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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The next @diamondlightsource.bsky.social MX on-site training event is open for applications! If you’re a remote MX user or use UDC at Diamond then this might be for you! dls.mx/training

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Prof Paula Salgado @pssalgado.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Afternoon starts with former #Salgadolab student @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social getting the audience engaged on #microcrystals and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social VMXm beamline.

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Great to be back in NCL. Here for the opening event of the Northern Eye structural biology facility and the @ccp4mx.bsky.social Northern Structural Biology meeting. Looking forward to seeing some exciting structural biology from across the North. @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ccpem.bsky.social

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CCP4 @ccp4mx.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Registration for the #CCP4SW 2026 is now open! Being held as hybrid event with in-person at EMCC, Nottingham, UK between 7-9 January 2026. This year's topic is Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology. Find out more at studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

VMXm has postcards! Available from the beamline or a member of the VMXm team if you see us at conferences. Do reach out to us for your microcrystal X-ray diffraction experiments.

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Great to see HeXI starting to appear on the experimental hall at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social. HeXI will be a 1 MeV electron diffraction instrument that will complement complement the capabilities of VMXm.

The HeXI hutch being assembled on the experimental hall at Diamond.

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The first @diamondlightsource.bsky.social MX Newsletter is here! Including the latest news from the MX beamlines, helpful info about shutdowns, runs and training opportunities as well as useful tips and tricks for making the most of the MX beamlines at Diamond. www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/...

diamond.ac.uk

MX-Newsletter - - Diamond Light Source

This is a periodical newsletter which covers news, updates, and announcements from the MX village. MX-village constitutes of seven macromolecular crystallography beamlines and other associated facilit...

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Registration is open for the September on-site MX user training. If you are an MX user of @diamondlightsource.bsky.social then please to apply to attend - spaces are limited. You'll have the opportunity to visit and learn about all the MX beamlines, data analysis as well as all things logistics.

diamond.ac.uk

On-site MX User Training: September - - Diamond Light Source

Training sessions for users of the Macromolecular Crystallography (MX) beamlines

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Happy 10th birthday to eBIC at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social Keeping the MX group looking over their shoulders!

Titan Krios 1 in the experimental hall at Diamond with party hat.

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A great end to the #ACA2025 meeting in Chicago! Great to meet so many colleagues in both the X-ray and electron diffraction worlds and present some of our latest research work from VMXm and eBIC at DLS, and the RFI. Many thanks to the organisers!

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Another synchrotron ticked off the list with a visit to the Advanced Photon Source, Illinois #ACA2025

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Sam "The Mug Guy" Horrell @drhorrell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Taking bets on if this is crystalline or not. We'll find out next week on @diamondlightsource.bsky.social's VMXm next week with the help of @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social.

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Participants in the annual serial crystallography workshop for graduates student some funded by our @wellcometrust.bsky.social PhD program have got homework to do in the evening time …. @diamondlightsource.bsky.social @instruct-eric.bsky.social

legobox set of I24 which accordi g to google is the worlds best tuneable microfocus mx beamline in the world

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The abstract deadline for the BCA Spring Meeting at the University of Leeds in April has been extended. Abstract are encouraged from all ready of structural biology - not just crystallography! hg3.co.uk/bca/

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BCA Spring Meeting

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

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BCA Spring Meeting

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Eleanor @elamanor.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Okay I've whipped up a preliminary starter pack for crystals and crystallography. Still in the process of searching and adding, please repost and let me know who else in the world of crystals is on bsky! go.bsky.app/Cpx2Ppu

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Our manuscript describing the VMXm beamline at Diamond Light Source is out! The manuscript describes how we coupled a nano focus X-ray beam with an innovative in vacuum sample position to measure micron sized crystals and build a unique MX beamline. journals.iucr.org/s/issues/202...

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VMXm – A sub-micron focus macromolecular crystallography beamline at Diamond Light Source

The VMXm beamline at Diamond Light Source enables macromolecular micro-crystallography near the physical limits achievable using synchrotron radiation.

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Diamond MX is coming to you! Our MX workshop showcasing the tools available at DiamondLightSource for protein crystallography will take place in Manchester on 14th May. Sign up below. More of these workshops will take place around the UK! www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Events/...

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

A little over a week left to apply for this unique post-doc opportunity!

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

An exciting time to join the VMXm and HeXI teams to develop X-ray and electron crystallography methods to determine proteins structures from micro/nano-crystals. vacancies.diamond.ac.uk/vacancy/pdra...

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PDRA: Electron and X-ray crystallography of protein nanocrystals (11311)

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

This is fun! shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc... The subject of my PhD still dominates my Google Scholar profile but VMXm and methods development is creeping up.

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Real Professor Moody @petermoody.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

BCA British Crystallographic Association Spring meeting- abstract deadline extended to THIS FRIDAY hg3.co.uk/bca/

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

1 week until abstract submission closes for the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting! A great opportunity for early career researchers to present their work in structural biology!

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

An interesting discussion about user engagement at large facilities. One of the most enjoyable aspects of working at VMXm is bringing users back to the beamline and getting to train the next generation of structural biologists.

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A new era is emerging at scientific user facilities

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

Just 8 more working days to submit an abstract to the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting in Leeds! We encourage structural biologists of all techniques/fields to join us in Leeds!

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Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) @pdbeurope.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Excited to be attending 🔷 #CCP4SW 2024 / @ccp4_mx Study Weekend 🔷. In-person Lunchtime Bytes session on Day3 (Jan 5th) with PDBe. Look out for friendly PDBe representatives Sue (@sganguly) & Gen (@gleevans).

Conference lobby with CCP4 conference advertised

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

A reminder that abstract submission closes on the 19th January for the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting in Leeds this Easter. We hope you'll find an exciting programme!

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Abstract submission is open now for the British Crystallography Association Spring Meeting in Leeds, 25-28th March 2024. Here's a taster of the programme. registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

So, what did you wish you knew before you applied for your first grant?

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Out of interest, hands up if you are planning to attend #Microbio24 and your work involves structural biology? Such as X-ray crystallography.

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Just enjoyed watching the person on the Circle line deep in Pymol making their figure of a DNA binding protein. Quite the commitment!

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Adam Crawshaw @adamcrawshaw.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Finally the scaffolding is coming down around Diamond Light Source and is looking great under the autumn sun!

Diamond light source under autumn blue sky

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