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BioXFEL (Courtesy of BioXFEL)

2021 BioXFEL Crystallization Workshop

1. Protein Crystallization Theory
2. Crystallization Techniques
3. Co-Crystallization: Ligand, Protein and Nucleic Acid Complexes
4. Membrane Protein Crystallization
5. Membrane Protein Crystallization in Lipidic Cubic Phase (LCP)
6. High Throughput Crystallization Screening and Optimization at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute

Bruker (Courtesy of Bruker)

X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

1. Live From the Lab: What is XRD?
2. What is X-ray Diffraction?
3. Coplanar & Non-Coplanar X-Ray Diffraction
4. Bruker X-Ray Sources
5. Inside a X-Ray Powder Diffractometer (Bruker D2 Phaser)
6. Live From the Lab: What is IPGID (In-Plane Grazing Incidence Diffraction)?
7. Live From the Lab: Perfect Powder Diffraction Data, Automatically?
8. Live From the Lab: X-Ray Sources for XRD?
9. Live From the Lab: When Would You Use 0D, 1D and 2D X-Ray Diffraction?
10. What Is PDF (Pair Distribution Function)?
11. Pair Distribution Function (PDF) Analysis in the Home Laboratory - Not Just for Experts
12. Live From the Lab: 2D X-Ray Diffraction
13. Early Hydration in Cements – Detection and Quantification With XRD
14. X-Ray Diffraction Introduction
15. X-Ray Diffraction in the Lab
16. X-Ray Diffraction in the Field
17. Live From the Lab: Orientation Analysis With DIFFRAC.TEXTURE
18. Live From the Lab: Thin Film Thickness and More With DIFFRAC.XRR
19. Live From the Lab: Decoding XRD Data With DIFFRAC.EVA
20. Live From the Lab: What Is the Value of Energy Discrimination for XRD Detectors?
21. Live From the Lab: Take the Stress Out of Residual Stress Analysis
22. Live From the Lab: XRD Has Changed
23. Live From the Lab: Powder Diffraction Has Changed
24. Live From the Lab: Materials Research Diffraction Has Changed
25. Residual Stress With XRD
26. Texture Analysis With XRD
27. Live From the Lab: The Gritty Details of Texture Analysis
28. Battery Optimization Through XRM and XRD Analysis
29. Live From the Lab: Optimizing Energy Storage With XRM and XRD
30. Live From the Lab: XRD Automation Has Changed

Cryo-EM 101

Cryo-EM 101 and Cryo-ET 101

Olex2

Jaca Crystallography School Jaca, Spain June 2023

1. Jaca A02
2. Jaca A03
3. Jaca A04
4. Jaca A05
5. Jaca A06
6. Jaca B01
7. Jaca B01a
8. Jaca B02
9. Jaca B03
10. Jaca B05

Olex2-1.3

1. Refining Selected Atoms Anharmonically
2. Import/Export xyzfiles From/Into CIF Files
3. How Many Q-Peaks?
4. Enable/Disable Extension Modules
5. Reflection Graphs From the GUI
6. Sucrose: Tweaking Hydrogen Atom Positions
7. Sucrose: Fobs vs Fcal Plot
8. Solvent Masking in Olex2-1.3

Olex2 Snippets

1. Import/Export xyzfiles From/Into CIF Files
2. Omitting "Bad Reflections"
3. Z and Z'
4. Adding and Editing Restraints and Constraints
5. Selection Basics
6. History Generation
7. Basic Refinement
8. Background Colours in Olex2
9. Quick Data Stats

Working with Olex2

1. First Steps With Olex2: Sucrose
2. Olex2 and ShelX
3. Modifying the Asymmetric Unit in Olex2
4. Planes in Olex2
5. First View at Electron Density Maps
6. Derived Geometry: Centroids, Planes and E.S.D.
7. Overlay
8. Olex2 and the Weighting Scheme
9. Solve and Assign in Olex2
10. MgTDC – Structure Determination With Olex2
11. Placing Labels in Olex2 Pictures
12. Inclusion of hkl/res Files in the CIF Using Olex2
13. Adding Citations to the CIF in Olex2
14. THPP Without the Mouse
15. How Many Q-Peaks?
16. Import/Export xyzfiles From/Into CIF Files

Olex2 Help

1. Inclusion of hkl/res Files in the CIF Using Olex2
2. Adding Citations to the CIF in Olex2
3. Olex2 and ShelX
4. Derived Geometry: Centroids, Planes and E.S.D.
5. Toluene Across a Symmetry Element: FragmentDB
6. First View at Electron Density Maps
7. Hirshfeld Atom Refinement in Olex2
8. Sucrose: Fobs vs Fcal Plot
9. Sucrose: Tweaking Hydrogen Atom Positions

Twinning

1. O084: A Twinning Example

PDB-101

Methods for Determining Atomic Structures

1. X-Ray Crystallography
2. NMR Spectroscopy
3. 3D Electron Microscopy

Dr. Penelope W. Codding Lecture Series in Support of Early-Career Crystallographers

November 24, 2023 - Tanner George (Saint Mary's University)

1. Using X-ray Crystallography to Confirm Structures while Discovering New Ones

December 20, 2023 - Peyman Fahimi (Université Laval, Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie University)

1. Unlocking ATP Synthase's New Horizons through Theoretical & Computational Analysis

February 8, 2024 - Anton Dmitrienko. Ph.D.

1. Crystallography Through the Eyes of a Chemist

April 3, 2025 - Frank C. Hawthorne (University of Manitoba)

1. New Ion Radii and Characteristic Bondlengths for Inorganic Crystal Structures: Implications

November 5, 2025 - Trevor Blaikie (University of Waterloo)

1. Strain and Defect Analysis in InSb/GaAs Heteroepitaxy with a Novel 3D Reciprocal Space Approach

Rigaku

TOPIQ Webinars

1. Processing a PX Data Set With CrysAlisᴾʳᵒ
2. Rigaku Progeny 1064 nm Raman as a Versatile Solution for Raw Material ID and Verification
3. Processing a Protein SAXS Data Set With SAXSLab
4. Micro XRD With a Single Crystal Diffractometer
5. What To Do When the Lights Go Out – Rethinking the Homelab for Structural Biology Research
6. Importing and Processing a PX Synchrotron Data Set With CrysAlis Pro
7. CrysAlisPro Simulator for Crystallography Teaching
8. Sample Screening, Strategy Calculation and Data Collection in CrysAlis Pro
9. Data Integrity Within Material Analysis With Rigaku Progeny 1064 nm Raman Analyzer
10. Crystalline Sponge Method
11. Separating Multiple Diffraction Patterns in CrysAlis Pro
12. How To Improve Crystal Structure Models by TAAM Refinement
13. NoSpherA2: Novel Charge Density Tools in Olex2
14. Processing of a Twinned Data Set in CrysAlisᴾʳᵒ and Structure Solution in Olex²
15. Analytical Tools for the Cement Industry – Backup With Powerful Benchtop XRF and XRD
16. Diffraction Methods for MOF Investigations
17. Micro-Powder Batch Screening on a Single-Crystal Diffractometer
18. High-Throughput Soaking Condition Screening for Crystalline Sponges
19. XtaLAB Synergy-ED Progress and Latest Results
20. The New ACTOR 2 Sample Changer for Automating Your Single Crystal Workflow
21. XtaLAB Synergy-ED: Single Crystal Structures From Powders
22. 3D-ED in Pharmaceutical Compounds: Can We Measure Everything?
23. Flow-XI: A New UK Facility for the Analysis of Crystallisation in Flow Systems
24. Pump-Multiprobe Photocrystallography on the XtaLAB Synergy-R System
25. High-Pressure Crystallography on the Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-S Diffractometer
26. Illuminating the World of Sub-Micron Crystal Structures With the XtaLAB Synergy-ED: A Review

wwPDB

Data Deposition

1. X-ray Deposition
2. Ligand Deposition: Review and confirm suggested matches to your ligand
3. Ligand Deposition: How to provide mandatory chemical information
4. RSC CICAG Open Source Tools for Chemistry :- PDB workshop 1 - Alpha
5. RSC CICAG Open Source Tools for Chemistry :- PDB workshop 1 - Beta
6. RSC CICAG Open Source Tools for Chemistry :- PDB workshop 1 - Gamma

Validation Reports

1. RSC CICAG Open Source Tools for Chemistry :- PDB workshop 2 - Alpha
2. RSC CICAG Open Source Tools for Chemistry :- PDB workshop 2 - Beta