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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 27/01/2026

Pre-registration is open for the 11th European Crystallography School (28th June-4th July) until February 28th. A fantastic opportunity for international students and scientists keen to learn more about crystallography. For more information, follow the link! www.ecs11.org

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 21/01/2026

If you haven't yet submitted an abstract to the BCA Spring Meeting (Leeds, 30th March - 1st April), don't worry - the deadline has just been extended until the 28th January! tinyurl.com/BCASpring2026

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/01/2026

The deadline is approaching for abstract submission to the BCA 2026 Spring Meeting in Leeds, 30th March-1st April! Get your abstract in before 9am on Monday 19th January, we can't wait to hear about your science 🔬 tinyurl.com/BCASpring2026

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 06/01/2026

Happy New Year! For those hoping to join us for the BCA Spring Meeting (30th March-1st April), don't forget to submit an abstract before 09.00 on Monday 19th January. (tinyurl.com/BCASpring2026).

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 08/12/2025

Applications are now live for the powder diffraction and Rietveld refinement school 2026! Dates: 12-16th April 2026 Location : Durham University Applications are now live via: johnevans.webspace.durham.ac.uk/pdrr_school/ Closing date for applications : 23rd December 2025

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Powder Diffraction and Rietveld Refinement School 2026 The Durham Powder Diffraction and Rietveld Refinement school will be held from 12-16th April 2026 (Sunday afternoon to Thursday lunchtime). Appli...

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 20/11/2025

Just what IS a crystallographer, these days? Learn more at the BCA Spring Meeting 2026. The conference website is now live for you to view the scientific programme, register for the conference and submit your abstracts! tinyurl.com/BCASpring2026

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 17/11/2025

Registration and abstract submission for the BCA Spring Meeting 2026 (30th March-1st April) is live! Deadline for submission is 9am, 19th January. hg3.co.uk/bca/

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 12/05/2025

Dorothy Hodgkin was born #OTD in 1910. She won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work using X-ray crystallography to determine complex chemical structures 🏅 wp.me/s4aPLT-hodgkin #ChemSky 🧪

Today in Chemistry History infographic on Dorothy Hodgkin. Hodgkin used X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of vitamin B12, for which she won a Nobel Prize. She went on to determine the structure of insulin.

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ESCG @escg-bca.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our outreach workshop this afternoon jointly hosted with the CCG and @ccdc.cam.ac.uk So much enthusiasm and ideas in one room! It was a lot of fun to brainstorm and share experiences 😊👩‍🏫🧠

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David Aragão 🔶 @aragaod.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Good bye #bcaspringmeeting goodbye #Leeds see you soon. #crystallography @crystallography.org.uk

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 17/04/2025

Suman Bhattacharya (U. Limerick) presents piezoelectric multicomponent materials engineered to include amino acid molecules at #BCA25

Suman Bhattacharya gives a talk at the 2025 BCA Spring Meeting

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 17/04/2025

Thank you to Ellie Dempsey (University of Edinburgh), Stephen Brown (University of Warwick), Sam Lewis, and Hamish Yeung for organizing and inviting the CCDC to participate in an insightful workshop aimed at inspiring future crystallographers 🌟 #BCA25

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 17/04/2025

Sam Lewis (Cardiff and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social ) discusses serial crystallography and transient polymorphs at the #BCA25 CCG open session

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 16/04/2025

Congratulations to Wojciech Stawski from Ulm University for winning the CCDC/CCG Prize 2025, announced this afternoon at the @crystallography.org.uk Spring Meeting. Discover more about Wojciech Stawski's ground-breaking work here: ccdc-info.com/4imVWF3 #Crystallography #BCA25

Side-by-side photographs, the left showing three people stood smiling at the camera with the middle person holding up a certificate, the right showing a presenter pointing to research on a projector screen.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

The 2025 Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture is delivered by Prof Martin Noble (Newcastle)

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Alexandra Gibbs (St Andrews and BCA President) wraps up the Rietveld refinement workshop at #BCA25 with words of wisdom and favourite paper recommendations on neutron diffraction

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Wojtek Stawski @stawskiwojtek.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Extremely happy to have been awarded a CCDC Young Crystallographer Prize @crystallography.org.uk @ccdc.cam.ac.uk Again, a big thank you to all who made it possible, particularly those shown in the slide.

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David Aragão 🔶 @aragaod.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Struggling with #Chemical #Crystallography refinement including anisotropy and other challenges? Check the videos by winner of the early career prize at the #BCASpring meeting @crystallography.org.uk on his YouTube youtube.com/@wojtekstaws... Well done Wojtek !

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Congratulations to Wojtek Stawski, winner of the 2025 CCDC CCG prize.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Daren Fearon (XChem, Diamond) is the winner of the BSG prize lecture 2025 for his work on fragment based drug discovery.

Daren Fearon giving the BSG prize lecture

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Thanks to our #BCA25 commercial exhibitors for giving us updates on their latest products and developments, whilst keeping within a strict five minute constraint! Go and visit their stands for more information and discussion.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Alex Longcake (Newcastle) tells #BCA25 about a high throughput in-situ X-ray diffraction workflow during the BSG/CCG in-situ session

Alexandra Longcake lecturing at BCA Spring Meeting 2025

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Ross Angel (CNR) on Crystal Palace. His favourite football team, and a program for parametric crystal structure analysis. He asks why we don't include parameter covariance in CIF for future analysis.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Pedro Nunes ( @diamondlightsource.bsky.social ) on HeXI, the high energy electron crystallography instrument

Pedro Nunes at the BCA Spring Meeting 2025

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Newcastle Chemical Crystallography Service @newcrystle.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Let’s go! #bca25

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 15/04/2025

Thank you to those who joined Emma Hawking's talk at #BCA25 yesterday about polymorphism and how it’s a crucial aspect that affects drug stability during manufacturing. Learn more: ccdc-info.com/3EqBchV #MaterialsScience #Pharma #DrugDevelopment

A room full of people sat looking at a presentation on a screen at the front.

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David Aragão 🔶 @aragaod.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Our own @amyjayyyne.bsky.social from @diamondlightsource.bsky.social presenting VMXi at @crystallography.org.uk . Great talk!

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 16/04/2025

Lucia Maini gives the CCG plenary lecture at #BCA25 "Be a crystallographer to to investigate the past present and future"

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social delivers the PCG plenary lecture at #BCA25 "The role of AI in materials discovery"

Robert Palgrave lecturing on the role of AI in materials discovery

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 15/04/2025

For decades, calculating crystal structures seemed an intractable problem. That is changing, but is computational crystal structure prediction ready to empower mainstream materials research? #ChemSky

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Crystal clear structure prediction

As the clouds clear on computational crystal structure prediction, is the technique ready to empower mainstream materials research? James Mitchell Crow reports

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025

Olivia Breen (UCD) on the diverse polymorphism in metal ammonia oxolate hydrate coordination polymers at BCA Spring Meeting 2025 #BCA25

Olivia Breen talks about latest studies of metal ammonia oxolate hydrate coordination polymers

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025

Amy Hall @amyvhall.bsky.social (Durham) kicks off the #BCA25 polymorphism, hydrates and co-crystals session with "Are hydrogen bonds really queen in molecular cocrystals?"

Amy Hall delivers a lecture on hydrogen bonds in cocrystals at the 2025 BCA Spring Meeting

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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 15/04/2025

Fantastic presentation from Cameron Wilson from @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social featuring a racoon and candy floss while talking about high pressure crystallography 🤔 #BCA25 @crystallography.org.uk

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025

Elton Zeqiraj (University of Leeds) unravels the supramolecular organization of K63-linked ubiquitin chains by JAMM-domain DUBs

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025

This year's Lonsdale prize lecture opens #BCA25 and is delivered by Emma McCabe on Strategies and consequences of breaking inversion symmetry. See crystallography.org.uk/prizes for the history of this lecture

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 15/04/2025

Jere Tidey (U. Warwick) closes the ESCG session at #BCA25 with a career (so far) summary "3D electron diffraction via the scenic route"

Jere Tidey presenting a talk at the BCA Spring Meeting.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 12/04/2025

Please visit the #bca2025 BCA Spring Meeting 2025 website for an up-to-date programme and travel information: registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/bca2025 This years conference handbook is electronic only, please download and print in advance if you would like a hard copy.

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British Crystallographic Association @crystallography.org.uk · 10/04/2025

Hello bluesky - we've been off social media for a while, but like the look of this platform. It's our BCA Spring Meeting in Leeds next week and though it's too late to advertise we will post joining info for delegates and updates throughout the conference xx

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