Welcome to our January newsletter. We have great news for you: we just reached 1.1 million structures in the CSD, we have launched a new workflow with JACS, we also started planning our User Group Meetings, check the calendar and save your place, and as always learn more in our blogs.
The CCDC team
We are happy to announce the UGMs calendar for 2021. Follow the link below to register your place.
If you would like to present your work using the CSD or CCDC tools in any of these three areas, please email a brief ~150 words abstract to hello@ccdc.cam.ac.uk
Educators - 16th + 17th March 3pm to 5pm (GMT)
Discovery Science - 9th + 10th June 3pm to 5pm (BST)
Materials Science - 7th + 8th September 3pm to 5pm (BST)
In this blog we look back to the improvements made in the CSD in 2020 and we set some goals for 2021. Read more
2020 Data at the CCDC
In 2020 we received over 51,000 new deposits, 15,000 were revised and over 75,000 new structures deposited to the CSD. Read more
Predictions for the future of structural science
In this blog we share some key learnings from the 'fireside chat' with Juergen Harter, CEO of CCDC, and Stephen K. Burley, Director of the RCSB PDB. Read more
CCDC History
Follow our timeline on Instagram to learn more about how the CCDC was founded and how its grown to the present day. We'll reveal a new piece of our history each week.
Watch On Demand
Behind the Paper Series
In 2020 CrystEngComm celebrated a selection of the work made possible by the CSD in a special issue. In this series of webinars we talked 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 was jointly organised by the CCDC and CrystEngComm. Watch here
What's Up Webinar
In January's webinar we learnt about the IsoStar Groups and we got some tips and tricks to work with Hermes. Both presentations have a demo to help you visualise the features of our software. Watch here
CCDC Educators
We welcome Marielle Agbahoungbata and highlight the work her team has done to establishX-TechLab in Benin, which aims to provide hands-on training in X-ray techniques in order to provide African scientists with the means to develop solutions for the sustainable development of the continent. Read more
CCDC website updates
Our website including access structures services will be offline from 8am to 4pm on Saturday 13th Feb for planned maintenance.
If you'd like to contribute your stories or research to our monthly newsletter, please don't hesitate to get in touch at hello@ccdc.cam.ac.uk.
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