THE WOODLANDS, Texas,
May 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
The May edition of Crystallography Times from Rigaku Corporation
has been published and is now available on the company's global
website. Crystallography Times is an electronic newsletter
published by Rigaku, focusing on single crystal X-ray diffraction.
It serves the X-ray analysis community by presenting the latest
news and crystallographic research.
The new issue begins with an invitation to a series of
tuition-free one-hour webinars on practical aspects of X-ray
crystallography, in response to the cancelation of numerous schools
and conferences this summer.
"Crystallography in the News" is a collection of recent news and
developments, featuring the latest research findings in protein and
small molecule crystallography and X-ray diffraction from around
the world. News items include reports describing work being done by
several institutions to find antibodies to combat SARS-Cov2, and
news of an alliance of five large pharmaceutical companies formed
to share information to help develop coronavirus antivirals.
A new product, the Rigaku Intelligent Goniometer Head (IGH), is
announced in the newsletter. Rigaku offered its first motorized
goniometer head for the home lab in 2004. Building on this
experience in goniometer head automation, Rigaku Oxford Diffraction
designed the latest goniometer head— the smallest detachable
motorized goniometer head on the market—to offer convenience,
safety and automation possibilities with minimum impact on data
collection strategies.
The "Lab in the Spotlight" feature presents The Papish Lab at
the University of Alabama. The group,
headed by Dr. Elizabeth T. Papish in
Tuscaloosa, AL, focuses on
bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry. Their aim is to mimic
how nature controls reactivity by using hydrogen bonds or
protonation/deprotonation to control reactivity.
The book review for May presents Radical: The Science, Culture,
and History of Breast Cancer in America by Kate Pickert. Unique among works of healthcare
journalism marketed towards the general public, the book provides
both information regarding the science, culture, and history of
breast cancer in America, and also shares the author's deeply
personal narrative with the reader.
Among the featured videos is a link to a movie of polystyrene
beads crystallizing in a petri dish, showing how researchers used
positively and negatively charged polystyrene beads to model how
crystallization might occur in certain materials.
Useful links to a symmetry and space group tutorial for
structural science and a SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Resource Guide,
along with access to access to the Rigaku Oxford Diffraction user
forum are also included.
Readers can subscribe to the newsletter or view the current
issue online at https://www.rigaku.com/subscribe.
About Rigaku
Since its inception in Japan in
1951, Rigaku has been at the forefront of analytical and industrial
instrumentation technology. Rigaku and its subsidiaries form a
global group focused on general-purpose analytical instrumentation
and the life sciences. With hundreds of major innovations to their
credit, Rigaku companies are world leaders in X-ray spectrometry,
diffraction, and optics, as well as small molecule and protein
crystallography and semiconductor metrology. Today, Rigaku employs
over 1,400 people in the manufacturing and support of its
analytical equipment, which is used in more than 90 countries
around the world supporting research, development, and quality
assurance activities. Throughout the world, Rigaku continuously
promotes partnerships, dialog, and innovation within the global
scientific and industrial communities.
For further information, contact:
Michael Nelson
Rigaku Global Marketing Group
tel: +1. 512-225-1796
michael.nelson@rigaku.com
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