Lecture 33:Â "Dipolar group polarizability as a multipurpose tool for predicting molecular and bulk properties" by Anna Krawczuk (Univ. of Gottingen, Germany)

Lecture 34: "Reliable predictions of crystal structures entirely from quantum mechanics" by Krzysztof Szalewicz (Univ. of Delaware, Newark, USA)

The ACA Summer Course in Chemical Crystallography is a program that is now into its third decade of instruction here in the United States. The current incarnation of the course is directed towards Single-Crystal Chemical Crystallography and Powder Diffraction techniques, as applicable to small molecule studies. The course is designed to instruct attendees in the theory and practice of these two aspects of crystallography.

The course is held every summer, in even years now at Purdue University, and in odd years at Northwestern University. For updates on the course, click here.

No prior knowledge of crystallography is expected from attendees. However, a good understanding of undergraduate level chemistry, physics and mathematics is desirable. While the course is geared towards graduate level attendees, applications from strong undergraduate students will be considered. Â Past course attendees have included faculty members and industrial researchers.

In this Virtual Workshop, we will focus on tools from the CSD Software designed to enhance and assist the visualization and analysis of porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). After learning tactics to search relevant structures using ConQuest, we will focus on functionality in our desktop molecular visualizer software Mercury, including the new Pore Analyser. Along the way you will also discover some and tips and tricks to help you gain new insights from voids and porous materials using structural informatics.

We’ll also have hands-on activities to teach you how to use Mercury for:

• Visualizing porous materials effectively.
• Analysing pore space in your structures using Pore Analyser.
• Understanding porous materials.

The tutors hosting the event have developed these tools for to explore porous materials alongside leading experts in the field.

The workshop will be recorded and all registered participants will have access to the recording.

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Who should attend?

• Research scientists concerned with metal-organics structures and the design of new materials.
• PhD and post-doc researchers interested in catalysis and gas storage and separation.
• Industrial scientists designing new functional materials.
• Researchers who wish to learn more tips and tricks for searching and analysing structures in the CSD using the CSD software.

If you’re interested in comparing polymorphic systems based on their hydrogen bonding networks, and want to understand how to calculate and visualise which hydrogen bonds are likely to form and how hydrogen bonding networks are ranked, then this free, 90-minute, hands-on workshop is for you!

What we'll cover

We will focus on the updated Hydrogen Bond Propensity tool from CSD-Materials to study the hydrogen bond network in a crystal structure and how it ranks compared to putative networks. We will also see how to complement this analysis using Full Interaction Maps (FIMs).

We will have hands-on activities to teach you how to use the desktop molecular visualizer software Mercury for:

The tutors hosting the event have developed these tools for solid form analysis alongside experts from major pharmaceutical companies and academia.

The workshop will be recorded and all registered participants will have access to the recording.

Dear Colleagues

We (the board members of the Pittsburgh Diffraction Society) are pleased to announce the availability of travel awards to attend the 80^th Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference. The Conference will be held at the Society’s ancestral home, in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 15, 2023 â€" October 17, 2023.

The awards are aimed at students, postdoctoral fellows as well as (non-faculty) staff scientists. Applications from minorities underrepresented in the sciences are especially encouraged. Details can be found here as well as attached.

The conference program includes

·        A historic overview on the Pittsburgh Diffraction Society

·        Scientific Sessions covering the Latest Development at Light Sources, High-pressure Applications, Structure-based drug design, Synergy of Computation and Crystallography, Crystallography and Cryo-EM, Structure property relationships in Quantum and Layered Materials, and many more!

·        A Young Investigator Platform showcasing achievements of students and postdocs

·        Student posters are eligible for the Chung Soo Yoo Award, which carries a $400 cash prize, related to materials and biological research, respectively

·        Fun social activities and Vendor Shows!

·        A Phenix Workshop prior to the conference (Oct 14, 2023, limited availability!)

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For the entire program, the venue and more details, and to register, please visit the conference web page.

The flagship of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) activities is the European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM), held every year, except when there is an IUCr Congress. The ECMs are the main meeting point for crystallographers in the ECA area to show their recent research. Microsymposia at ECMs are proposed and organized by ECA SIGs.

ECM 34 will be organized at the Padova Congress Centre on behalf of ECA and AIC. It will include all topics of interest to crystallography and it will be organized in synergy with EPIDC 18, which will follow ECM 34 in the same location.

The Young Crystallographers are a working group within the German Society for Crystallography (DGK). For 10 years, we meet regularly in autumn at different universities or the STOE facilities.

These meetings specifically aim to provide a platform for networking and scientific exchange for young scientists with an interest in crystallography, as well as to establish contacts with industry and research institutions.
We want to give young scientists the opportunity to gain early experience in scientific presentation in a relaxed atmosphere and without the stress of a larger conference.

For our grand anniversary, we are happy to meet at the DESY facilities! We are working hard to allow you deep insights as well as a great overview of the possibilities at this large-scale facility.

During the 3-day meeting, you willÂ

• present your own work as a poster (A0 portrait) and lightning talk (~5 min.)
• have the DESY campus tour
• participate in an experiment and get a hands-on experience at a beamline of your choice at PETRA III (see The Experiments)
• hear academic talks from senior scientists
• hear industry talks from our sponsors/partners

At the end of the meeting, you will also have the chance to join a tour of the European XFEL Campus. If you intend to participate, please indicate so during registration. Note that you will need to get to the XFEL facilities by public transport as it is a bit outside the main DESY campus.

The registration fee of 60 € includes the tours and experiments at DESY, coffee breaks as well as lunch and BBQ on Thursday.

Deadline for registration is 22.08.23.

Lecture 27:  "Topological Analysis of the Electrostatic Potential in Molecular Systems" by Enrique Espinosa (Laboratoire de Cristallographie, Résonance Magnétique et Modélisations,  Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France)

 Lecture 28: "Breaking the Ice: Cryo-EM's Quest for Better Resolution and Quality" by Holger Stark (MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany)

Theme

Harnessing Crystallography for Africa’s Research and Technology TransformationÂ

Sub-Themes

• Inorganic and Industrial Materials
• Crystal Engineering and Structural Chemistry
• Crystallography and Life Sciences
• Diffraction Physics and Phase Transformations
• Crystallographic Databases
• Application of Crystallography in Materials Science, Agricultural and Geological Sciences

Bursary applications

Please apply here.

BCA CCG Autumn meeting 2022

Going beyond the data for chemical crystallographers

Registration for the Chemical Crystallography Group Autumn meeting is now live! The meeting will be held online on Wednesday 16^th November 2022. For details and registration, visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chemical-crystallography-group-autumn-meeting-2022-tickets-425715124397

The MLZ is delighted to host the Eighth European Conference on Neutron Scattering after successful events atÂ

• Interlaken 1996
• Budapest 1999
• Montpellier 2003
• Lund 2007
• Prag 2011Â
• Zaragoza 2015
• St. Petersburg 2019

The conference is organized on behalf of the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) and is one of the most important scientific events in the field of neutron research.Â

The conference will take place at the TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering and the new Science Congress Center Munich - both located in the immediate vicinity of the MLZ at Garching.Â

After a warm Welcome on March 19th, we are looking forward to four days of thrilling talks, pleasant posters, and decent discussions of the European neutron scattering community between March 20th and 23rd!Â

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The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of all areas of crystallography-related science to share their recent research findings. The conference will also promote the interest and understanding of crystallography with respect to teaching and research in Bangladesh. It is expected that regional and international scientists will join the conference, which will allow Bangladeshi crystallographers to interact and collaborate with foreign participants. The Organizing Committee may arrange one or two sessions in hybrid mode.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 October 2022

Registration deadline: 30 November 2022Â

Flyer of the 7th BCA Conference

Poster of the 7th BCA Conference

ECS8, the 2023 European Crystallographic School, is planned as an in-person event.

The school will be held in Berlin, at the site of the BESSY II electron storage ring operated by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.

Up to 100 young international students and scientists will have the chance to meet with renowned lecturers and tutors and become acquainted with the most up-to-date principles and applications of X-ray crystallography.

Topics

• Fundamentals of Crystallography
• Single Crystal Diffraction
• Powder Diffraction
• Synchrotron Radiation in Crystallography
• Macromolecular Crystallography
• Applications of CrystallographyÂ

Fundamental lectures will be taught during the mornings. Afternoons will be dedicated to lectures on applications and hands-on tutorials.

Application for ECS8 is open until 28 February 2023.

This conference will offer opportunities to discuss the latest developments, achievements and prospects in Organometallic Chemistry. Special interest will be focused to create a stage for exchanging the latest research results and sharing the advanced research methods in the Organometallic Chemistry field.

In addition, this XXV meeting will be the perfect forum to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Profs. G. Wilkinson and E. O. Fischer for their pioneering work on the chemistry of the organometallic sandwich compounds.

Conferences Series welcomes professional chemists, bioscience experience researchers, professors, scientific communities, delegates, students, business professionals and executives from all over the globe to attend the “18th European Organic Chemistry Congress”[Euro Organic Chemistry Conference 2022] that is to be organized during July 18-19, 2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands which incorporates prompt keynote presentations, oral talks, poster displays and exhibitions.

Euro Organic Chemistry 2022 is an international platform to debate and learn about new compounds and its structures, bonding, reactivity in field of chemistry and in organometallic chemistry, organic chemical science, biogeochemistry, marine chemical science, petroleum chemical science, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, advancements in the fields of modern experimental chemistry, modern analytical chemistry, modern theoretical chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, flow chemistry, microwave chemistry, green chemistry, spectroscopy, new synthetic ways and advances in catalysis.

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce the 'IEEE Around-the-Clock Around-the-Globe (AtC-AtG) Magnetics Conference 2022', a virtual event hosted by the IEEE Magnetics Society covering the vast field of magnetism. Following the great success of the previous editions, this unique 24-hour non-stop virtual conference will take place on August 31st, 2022, with contributions from speakers spanning six continents.

The AtC-AtG Magnetics Conference offers a diverse and inclusive virtual environment that foments collaboration between junior and senior researchers across the many subfields of magnetism. The invited speaker lineup includes both junior and senior scientists with outstanding research contributions. More information can be found on the dedicated conference website.

Join us by registering through our website before 24th August!Â

Highlights:

 - Invited talks from leading experts in magnetism

 - Covers all continents and time zones

 - Interactive online broadcasting with questions and discussions

 - Student presentation and poster awards

 - NO REGISTRATION FEE

Call for Abstracts:

Abstract submission for the contributed talks at AtC-AtG Conference is now open! Young researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts (oral and poster) and join us on this fantastic platform to meet researchers worldwide!

The abstract template and submission form are available on our website. Submissions close on June 12th!

Looking forward to seeing you all connected!

Best Regards,

On behalf of the AtC-AtG Organization Committee (2022)