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# Behind the paper - the research achieved with 1 million structures.

[![Behind the paper CCDC CrystEngComm webinar](https://info.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/hubfs/Behind%20the%20paper%20GTW%20banner-1.png "Behind the paper CCDC CrystEngComm webinar")](https://info.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/behind-the-paper-webinars#register)

> The Cambridge Structural Database, [CSD](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-core/components/csd/), reached 1 million structures in 2019. This resource has helped to advance research in a wide range of fields.

In 2020 [CrystEngComm](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/ce#!issueid=ce022043) celebrated a selection of the work made possible by the CSD [in a special issue](https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE90154G).

Here, we talk to some of the authors featured in this issue - to get behind the paper, and learn more about the context, challenges and wider scope of their work.

 

This webinar series is jointly organised by the [CCDC](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/)and *[CrystEngComm](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/ce#!recentarticles&adv).*

 

Read the themed issue of *CrystEngComm* here: [The Cambridge Structural Database - A wealth of knowledge gained from a million structures](https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE90154G)

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## Behind the paper webinars - register now.

| [![GW BTP](https://info.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/GW%20BTP.jpg?width=246&name=GW%20BTP.jpg)](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2473042856343806734)   | ### [Behind the paper: Dr Grahame Woollam](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2473042856343806734) Paper: [Structural analysis of metastable pharmaceutical loratadine form II, by 3D electron diffraction and DFT+D energy minimisation](https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE01216E) **Friday 29th January 2021** 2pm GMT / 9am ET / 8pm UTC+6 |
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| ### [![RD BTP](https://info.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/RD%20BTP.jpg?width=246&name=RD%20BTP.jpg)](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1151670671898318095?hsCtaTracking=296a6344-bf07-4690-944c-761d21c6d301%7Ca85888c8-09ac-4839-a16a-0bee06c46e4c)   | ### [Behind the paper: Professor Roger Davey](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1151670671898318095?hsCtaTracking=296a6344-bf07-4690-944c-761d21c6d301%7Ca85888c8-09ac-4839-a16a-0bee06c46e4c) Paper: [Can solvated intermediates inform us about nucleation pathways? The case of β-pABA](https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00970A) **Friday 22nd January 2021** 2pm GMT / 9am ET / 8pm UTC+6 |
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|     [![JS BTP](https://info.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/JS%20BTP.jpg?width=303&name=JS%20BTP.jpg)](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7646515544254339085)   | ### [Behind the paper: Professor Jennifer Swift](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7646515544254339085) Paper: [Data mining the Cambridge Structural Database for hydrate-anhydrate pairs with SMILES strings](https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00273A) **Friday 15th January 2021** 2pm GMT / 9am ET / 8pm UTC+6 |
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| [![DFJ BTP](https://info.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/DFJ%20BTP.jpg?width=298&name=DFJ%20BTP.jpg)](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8908157857855811852?hsCtaTracking=5281e99c-bec1-46f6-aa9a-9758374e1d91%7C051015aa-3771-4084-bccc-7ea9ed28ccfb)   | ### [Behind the paper: Dr David Fairen-Jimenez](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8908157857855811852?hsCtaTracking=5281e99c-bec1-46f6-aa9a-9758374e1d91%7C051015aa-3771-4084-bccc-7ea9ed28ccfb) Paper: [Enabling efficient exploration of metal-organic frameworks in the Cambridge Structural Database](https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00299B) **Friday 8th January 2021** 2pm GMT / 9am ET / 8pm UTC+6 |
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