2020 edition of RapiData at SSRL. RapiData is a practical course in macromolecular X-ray diffraction data collection, data processing and structure solution. The aim of the RapiData course is to educate and train young scientists in data collection and processing methods at synchrotron beamlines, using state-of-the-art software and instrumentation. The course will be held in sunny California at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) located on the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory campus in Menlo Park, CA, from March 30 - April 4 2020. Course organizers for 2020 are Silvia Russi, Clyde Smith and Jeney Wierman. The course will comprise hands-on experiments at the SSRL beamlines, software tutorials, and lectures on the following topics: Specimen preparation, Data collection strategies, X-ray light sources, X-ray detectors, Data reduction, Structure solution by MAD, SAD and Molecular Replacement, Complementary methods (spectroscopy and small angle scattering). Please visit http://smb.slac.stanford.edu/news/rapidata/rapidata-2020/ and use the links on the "registration" page to apply for the course. The application deadline is November 10 2019. Successful applicants will be notified shortly thereafter, and invited to register and book accommodation at the SLAC Guesthouse at that time. A limited amount of travel support funding may be available. Please direct questions to Silvia Russi (srussi(a)slac.stanford.edu), Jeney Wierman (jwierman(a)slac.stanford.edu) or Clyde Smith (csmith(a)slac.stanford.edu).

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Phenix website maintenance on 9/30/2021
by Dorothee Liebschner 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Hi everyone, The Phenix website will be changed tomorrow, Thursday 9/30/2021. Therefore, the website might not be available for a couple of hours. If you encounter any problems after the switch - which we will announce on the BB - please let us know. We will change the urls of some pages due to some reorganization, but the addresses of the most visited pages should be the same, such as download, documentation and so on. Best wishes, The Phenix Team -- Research 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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problems with phenix.refine and wwPDB deposition
by Błażej Bagiński 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Dear fellow Phenix bulletin boarders, I'd like to ask for help with refinement-deposition file conflict. I 'finished' solving the structure (protein, 1 chain, 2 ligands), doing the final refinement in phenix.refine. Structure looks okay and does not report any errors in phenix/coot. I than started the deposition with the wwPDB OneDep System.After long check, my files were rejected (multiple errors, with the best one being "coordinates not found"). Following the FAQ, I run the prepare_pdb_deposition, but the results were the same. I also tried using PDB_Extract (https://pdb-extract.wwpdb.org/), with its result file also generating plethora of errors. As a control, I put the same phenix.refine file into the PDB-REDO server, and its results finished wwPDB validation successfully. Trouble is, PDB-REDO is quite aggressive and messed up one ligand, occupancies and two loops, so I would prefer to not submit it for anyone to see. How do you make refinement output compatible with wwPDB? Is there a way to run PDB-REDO without the REDO? Kind regards, Blazej Baginski

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Download issues
by Billy Poon 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Hi everyone, If you are having download issues, can you post a message here? We are seeing reports of download issues from some users and we want to determine how widespread the issue is. Some users have said that the download works after waiting for a bit or by using the incognito or private mode of their browser. Thanks! -- Billy K. Poon Research Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road, M/S 33R0345 Berkeley, CA 94720 Fax: (510) 486-5909 Web: https://phenix-online.org

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Postdoctoral Research Opportunity in Cryo-EM at University of Washington, in Seattle, USA
by George Wisedchaisri 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

Hi, I have a job opening announcement for a joint postdoctoral position in the Catterall and Zheng Labs at University of Washington, in Seattle, WA, USA. Please see the link below for more detailed info. http://mail.ncmir.ucsd.edu/pipermail/3dem/attachments/20210913/9614f6ba/att… Thanks, George Wisedchaisri -- *Postdoctoral Research Position* *Senior Fellow or Instructor Appointment Level* *Structural Basis for Function and Pharmacology of Voltage Gated Sodium and Calcium Channels* *Laboratories of William A. Catterall and Ning Zheng* *Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7280 USA* *Please respond by e-mail to wcattlab(a)uw.edu <wcattlab(a)uw.edu> with Postdoctoral Application on the Subject Line* *Position Requirements* PhD or equivalent in biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering, or structural biology. Experience in molecular biology, cell culture, and protein expression, purification, and characterization. Excellent communication skills and successful experience in a team research environment. Two years experience with cryo-EM data collection, processing, and analysis. Successful determination of a protein structure by cryo-EM. *Application Requirements* Curriculum Vitae Names of three referees *University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.* -- George Wisedchaisri, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology --------------------------------------------- University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology 1959 NE Pacific St Seattle, WA 98195-7280

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Today is the last day to register for the SSRL/LCLS User Meeting
by Mooers, Blaine H.M. (HSC) 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Dear Phenixbb: Today is the last day to register for the SSRL/LCLS User Meeting that starts on Monday. It is free and virtual. https://events.bizzabo.com/SLAC-UsersMeeting-2021/home. The poster session runs 12 - 1 PM Pacific Time M-Th. You use the gathertown software to attend it. Navigation of the poster session is like playing a 1990s computer game. I was on the poster judging team. We spent this week judging the posters virtually. We made our selections of the seven poster prize finalists today. All of the semifinalist posters were excellent. Best regards, Blaine SSRL UEC member and past chair. Blaine Mooers, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine Director of the Laboratory of Biomolecular Structure and Function Academic Director, Biomolecular Structure Core, COBRE in Structural Biology Full Member, Cancer Biology Program, Stephenson Cancer Center University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Mailing Address: 975 NE 10th Street, BRC 466 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5419 Office: 405-271-8300 Lab: 405-271-8312 Websites: Faculty page: https://basicsciences.ouhsc.edu/bmb/Faculty/bio_details/mooers-blaine-hm-phd BSC-OKC (LBSF): https://research.ouhsc.edu/Core-Facilities/Laboratory-of-Biomolecular-Struc… COBRE in Structural Biology: https://www.ou.edu/structuralbiology

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(no subject)
by Smita Yadav 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Dear All, hello to everyone. I wanted to know which gromac version is mostly used for simulation in linux. -- With Regards Smita Yadav

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NIH-funded Postdoc, Membrane Protein Structural Biology (Nebraska, USA)
by Alex Vecchio 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Dear Phenix Community, I would like to bring your attention to an NIH-funded Postdoc position in the Vecchio Lab <https://vecchio-lab.unl.edu> at the University of Nebraska studying membrane proteins and membrane protein assemblies using X-ray crystallography and cryoEM. We are looking for a recent or soon-to-be Ph.D., with experience in membrane proteins and one structural technique. Potential exists for the candidate to *acquire cryoEM expertise* during the postdoc training via a recently well-scored NSF fellowship. For more information, please read our ad HERE <https://jobrxiv.org/job/vecchio-lab-at-university-of-nebraska-27778-postdoc…> . To apply or for specific questions, please contact me at avecchio(a)unl.edu. All the best, Alex -------------------------------------------- Alex J. Vecchio, Ph.D. *Assistant Professor* University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Biochemistry Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication 1901 Vine Street N113 / N114 Beadle Center [Lab / Office] Lincoln, NE 68588 avecchio(a)unl.edu 1 [402] 472-2933

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Assistant Researcher Senior Position in the KU Protein Structure Laboratory
by Lovell, Scott W 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

The Protein Structure and X-ray Crystallography Laboratory (PSXL) at the University of Kansas (KU) is seeking a full-time Assistant Researcher Senior to work on a variety of structural biology projects. As a core laboratory, the PSXL collaborates with multiple investigators to obtain structures of their proteins of interest using X-ray crystallography and delivers dozens of structures annually. Additionally, the PSXL is involved in NIAID funded R01 grants and manages the structural biology efforts for projects aimed at antiviral inhibitor development. As such, this position will involve structural biology work to facilitate the structure-guided development of inhibitors targeting the MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 main proteases. For a full description of the position and to apply, GO TO: https://employment.ku.edu/staff/20030BR Regards, Scott __________________________________________________ Scott Lovell Ph.D., Director Protein Structure and X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory University of Kansas Del Shankel Structural Biology Center 2034 Becker Drive Lawrence, KS 66047 Office: SBC 1015 email: swlovell(a)ku.edu<mailto:[email protected]> phone: 785-864-3772 fax: 785-864-8141 https://psxl.ku.edu/ __________________________________________________

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Restricting real-space refinement and weights to specific atom selections
by Josh Cofsky 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Hi all, I'm using phenix.real_space_refine to refine a model into a cryo-EM map. My local map resolution is highly variable across the molecule, and using a single map weight (the parameter shown in the Refinement Settings > "Other Options" in the GUI) on the whole model leads to poor map-to-model fit in some locations and overfitting in others. Potential solutions could be to: 1. assign different map weights to different segments of the model (based on a user-specified atom selection) OR 2. perform iterative refinements with different weight settings, holding different (user-specified) segments of the model fixed during each iteration (I suspect this isn't possible based on Pavel's message here: http://phenix-online.org/pipermail/phenixbb/2021-May/025037.html) Is either of these approaches (or another one that accomplishes the same goal) possible? I am using the Phenix GUI, but if this is only possible in command line, and you're willing to share an example command that accomplishes either of these tasks, please let me know. Thanks! -Josh (also, apologies if this is a duplicate message...still trying to figure out the phenixbb listserv)

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