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HHMI X-ray lab manager/Research Scientist Job
by Marcelo Carlos Sousa 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

To all interested parties: A Research Scientist / X-ray lab manager position in the lab of Tom Cech in Boulder, Colorado is open. Job Description: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a leading biomedical research organization, is seeking an experienced scientist to manage our X-ray crystallography facility at the Cech research laboratory at the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. The facility is equipped with two Rigaku generators and R-Axis IV++ detectors for data collection, a linux cluster, and Macintosh computers for calculations and graphics, and a Fluidigm microfluidics crystallizer. The successful candidate will (1) Carry out routine maintenance on these instruments and coordinate service under service contracts; (2) perform routine Unix system administration and crystallographic software management; (3) provide basic training in the use of x-ray crystallographic equipment and software to users; and (4) engage in independent or collaborative research. Preferred qualifications include a Ph.D. degree in an appropriate field of science or technology, and three years of experience in a Research Specialist level position. Previous experience in Unix/Linux system administration and routine maintenance of crystallography hardware is essential. HHMI offers an excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package. Interested candidates please forward a statement of interest, CV, publications and references by December 30, 2007 to Ms. Robbie Haywood Oglesby, Administrative Assistant, 1200 Moursund Ave S101, Houston, Texas 77030 or e-mail regiondjobs(a)hhmi.org (Include Research Specialist - Cech Laboratory in the subject line of your e-mail). ____________________________________________ Marcelo C. Sousa, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Cristol Chemistry Building. Room 100 215 UCB University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309 Phone: (303) 735 4341 Fax: (303) 492 5894

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ICSG 2008 Oxford: First announcement
by Tom Terwilliger 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Dear PHENIX users, You may be interested in this announcement for the International Conference on Structural Genomics to be held in Oxford, UK Sept. 20-24, 2008. All the best, Tom T Thomas C. Terwilliger Mail Stop M888 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 Tel: 505-667-0072 email: terwilliger(a)LANL.gov Fax: 505-665-3024 SOLVE web site: http://solve.lanl.gov PHENIX web site: http:www.phenix-online.org ISFI Integrated Center for Structure and Function Innovation web site: http://techcenter.mbi.ucla.edu TB Structural Genomics Consortium web site: http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/TB

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hydrogens in low resolution structure refinement
by Stefanie Krieg 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Dear all! I am refining two structures at 3.0 and 2.7 A. In some older threads on this board I found that you recommended adding hydrogens to the pdb file even at this resolution. I tried that (adding hydrogens with reduce and refine with riding hydrogens) but inspite of what I read in your postings, my R-Factors went up by 1% (not down as was predicted). Are there any other keywords which could be changed or do you have any other ideas why this could be? Thanks in advance! Stefanie

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Re: [phenixbb] use of wavelength_list=
by Tom Terwilliger 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hi Bryan, phenix.autosol uses the values in wavelength_list to guess scattering factors if you do not supply values for scattering factors. All the best, -Tom T At 03:21 PM 11/10/2007, you wrote: >does phenix use the 'wavelength_list=' command line flag in calculations? >or is it used for no more than data set labeling e.g. derivatives, as >solve works? > >-bryan >_______________________________________________ >phenixbb mailing list >phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >http://www.phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb Thomas C. Terwilliger Mail Stop M888 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 Tel: 505-667-0072 email: terwilliger(a)LANL.gov Fax: 505-665-3024 SOLVE web site: http://solve.lanl.gov PHENIX web site: http:www.phenix-online.org ISFI Integrated Center for Structure and Function Innovation web site: http://techcenter.mbi.ucla.edu TB Structural Genomics Consortium web site: http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/TB

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use of wavelength_list=
by Bryan W. Lepore 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

does phenix use the 'wavelength_list=' command line flag in calculations? or is it used for no more than data set labeling e.g. derivatives, as solve works? -bryan

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Collaborative Crystallography Program - Advanced Light Source
by Paul Adams 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

The Berkeley Center for Structural Biology (BCSB) is pleased to announce the launch of a Collaborative Crystallography Pilot Program (CC) at the Advanced Light Source in Berkeley. Through this program, scientists will be able to send protein crystals to BCSB staff researchers for data collection and analysis. The CC Pilot Program can provide an number of benefits to researchers: * Obtain high quality data and analysis through collaborating with expert beamline researchers; * Rapid turn around on projects; * Reduced travel costs. Thumbnail Description: ====================== The Collaborative Crystallography program will be piloted on beamlines 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 for one year; if successful it will be implemented on a permanent basis. CC proposals will go through the regular ALS General User proposal review process for beamtime allocation. Proposals will be reviewed and ranked by the Proposal Study Panel, and beamtime will be allocated accordingly. BCSB staff will schedule the projects to fit into the available resources. Only non-proprietary projects will be accepted. As a condition of participation, BCSB staff researchers who participate in data collection and/or analysis must be appropriately acknowledged - typically being included as authors on publications and in PDB depositions. Please consult the website for additional information at: http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/Collaborative_Crystallography. How To Apply: ============= To submit a proposal, go to: http://alsusweb.lbl.gov/4DCGI/WEB_GetForm/PXProposalEntry.shtml/ Initialize. For question 3 select "Collaborative PX 501/502." For question 9, please describe a specific research project with a clear end point. In order to request CC time for January/February, 2008, proposals must be submitted by November 15, 2007. -- Paul Adams Deputy Division Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute Head, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology Building 64, Room 248 Tel: 510-486-4225, Fax: 510-486-5909 http://cci.lbl.gov/paul Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road BLDG 64R0121 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. --

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Re: [phenixbb] phenix.autobuild opinion on sequence file
by Tom Terwilliger 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi Bryan, I haven't tried your approach, but my guess would be that the correct sequence file will be the better way to go... The side chains are fitted after building main-chain so the sequence is not going to affect the main-chain build in any direct way (though the sequence will help the wizard in identifying and correcting places where loops are built with the wrong number of residues). -Tom T At 01:32 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote: >i was thinking about giving phenix.autobuild a poly-Ser/Gly,Ala-intact (or >other incomplete variant) _sequence_file_, so it doesn't inter alia put >arginine into strands... though the solvent content will be imprecise.. > >has anyone noticed if such a trick was more/less favorable to the (proper) >complete sequence approach? any pertinent detail or criticisms >appreciated. > >-bryan >_______________________________________________ >phenixbb mailing list >phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >http://www.phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb Thomas C. Terwilliger Mail Stop M888 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 Tel: 505-667-0072 email: terwilliger(a)LANL.gov Fax: 505-665-3024 SOLVE web site: http://solve.lanl.gov PHENIX web site: http:www.phenix-online.org ISFI Integrated Center for Structure and Function Innovation web site: http://techcenter.mbi.ucla.edu TB Structural Genomics Consortium web site: http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/TB

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phenix.autobuild opinion on sequence file
by Bryan W. Lepore 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

i was thinking about giving phenix.autobuild a poly-Ser/Gly,Ala-intact (or other incomplete variant) _sequence_file_, so it doesn't inter alia put arginine into strands... though the solvent content will be imprecise.. has anyone noticed if such a trick was more/less favorable to the (proper) complete sequence approach? any pertinent detail or criticisms appreciated. -bryan

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problem finding large no of sites in high symmetry
by Banumathi Sankaran 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi, I am working with a data set collected in P23 space group. I am expecting 23 Se sites. Hyss gives me warning:run time error for finding large no of site. I did not interupt the run. I waited for 1hr and still it could not find sites. Shelx gave me out of 100 solutions only one had good CC and found 15 sites. IS there a way that this problem can be solved in hyss ? Thanks Banu

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Re: [phenixbb] Advice about phasing procedure and phase extension in AutoSol-AutoBuild
by Tom Terwilliger 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi Carsten, >1. can I input known HA-positions into the AutoSol wizard to help >Hyss find other positions? Does Hyss actually eliminate bogus sites? >Solve seems to refine bogus sites to occupancies ~0.1-0.5 but with a >B-factor of one, but does not toss them. How does Hyss handle this situation? As far as I know, you cannot seed hyss with sites. If you have SAD data, try the autosol wizard which uses Phaser. Phaser has a good LLG map algorithm for finding addtional sites. >2. What is the best way to handle phase extension in the Wizards, >how would one go about this? I would like to fine-tune the >resolution steps myself as not to jump to far out to higher resolution. The wizards use the defaults for phase extension in resolve. If you want to fine-tune the resolution steps you can say, resolve_command_list=" 's_step 0.05 ' " Note the 2 sets of quotation marks.... This will use steps of 0.05 A for phase extension (type phenix.autobuild --help resolve_command_list for documentation of this command) >3. What quality indicators should I look at? A couple of FOMs in the >resolve runs were in the region of 0.7, but the maps were not >interpretable and resolve failed to build anything. Anything else I >should look at? Best is the R-factor at the end of density modification. If it's around 0.30 you are doing well. 0.4 is bad, 0.25 is great. All the best, Tom T Thomas C. Terwilliger Mail Stop M888 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 Tel: 505-667-0072 email: terwilliger(a)LANL.gov Fax: 505-665-3024 SOLVE web site: http://solve.lanl.gov PHENIX web site: http:www.phenix-online.org ISFI Integrated Center for Structure and Function Innovation web site: http://techcenter.mbi.ucla.edu TB Structural Genomics Consortium web site: http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/TB

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