This issue was edited by Elspeth and Martin Weik and features papers by Charlie Bury and Garman Group Alumnus Markus Gerstel.Įlspeth in puerto Rico - The BioXFEL conference took place in Puerto Rico this year and Elspeth was in attendance.
Special Issue of JSR - In March 2015 a special issue of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation on X-ray Radiation Damage to Biological Crystalline Samples was published. It's main aims are the promotion of crystallography in research and the education of young people and others in the methods, possibilities and achievements of crystallographic science. The British Crystallographic Association (BCA) is the UK national association for crystallograpy. Introduction to Crystallographyįor an introduction into the method of X-ray crystallography please see this animation which Elspeth and Jonny helped to produce with Oxford Sparks. The work and figure was produced by Charlie Bury. The image on the lower right shows the specific damage distribution (red and blue spheres) of the irradiated baterial protein-DNA complex CEsp1396I/DNA. The group also solve protein structures, most recently of arylamine N-acetyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.įor more information about the group please visit our "People" page hereĪbove is the cover of the special issue of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation on X-ray Radiation Damage to Biological Crystalline Samples (March 2015). This work currently includes studies on 100K and room temperature (RT) radiation damage and the analysis of liquid and crystalline samples by the tehnique of microPIXE (microbeam Proton Induced X-ray Emission). Our research focuses on developing methods for macromolecular crystallography (MX) to enable problems not previously accessible to structure solution to be tackled. We are part of the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics.