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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Hello, and happy new year!<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">[and absolutely no apologies for cross-posting
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Tomorrow evening, we will have a panel discussion at the CCP4 study weekend about the future of crystallography, called “Crystallography is Dead. Long Live Crystallography!” [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king"><span style="color:#0086F0">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king</span></a>].</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Whether you’re attending the CCP4SW or not</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">, we want to hear from the community about your thoughts on the subject (see the blurb below), so that we can discuss things
the community is most interested in!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">if you have a few minutes, please do fill in the form (<b>all questions are optional</b>):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.office.com/e/3K5qSMNpYh" title="https://forms.office.com/e/3K5qSMNpYh"><span style="color:#0086F0">https://forms.office.com/e/3K5qSMNpYh</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Thanks, and looking forward to seeing some of you very soon!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Your friendly neighbourhood scientific organisation team,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Nicholas Pearce, Helen Ginn, and Clemens Vonrhein</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Blurb:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">In this session, we will discuss<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black">the current state and the future of crystallographic experiments in the context of structural biology: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>what are the unconfronted problems that the field still faces?</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB">what problems are now essentially solved?</span></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>where should future method development be focussed?</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>what challenges are emerging from new experimental developments?</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>do new experiments provide new perspectives on old problems?</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">Inevitably, this will include discussion of whether these challenges are likely to be addressed by the application of recent advances in AI, and, with the continued developments in cryoEM, what is crystallography's role as a part of
the structural biologist's toolbox?<br>
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Panel Chair: Elspeth Garman<br>
Panel Members: Dave Brown, Arwen Pearson, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Ashwin Chari</span><b><span style="color:black"><br>
Please submit questions for consideration during the panel discussion using the form below! and we look forward to seeing you on 3rd Jan! </span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
Some of the questions are asked mischievously - you are welcome to have some fun with your answers! All questions are optional!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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