CCP4 Montevideo Workshop

I had the great fortune to be invited to lecture at the CCP4 workshop in Montevideo. Often challenging, sometimes exhausting but always great fun inside and outside the lecture theatre! It was also a welcome chance to escape the November weather in Oxford for somewhere more hospitable!

The amazing people of the CCP4 workshop in Montevideo!

IUCr Computing School, Bangalore

I attended the IUCr computing school where I gave a lecture on processing data collected on Pilatus/Eiger detectors. The students were great fun and the campus was wonderful.

LBNL DIALS/Serial Crystallography Workshop

I attended the LBNL DIALS/Serial Crystallography workshop. I gave a talk on robust background modelling in the presence of outliers in DIALS and assisted with a short demo of the dials.stills_process program. I also ate far too many Burritos.

Sunset from the office: the ALS, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.

CCP4 / SPring-8 Structure Solution Workshop

I attended the CCP4 / SPring-8 structure solution workshop where I delivered a talk about data processing with DIALS, gave a tutorial and helped students process their data. However, I believe my most important contribution was to build a massive snowman.

Tutors and students… and a snowman.

CCP4 Study Weekend 2017

I attended the 2017 CCP4 study weekend which had a talk on DIALS by Gwyndaf Evans and a DIALS “lunchtime byte” session by David Waterman. I also covered the BLEND lunchtime byte session with Melanie Vollmar for James Foadi.

DLS-CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop

Graeme giving a DIALS tutorial

I chaired the morning session on “Data processing theory” with talks from Andrew Leslie on “Data processing with iMosflm” and Graeme Winter on “Data processing with DIALS”. The interlude of Christmas carols, wine and mince pies presented a unique challenge in ensuring the session kept to time!