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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 1d

An exciting opportunity has just opened up for someone to join the crystallography community at the University of Glasgow! Follow the link for more details.

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Research Associate

Job Purpose To make a leading contribution to an EPSRC-funded project “Rejuvenating the Crystal Sponge Method with Electron Diffraction” working with Prof Ross Forgan at the University of Glasgow...

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · May 12

Dorothy Hodgkin was born #OTD in 1910. She won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work using X-ray crystallography to determine complex chemical structures 🏅

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#ChemSky 🧪

Today in Chemistry History infographic on Dorothy Hodgkin. Hodgkin used X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of vitamin B12, for which she won a Nobel Prize. She went on to determine the structure of insulin.

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ESCG @escg-bca.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you to everyone who attended our outreach workshop this afternoon jointly hosted with the CCG and @ccdc.cam.ac.uk So much enthusiasm and ideas in one room! It was a lot of fun to brainstorm and share experiences 😊👩‍🏫🧠

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David Aragão 🔶 @aragaod.bsky.social · Apr 17

Good bye #bcaspringmeeting goodbye #Leeds see you soon. #crystallography @crystallography.org.uk

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 17

Suman Bhattacharya (U. Limerick) presents piezoelectric multicomponent materials engineered to include amino acid molecules at #BCA25

Suman Bhattacharya gives a talk at the 2025 BCA Spring Meeting

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · Apr 17

Thank you to Ellie Dempsey (University of Edinburgh), Stephen Brown (University of Warwick), Sam Lewis, and Hamish Yeung for organizing and inviting the CCDC to participate in an insightful workshop aimed at inspiring future crystallographers 🌟 #BCA25

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 17

Sam Lewis (Cardiff and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social ) discusses serial crystallography and transient polymorphs at the #BCA25 CCG open session

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · Apr 16

Congratulations to Wojciech Stawski from Ulm University for winning the CCDC/CCG Prize 2025, announced this afternoon at the @crystallography.org.uk Spring Meeting.

Discover more about Wojciech Stawski's ground-breaking work here: ccdc-info.com/4imVWF3

#Crystallography #BCA25

Side-by-side photographs, the left showing three people stood smiling at the camera with the middle person holding up a certificate, the right showing a presenter pointing to research on a projector screen.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

The 2025 Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture is delivered by Prof Martin Noble (Newcastle)

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Alexandra Gibbs (St Andrews and BCA President) wraps up the Rietveld refinement workshop at #BCA25 with words of wisdom and favourite paper recommendations on neutron diffraction

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Wojtek Stawski @stawskiwojtek.bsky.social · Apr 16

Extremely happy to have been awarded a CCDC Young Crystallographer Prize @crystallography.org.uk @ccdc.cam.ac.uk Again, a big thank you to all who made it possible, particularly those shown in the slide.

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David Aragão 🔶 @aragaod.bsky.social · Apr 16

Struggling with #Chemical #Crystallography refinement including anisotropy and other challenges? Check the videos by winner of the early career prize at the #BCASpring meeting @crystallography.org.uk on his YouTube

youtube.com/@wojtekstaws...

Well done Wojtek !

Wojtek Stawski

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Congratulations to Wojtek Stawski, winner of the 2025 CCDC CCG prize.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Daren Fearon (XChem, Diamond) is the winner of the BSG prize lecture 2025 for his work on fragment based drug discovery.

Daren Fearon giving the BSG prize lecture

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Thanks to our #BCA25 commercial exhibitors for giving us updates on their latest products and developments, whilst keeping within a strict five minute constraint! Go and visit their stands for more information and discussion.

British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Alex Longcake (Newcastle) tells #BCA25 about a high throughput in-situ X-ray diffraction workflow during the BSG/CCG in-situ session

Alexandra Longcake lecturing at BCA Spring Meeting 2025

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Ross Angel (CNR) on Crystal Palace. His favourite football team, and a program for parametric crystal structure analysis. He asks why we don't include parameter covariance in CIF for future analysis.

British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Pedro Nunes ( @diamondlightsource.bsky.social ) on HeXI, the high energy electron crystallography instrument

Pedro Nunes at the BCA Spring Meeting 2025

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Newcastle Chemical Crystallography Service @newcrystle.bsky.social · Apr 15

Let’s go! #bca25

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · Apr 15

Thank you to those who joined Emma Hawking's talk at #BCA25 yesterday about polymorphism and how it’s a crucial aspect that affects drug stability during manufacturing.

Learn more: ccdc-info.com/3EqBchV

#MaterialsScience #Pharma #DrugDevelopment

A room full of people sat looking at a presentation on a screen at the front.

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David Aragão 🔶 @aragaod.bsky.social · Apr 16

Our own @amyjayyyne.bsky.social from @diamondlightsource.bsky.social presenting VMXi at @crystallography.org.uk . Great talk!

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 16

Lucia Maini gives the CCG plenary lecture at #BCA25 "Be a crystallographer to to investigate the past present and future"

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 15

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social delivers the PCG plenary lecture at #BCA25 "The role of AI in materials discovery"

Robert Palgrave lecturing on the role of AI in materials discovery

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Apr 15

For decades, calculating crystal structures seemed an intractable problem. That is changing, but is computational crystal structure prediction ready to empower mainstream materials research? #ChemSky

Crystal clear structure prediction

As the clouds clear on computational crystal structure prediction, is the technique ready to empower mainstream materials research? James Mitchell Crow reports

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · Apr 15

Olivia Breen (UCD) on the diverse polymorphism in metal ammonia oxolate hydrate coordination polymers at BCA Spring Meeting 2025 #BCA25

Olivia Breen talks about latest studies of metal ammonia oxolate hydrate coordination polymers

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