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Research Technician Position at Structural Biology Lab at University of Southern California
by Xiao Lei 07 May '16

07 May '16

Dear All, The Lin Chen laboratory at the University of Southern California is seeking a research technician to join the lab. The Chen lab is interested in the structure and function of molecular complexes that control cell signaling and gene expression. We use a multi-disciplinary approach that combines structural biology, chemical biology, biochemistry/cell biology, and computational biology/bioinformatics to study the molecular basis of signal transduction and transcription regulation. For more detailed description of our research, please visit the lab page: http://structure.usc.edu/ Job Responsibilities Include: Assist postdoctoral fellows and graduate students in the lab on a variety of biochemical and biophysical studies, including gene cloning, protein expression, purification, and characterization of purified protein by various biochemical and biophysical techniques, and protein crystallization. The technician may also be involved in developing new techniques to study the structure and function of the genome. The technician is also expected to take a small amount of lab managing duty such as ordering and organizing lab supplies,. Commitment of 1 year is required; 2 years is preferred, the position is grant-funded and renewable Preferred Qualifications: • BS in Biochemistry, or Chemistry, or Molecular Biology, or related field • 2 years lab experience • Working knowledge of laboratory equipment and research protocols • Must be meticulous, detail-oriented, and responsible • Basic biochemistry, molecular biology and chemistry knowledge To apply for this position, Please send CV, three names of reference and a cover letter to: linchen(a)usc.edu Best Regards.

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autoBuild error, OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
by luzuok 06 May '16

06 May '16

Hello, The autobuild had been running for almost 2 hours in my Desktop, but it suddenly stopped and posed an error message as indicated below. Is this caused by my insufficient memory? Best wishes! Luzuokun Splitting work into 4 jobs and running with 2 processors using sh background=True in /home/lu/Documents/StructurePro/why/P43212/AutoBuild_run_2_/TEMP0 Starting job 1...Log will be: /home/lu/Documents/StructurePro/why/P43212/AutoBuild_run_2_/TEMP0/RUN_FILE_4.log Starting job 2...Log will be: /home/lu/Documents/StructurePro/why/P43212/AutoBuild_run_2_/TEMP0/RUN_FILE_5.log Starting job 3...Log will be: /home/lu/Documents/StructurePro/why/P43212/AutoBuild_run_2_/TEMP0/RUN_FILE_6.log Starting job 4...Log will be: /home/lu/Documents/StructurePro/why/P43212/AutoBuild_run_2_/TEMP0/RUN_FILE_7.log Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/autosol/AutoBaseExtend.py", line 987, in DoNextMethod self.CarryOutBest() # to be obtained after it is finished File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/autosol/AutoBaseExtend.py", line 2147, in CarryOutBest getattr(self,str(self.application_method))() # call this fn File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/wizards/AutoBuild.py", line 2372, in AutoBuild_build_cycle self.AutoBuild_rebuild_cycle_run() File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/wizards/AutoBuild.py", line 4714, in AutoBuild_rebuild_cycle_run always_reuse_model=always_reuse_model) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/wizards/AutoBuild.py", line 7589, in AutoBuild_build_refine mtz_file=mtz_file,mtz_ref_file=mtz_ref_file) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/wizards/AutoBuild.py", line 7833, in run_standard_build_in_parallel r.run(out=sys.stdout) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/autosol/run_group_of_wizards.py", line 294, in run self.start_run(run_file,last=is_last) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/phenix/phenix/autosol/run_group_of_wizards.py", line 604, in start_run cmd+" "+self.add_double_quote(run_file,escape_space=False)) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/modules/cctbx_project/libtbx/easy_run.py", line 160, in __init__ close_fds=not subprocess.mswindows) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/base/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.10.1-2155/base/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1223, in _execute_child self.pid = os.fork() OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory -- 卢作焜南开大学新生物站A202 Lu Zuokun, Ph.D. Candidate College of Life Science, Nankai University

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Re: [phenixbb] Self Rotation Function
by Sharan Karade 04 May '16

04 May '16

Thank you for your valuable Edward, Patrick, Francis. I will try with your suggestions. And let you know the results. On 4 May 2016 20:03, "Edward A. Berry" <BerryE(a)upstate.edu> wrote: On 05/04/2016 10:17 AM, Patrick Loll wrote: > You won’t see peaks in the self-rotation function unless the AU contains > non-crystallographic rotational symmetry, which frequently is not the case > (just because you have multiple copies of your protein in the AU does not > imply that they are arranged in any specific, symmetric manner). And even > if there is rotational NCS, if the axis of rotation is parallel to a > crystal symmetry operator, the effect of the NCS will be masked. So > everything may be working as it should. > > If you’re not certain if you have the program working correctly, then I > suggest that you find a structure in the PDB that contains rotational NCS, > download the structure factors, and calculate the self-rotation map, as a > positive control. > > Try bacterioferritin (in a low-symmetry space group) or GroEL ! > On 4 May 2016, at 12:10 AM, Sharan Karade <sharankarade(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> i am working on data set which has resolution of 2.8 A >> space group C2, the protein have 394 a a . when i estimate Mathews >> coefficient it shows four to five molecules in asymmetric unit. when i try >> to get self rotation function Map by default parameter (10A-3A and 25 >> radius of integration) i was not getting any peak at all 180, 90, 120, 60. >> Or radius of integration affect the results. >> >> Can anybody please help me to sort out with this problem, welcome for >> suggestions, thanks in advance. >> >> -- >> Sharan >> C/O Dr. J V Pratap >> Senior Research Fellow, >> CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, >> Lucknow >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> phenixbb mailing list >> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >> Unsubscribe: phenixbb-leave(a)phenix-online.org >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick J. Loll, Ph. D. > Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > Director, Biochemistry Graduate Program > Drexel University College of Medicine > Room 10-102 New College Building > 245 N. 15th St., Mailstop 497 > Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA > > (215) 762-7706 > pat.loll(a)drexelmed.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > phenixbb mailing list > phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org > http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb > Unsubscribe: phenixbb-leave(a)phenix-online.org > >

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Self Rotation Function
by Sharan Karade 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hello everyone, i am working on data set which has resolution of 2.8 A space group C2, the protein have 394 a a . when i estimate Mathews coefficient it shows four to five molecules in asymmetric unit. when i try to get self rotation function Map by default parameter (10A-3A and 25 radius of integration) i was not getting any peak at all 180, 90, 120, 60. Or radius of integration affect the results. Can anybody please help me to sort out with this problem, welcome for suggestions, thanks in advance. -- Sharan C/O Dr. J V Pratap Senior Research Fellow, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

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Phenix.multi_crystal_average
by Sam Tang 03 May '16

03 May '16

Hello colleagues May I enquire if the captioned programme is still supported in the latest version of Phenix and, if not, which programme is now in place for this? Thanks in advance. Cheers Sam Tang Biochemistry Programme, School of Life Sciences, CUHK

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CCN submissions
by Nigel Moriarty 02 May '16

02 May '16

Folks Calling for articles and short communications of interest to structural biologists. The initial deadline for submission in the July 2016 issue is 1 June 2016. The Computational Crystallography Newsletter (CCN) is an electronic newsletter for structural biologists, and is published online every 6 months. Feature articles, meeting announcements and reports can be submitted to me at any time for consideration. Submission of text by email or word-processing files using the CCN templates is requested. Past newsletters and a Microsoft Word template are available at www.phenix-online.org/newsletter. Cheers Nigel --- Nigel W. Moriarty Building 33R0349, Physical Biosciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720-8235 Phone : 510-486-5709 Email : NWMoriarty(a)LBL.gov Fax : 510-486-5909 Web : CCI.LBL.gov

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Refmac error using PDB coordinates generated by Phenix PDB File Editor
by Xiao Lei 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Hi Phenixbb members, I'm using Phenix PDB File Editor under Phenix GUI "Model Tool" to change occupancy of two short 7 polyalanine alpha helix peptide chain (chain I and K, placed in reverse orientation of each other in one region (or density blob) of my model, each chain half occupancy) , I can change the occupancy very easily with the tool, but I have two types of errors using the coordinates generated by the tool in Refmac. 1. If I set chain ID of chain K to chain I with the same residue number with half occupancy but in reverse order (Chain I, Ala7th--13th 0.5 occupancy and Chain I, Ala7th--13th 0.5 occupancy) , Refmac could not refine the model with an error message below: I am reading library. Please wait. mon_lib.cif ERROR : ALA : duplicated atom_name : "N ". chain: II residue: 7 ERROR : ALA : duplicated atom_name : "CA ". chain: II residue: 7 ERROR : ALA : duplicated atom_name : "CB ". chain: II residue: 7 ERROR : ALA : duplicated atom_name : "C ". chain: II residue: 7 ERROR : ALA : duplicated atom_name : "O ". chain: II residue: 7 IERR = 1 There is an error. See above ===> Error: Fatal error. Cannot continue. I understand Refmac can not allow two peptide chain with the same ID and residue number if both peptides are full occupancy (1), but why in this case even half occupancy of the same chain ID and residue number is not tolerated? 2. If I set chain ID of chain K and chain I half occupancy (Chain K, Ala7th--13th 0.5 occupancy and chain I, Ala7th--13th 0.5 occupancy) , put chain K and chain I in the same density blob with reverse direction, and run Refmac, this time Refmac can finish but gave me error message in log file as below: I am reading library. Please wait. mon_lib.cif INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.486 ideal_dist= 1.240 ch:II res: 7 ALA at:N .->ch:KK res: 11 ALA at:O . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.625 ideal_dist= 1.080 ch:II res: 8 ALA at:O .->ch:KK res: 9 ALA at:O . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.584 ideal_dist= 1.400 ch:II res: 10 ALA at:N .->ch:KK res: 11 ALA at:N . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.397 ideal_dist= 1.530 ch:II res: 10 ALA at:CB .->ch:KK res: 11 ALA at:CB . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.153 ideal_dist= 1.400 ch:II res: 11 ALA at:N .->ch:KK res: 10 ALA at:N . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.820 ideal_dist= 1.524 ch:II res: 11 ALA at:CA .->ch:KK res: 10 ALA at:CB . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 0.888 ideal_dist= 1.530 ch:II res: 11 ALA at:CB .->ch:KK res: 10 ALA at:CB . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.808 ideal_dist= 1.530 ch:II res: 12 ALA at:CB .->ch:KK res: 9 ALA at:CB . INFO: link is found (not be used) dist= 1.764 ideal_dist= 1.400 ch:II res: 13 ALA at:N .->ch:KK res: 7 ALA at:N . -------------------------------- I do not know why Refmac gave me this message, is it because the two helix chain (I and K) are placed in the same region, even though both with 0.5 occupancy of both chain, Refmac still automatically tries to connect the main chain atom between two different chains (I and K) because main chain atoms are placed too close to each other (Refmac think there is a link between them?) ? 3. In summary, should I use Phenix Refine instead of Refmac to handle the pdb coordinates generated by Phenix PDB file editor because Phenix Refine may have better compatibility? Thanks in advance.

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build two helix run in opposite direction and set half occupancy or each in Coot
by Xiao Lei 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Hi Phenixbb members, Is there a way in the Coot GUI that I can build two helix of the same sequence (or just short 5aa or 6aa peptide chains of the same sequence) that run in the opposite direction (180 degree opposite direction) of each other and set half occupancy of each peptide chain? I tried to use Calculate---> Model/fit/refine/----> add alternative conformation, but it seems I only have two options: "split single residue at C-alpha" or "split all of a single residue", which are applying to single residue only, not a short peptide chain. Thanks.

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Re: [phenixbb] Rosetta refine compilation issue Centos 7
by ludovic Pecqueur 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Dear Phenix developers, This is a feedback from a previous post started a long time ago when I was trying to install the rosetta interface for phenix in Centos 7. As a reminder, I could compile Rosetta with './scons.py -j8' without problem but rosetta.build_phenix_interface exited with an error message related to python. I had given up for some time but I tried again today with more luck. setting up PYTHONHOME as previously suggested was breaking something: which python /usr/bin/python python -c "import site" returns no error > export PYTHONHOME=/usr/bin/python (so the distribution's python) python -c "import site" returns "no module named site" unset PYTHONHOME python -c "import site" returns no error message. adding the path to my local PYTHON with export PATH=/where my local Python 2.7 is/bin/:$PATH was the correct fix and I could finally run rosetta.build_phenix_interface without errors. Cheers Ludovic. On Sep 28, 2015, at 3:24 AM, phenixbb-request(a)phenix-online.org wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:43:40 +0200 > From: ludovic Pecqueur <ludovic.pecqueur(a)college-de-france.fr> > To: Paul Adams <pdadams(a)lbl.gov> > Cc: phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org > Subject: Re: [phenixbb] Rosetta refine compilation issue Centos 7 > Message-ID: > <0CB7F2F9-4E89-4598-92FA-58AE2526FF8D(a)college-de-france.fr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Paul, Nigel, > > Thank you for the suggestion. > > I tried to set PYTHONHOME with > export PYTHONHOME=/usr/bin/python > or > export PYTHONHOME=to PHENIX's python > or > export PYTHONHOME=to a local python compiled from source that I use to compile programs like Pymol > > to no avail, I get the same error message. > > As I can compile Rosetta without phenix using : ./scons.py -j6 mode=release bin, do you think the problem could reside in the way rosetta.build_phenix_interface works? > > Cheers, > > Ludovic. > > > On Sep 23, 2015, at 11:09 PM, Paul Adams <pdadams(a)lbl.gov> wrote: > >> Hi Ludovic, >> >> the problems seem to occur when scons is called to compile Rosetta. I notice that the scons.py file uses the python that appears first in your path (#! /usr/bin/env python). Is it possible that this is a python that is broken in some way? >> >> Cheers, >> Paul >> >>> On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:11 AM, ludovic Pecqueur <ludovic.pecqueur(a)college-de-france.fr> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Developers, >>> >>> I have a fresh Centos 7 system and after installing Phenix I wanted to compile the Rosetta.refine module. (Rosetta from source version 2015.31.58019) >>> >>> I have succesfully compiled Rosetta but when I try to build the dedicated Rosetta for Rosetta_refine with rosetta.build_phenix_interface after setting up PHENIX_ROSETTA_PATH and ROSETTA3_DB I get the following error message: >>> >>> [XXX@...]$ rosetta.build_phenix_interface nproc=6 >>> False >>> scons: Reading SConscript files ... >>> Running versioning script ... Done. (0.1 seconds) >>> Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> >>> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix> >>> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>] >>> ImportError: No module named site >>> CalledProcessError: Command '['./update_options.sh']' returned non-zero exit status 1: >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/ROSETTA/PHENIX_Rosetta_refine/main/source/SConstruct", line 172: >>> main() >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/ROSETTA/PHENIX_Rosetta_refine/main/source/SConstruct", line 163: >>> SConscript("SConscript", "build") >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/ROSETTA/PHENIX_Rosetta_refine/main/source/external/scons-local/scons-local-2.0.1/SCons/Script/SConscript.py", line 614: >>> return method(*args, **kw) >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/ROSETTA/PHENIX_Rosetta_refine/main/source/external/scons-local/scons-local-2.0.1/SCons/Script/SConscript.py", line 551: >>> return _SConscript(self.fs, *files, **subst_kw) >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/ROSETTA/PHENIX_Rosetta_refine/main/source/external/scons-local/scons-local-2.0.1/SCons/Script/SConscript.py", line 260: >>> exec _file_ in call_stack[-1].globals >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/ROSETTA/PHENIX_Rosetta_refine/main/source/SConscript", line 28: >>> subprocess.check_call(["./update_options.sh"]) >>> File "/usr/local/PROGRAMS/XTAL/PHENIX/phenix-1.10-2155/base/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 540: >>> raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd). >>> >>> If you have any idea of what could cause the problem, I would welcome any suggestions. >>> I updated Phenix and I could compile phenix.rosetta_refine without problems on Centos 6.7. >>> >>> Thank you very much for your time and help. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Ludovic. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> phenixbb mailing list >>> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >>> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >>> Unsubscribe: phenixbb-leave(a)phenix-online.org >> >> -- >> Paul Adams >> Interim Division Director, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley Lab >> Division Deputy for Biosciences, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Lab >> Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley >> Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute >> Laboratory Research Manager, ENIGMA Science Focus Area >> >> Building 33, Room 347 >> Building 80, Room 247 >> Building 978, Room 4126 >> Tel: 1-510-486-4225, Fax: 1-510-486-5909 >> http://cci.lbl.gov/paul >> >> Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory >> 1 Cyclotron Road >> BLDG 33R0345 >> Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. >> >> Executive Assistant: Louise Benvenue [ LBenvenue(a)lbl.gov ][ 1-510-495-2506 ] >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 01:21:21 +0000 (UTC) > From: Smith Lee <smith_lee123(a)yahoo.com> > To: PHENIX User Mailing List <phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org> > Subject: [phenixbb] on Phenix10 > Message-ID: > <615863586.1820571.1443403281522.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear All, > With the EM cryo data, I have compared the function of phenix.real_space_refine of Phenix10 and Phenix1.9-1692. For the Ramachandran favored, the new version is about 90%, the old version is about 92%. For the clashscore by Molprobity, the new version is about 30, the old version is about 20. Molprobity indicated the clashing atoms were systematically existing in the whole molecule, rather than on specific parts of the protein which may be indication of bad modelling. > Clearly the clashscore of 30 is unacceptable. Will you please give some advise on how to improve the function of new version of Phenix, considering adding H was not suitable as for the resolution was poorer than 4.0 A? > Smith >

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Algorithm developer postdoc opening at Berkeley National Lab
by Nicholas Sauter 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Berkeley Lab's Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division <http://biosciences.lbl.gov/divisions/mbib/> is looking for a Computational Biologist Postdoctoral Fellow to work in the Sauter group. We are seeking an algorithm developer for the increasingly complex analysis of large diffraction datasets in structural biology. Current projects utilize XFEL crystallography and spectroscopy to investigate the photosynthetic mechanism of water splitting and to probe other metalloenzyme reactions. We also wish to test whether diffuse scattering can reveal correlated atomic motions in crystals. Many problems remain to be solved, including the details of how to optimally merge datasets from thousands of crystals. Our software development projects (including packages such as DIALS <http://dials.lbl.gov> and cctbx.xfel <http://cci.lbl.gov/xfel>) have been highlighted in several high-impact publications listed HERE <http://biosciences.lbl.gov/profiles/nicholas-sauter>. Candidates should have expertise in one or more computational techniques including, but not limited to, ray tracing to test underlying physical models of the diffraction, Bayesian approaches for refining model parameters, macromolecular modeling and refinement, neural networks for interpreting image features, as well as signal processing and denoising methods. Extensive data analysis experience in crystallography or from more general bioimaging backgrounds are welcome. We particularly encourage strong mathematical intuition and a track record of bringing new ideas and tools to fruition, as evidenced through written publication and clear presentation. Candidates should send an expression of interest, CV, and list of three references to *Nick Sauter, nksauter(a)lbl.gov <nksauter(a)lbl.gov>.* Further details are posted at https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=82354. Nicholas K. Sauter, Ph. D. Computer Staff Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Rd., Bldg. 33R0345 Berkeley, CA 94720

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