Labguru – Scientific Project Management
Recently, Labguru launched as a better way to organize your laboratory projects. Labguru enables you to create research projects, milestones, protocols and experiments, as well as manage your tasks and events in an integrated calendar. It reminds me a bit of 37signals, tweaked toward science, which is certainly a compliment. A nice feature is the ability [...]

ChemSource
Ever wanted a chemical concierge service in your pocket? We’re going after those random sales reps that swing by your office every 3 months and ask you if you need anything. Interested? Sign up for our newsletter for the release.

Cyber Monday Sale
Buying research chemicals and supplies should not be boring. We’re all about having consistently low prices. However, we’ve just been approached by a couple of our suppliers that really want a Cyber Monday Sale! Sign up for our newsletter for a complete list of the sale items. Have an item that you would love to see on [...]

Longest Crystallography Conference Name Ever
69th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference / 5th Annual Ohio Valley Crystallography Symposium November 2-4, 2011 Cleveland, Ohio ANY CHARACTER HERE Program topics include both macromolecular and small molecule X-ray diffraction studies, neutron diffraction, and new developments in hardware. Keynote speaker: Janet Smith from the University of Michigan ANY CHARACTER HERE A lot of other great speakers are lined up including: Barnali [...]

Help me, Help you
We’ve been hard at work on various aspects of P212121 one of which is adding products. It isn’t that exciting until you find the product you want at a great price. We realize that most companies have their listings and put out a flyer or newsletter, which can be handy. However, what has [...]

First Crystal Structure of a GPCR Complex
Søren and colleagues just published their findings in Nature of the first high resolution crystal structure of β2 adrenergic receptor–Gs protein complex (PDB: 3SN6). This is the first published structure of a GCPR/G protein complex. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are a type of transmembrane proteins, which are involved in cellular transport. The [...]

iMolview by MolSoft
Crystallography on the go! Mobile is where the future is at and Molsoft is helping push it along. Molsoft recently released iMolview for the iPhone – now we have discussed mobile crystallography applications on your phone before, however this program has also been designed for the iPad. All this technology for only [...]

Phenix Newsletter
The Phenix team has been working on producing a great newsletter. The article quality is impressive and makes me again wonder about the long term future of journals. The latest issue (pdf) contains articles on: Fuzzy space group symbols: H3 and H32 Visualizing the raw diffraction pattern with LABELIT Electron density illustrations Maximum likelihood refinement for twinned structures TLS for [...]

sc-PDB Database For Comparing Binding Sites
sc-PDB database annotates more than 8500 binding sites extracted from the PBD. The database would be useful for comparing and predicting how ligands are bound to a particular protein. Initially, the database uses basic biological Information such as the Uniprot code or protein name. This is then followed up by examining the size, shape [...]

Watch Naturally Obsessed Online
We were able to attain an early copy of the movie Naturally Obsessed and spread the word. For those that haven’t had the chance to watch this great documentary, you’re in for a treat. In my experience, sharing this documentary with friends and family has give them a glimpse and appreciation into what [...]