Training

The Facility provides full training in crystallization techniques and preliminary characterization of crystals.  People who wish to learn crystallography and crystal structure determination techniques are welcome.

Courses

The core participates in teaching courses throughout the year and gives lab tours and demonstrations to groups, schools, and individuals.

Self Teaching

Introduction to Crystallography

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Reading Materials

  • X-ray crystallography and structural biology, by M. B. Yaffe link
  • From atoms to proteins, by A. Schmidt and V.S. Lamzin link
  • Turning protein crystallisation from an art into science, by N. E. Chayen link
  • Macromolecular cryocrystallography, by J.W. Pflugrath link
  • How to evaluate crystal structure papers, by J.M. Berger link
  • How to read (and understand) Volume A of International Tables for Crystallography: an introduction for nonspecialists link

ebooks

The following books are available in pdf format from the Turku University Library [Link]

  • Crystallography made crystal clear, by Gale Rhodes  (Elsevier books, ScienceDirect)
  • Practical Crystallography, by Duncan McRee (Elsevier books, ScienceDirect)
  • Macromolecular Crystallography, by Mark R. Sanderson and Jane V. Skelly (Oxford Scholarship online)
  • International Tables for Crystallography Volume F: Crystallography of biological macromolecules (Springerlink)

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