Booths

Advanced Design Consulting USA, Inc.

High Pressure Cryo-Cooler for X-Ray Crystallography (HPC-201). Superior x-ray diffraction patterns! The devices fundamental design is based on a process developed by Cornell University scientists Prof. Sol M. Gruner and Dr. Chae Un Kim. This exciting new technology enables the simultaneous capture of both amplitude and phase information from a single anomalous diffraction (SAD) of a cryocooled protein crystal, thereby providing sufficient data to solve the crystal structure of a protein with apreviously

unknown structure.

For more information please go to: adc9001.com/products/view/455

or stop by ADC’s Booth 108.

Advanced Light Source (ALS)
is the destination for thousands of users every year, with world-class beamlines available for protein and chemical crystallography, extreme conditions diffraction, SAXS, and x-ray tomography. Many of the MX beamlines have undergone recent upgrades, producing higher flux and smaller spot sizes. Endstations are rich in advanced features and the beamline staff are known for their dedication to helping users.

With more than 20 years of experience, Agilent Technologies has proven expertise in providing innovative X-ray diffraction systems for routine analytical chemistry and challenging small molecule and protein diffraction studies. With a full portfolio of diffractometer platforms, Agilent offers systems that deliver high-quality crystallographic data for all applications and budgets.

Since 1947, American Crystallographic Assn represents crystallographers in North & South America and welcomes members from around the world. The Canadian Div. exists to promote the interests of Canadian members and provide for an elected official to represent this interest on Council.

There are 12 Scientific Interest Groups: Biological Macromolecules, Fiber Diffraction, General, Industrial, Light Source, Materials Science, Neutron Scattering, Powder Diffraction, Service Crystallography, Small Angle Scattering, Small Molecules, and Young Scientists. 

ACA is a Regional Affiliate of IUCr, publishes Structural Dynamics, a online, open access journal, ACA RefleXions, a quarterly magazine, and hosts the largest annual crystallographic annual meeting in the Americas.
 

ACA… where structure matters

Area Detector Systems Corporation
We recently achieved three Sulfur SAD protein structure solutions with our new Dual Mode Pixel Array Detector. Dual Mode pixels can be set into either X-ray counting or charge ramp integrating mode under software control. 100,000,000 X-rays/pixel/second in new charge ramp accumulation mode with absolutely no saturation effects. Only * 1 MICROSECOND * between images! Nearly ideal support for shutterless data collection.
web: www.adsc-xray.com

  Art Robbins Instruments (ARI) is dedicated to providing best in class and robust solutions for protein crystallization labs. All of our products provide the speed, reliability and performance required to produce exceptional results.

The new Scorpion Screen Builder is the most versatile dispenser built for protein crystallization. Aspirate from/to 96 and 24 well plates, 50, 15 and 2 mL tubes and deep well blocks. Volume range is 1 µL to 1 mL.

The Gryphon LCP provides repeatable and reliable results. Seal a plate in less than 90 seconds. With industry leading speed and performance, the Gryphon LCP is the system of choice for leading labs around the world.

Come by and see these and all of our products, Crystal Gryphon INTELLIPLATES® and Crystal Phoenix.

Avant-garde Materials Simulation (AMS) offers contract research, software and software development services in the fields of Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) and force field parameterization.

Bruker - Provider of advanced X-ray solutions in life sciences, chemical and materials science. The D8 VENTURE and D8 QUEST solutions for structural biology and chemical crystallography feature the cutting edge PHOTON 100 CMOS detector. Systems include state of the art rotating anode generators and IuS microfocus sources with low maintenance and high brilliance for Mo, Ag or Cu. Our industry-leading systems provide highest sensitivity for micro crystals and weak diffractors, with powerful crystallographic software. Visit us at IUCr Booth #241 to see our latest single and dual source systems as well as our revolutionary METALJET Ga X-ray source.

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) provides invaluable structural knowledge to the scientific community both for academic research, teaching and the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The CCDC curates the ever-growing database of small molecule crystal structures, the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD); our expertise, software and database tools benefit a broad spectrum of users.

The Canadian National Committee for Crystallography (CNCC) sponsors Canadian student travel awards and poster prizes, represents Canadian crystallographers at the IUCr General Assembly, and members have played a significant role in the organization of IUCr 2014.

web: www.canadiancrystallography.ca

Providing today’s researchers with the newest products of the highest quality, Cedarlane is a vital resource to the Life Science industry. Cedarlane’s customers take advantage of access to over 2 million products from over 1000 top global suppliers. We offer a large variety of products for crystallography. Open six days a week, we strive to save you money through consolidation and timely, affordable delivery. Please visit our website for more information www.cedarlanelabs.com

CCG (Chemical Computing Group) is a leading supplier of software solutions for life sciences. With a proven track record in scientific innovation, CCG provides state-of-the-art applications in drug discovery to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic researchers. CCG headquarters are in Montreal (Canada), with support offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information visit: www.chemcomp.com

CONFLEX specializes in the development of software for  fast, exhaustive conformation searching and analysis critical to drug discovery and chemical engineering. CONFLEX 7 also predicts the crystal structures of small organic compounds based only on molecular structure, and is also capable of searching conformational polymorphs and automatically comparing them to experimental data.

For more than two-hundred and sixty years the name De Gruyter (www.degruyter.com) has been synonymous with high-quality, landmark publications in natural sciences and humanities. Besides textbooks and journals on STM we publish the monthly appearing “Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials” founded in 1877 and the Open Access “Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – New Crystal Structures”.

DECTRIS hybrid-pixel and micro-strip X-ray detector systems have transformed data collection at synchrotrons. Main advantages are unsurpassed dynamic range, noise-free counting and high frame-rates, providing best possible data at shortest acquisition times. Our laboratory series brings all advantages of the hybrid-pixel technology to your laboratory. DECTRIS customized detector solutions enable novel experiments.

Douglas Instruments manufactures the Oryx range of protein crystallization systems for screening and optimization. All systems can perform vapor diffusion, microbatch-under-oil and hanging drop experiments, and all are suitable for automated random microseeding.  

New for 2014 is the launch of our LCP options for membrane protein crystallization. The Oryx range combines versatility with value. Visit us at booth #107
Visit our website at www.douglas.co.uk/mms.htm

European Crystallographic Association (ECA)

The objectives of the Association are to contribute to the advancement of crystallography in all its aspects, including related topics concerning the non-crystalline states. ECA also aims to promote European cooperation in crystallography and to encourage the development of crystallography in neighbouring regions such as the Middle East and Africa.

web: www.ecanews.org

ECM29 – 29^th European Crystallographic Meeting, Rovinj,Croatia, Aug. 23^rd – 28^th, 2015

ECM29 will be held in Rovinj, a coastal Croatian town with long tradition in tourism, suitable accommodation facilities and plethora of cultural treasures. The conference center is within the walking distance from the hotels and historical center. The city is well connected to the world by highways and several internationalairports in vicinity.

For more go to: http://ecm29.ecanews.org

ECM-30 - European Crystallography Meeting, Basel, Switzerland - August 28^th - September 1^st 2016

The European Crystallographic Association and the Swiss Crystallographers invite you to the European Crystallography Meeting, ECM-30, to be held in the beautiful city  of Basel, Switzerland, from August 28^th until September 1^st 2016. More than 40 mini-symposia in 4-5 parallel sessions with international speakers across all disciplines will be offered.

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Excillum makes the world's brightest microfocus X-ray tubes, the MetalJet tubes.

Incoatec develops and produces Multilayer Optics for diffractometers and synchrotrons. Our Microfocus Source IµS is available in different configurations with collimated or focused beams for crystallography, small-angle scattering and material research. Our SCATEX pinholes prevent parasitic scattering at pinhole edges leading to better performance of SAXS home-labs and synchrotron beamlines.

Infinity Biochemicals is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Canadian supplier of bioreagents and custom solutions, including screening and optimization reagents. We specialize in quality bacterial and yeast culture media (LB Miller/LB Lennox/TB modified), supplementary reagents, and biological buffers (Tris/HEPES/MOPS), providing our customers with 1kg off-the-shelf packages to 3000kg production size batches.

web: www.infinitybiochemicals.com

ICDD’s material identification databases are designed for rapid materials identification and interfaced with diffractometers and data analysis systems of the world’s leading software developers and manufacturers of X-ray equipment.The Powder Diffraction File is available in PDF-2 Release 2014; PDF-4+ 2014; PDF-4/Minerals 2014; and PDF-4/Organics 2015.

IRELEC, mechanical engineering company, designs and manufactures custom and highly reliable systems for scientific research and high-tech industry. Its specific knowledge of Synchrotrons and collaboration with leaders of future developments in crystallography, allow IRELEC providing the best answers to the growing need of automation for tomorrow’s processes.

IUCr - IYCr2014 has provided the perfect opportunity for the IUCr not only to launch IUCrJ but also to revamp its existing journals, broadening their scope, supplementing their editorial boards and refreshing their design as all titles move to online-only publication. ActaE is going one step further and is being re-launched this summer. Why not pop along to one of our workshops in the "crystallography café" to learn about the new article types and easy submission procedure? Visit our booth #401 to find out about new Volumes of International Tables, pick up free copies of special-issue booklets and join the World Directory of Crystallographers and our social networks to stay informed and engaged.   web: IUCR

IUCr - France

French Crystallographic Association candidates for the organization of the IUCr 2020 Congress and General Assembly, Paris, 4-10 August 2020. www.iucr2020.org

web: www.afc.asso.fr

IUCr - Hyderabad, India 

India will host the XXIV Congress & General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography 2017 from 21-29 August 2017 in Hyderabad. A warm welcome to crystallographers across the world to our ancient and intriguing nation!

Hyderabad is a modern city of 8 million people that retains its old world charm. The iconic symbol of the city is the Charminar or four minarets, which draws its inspiration from the tetragonal crystal system. It is the central motif of our logo for IUCr 2017.

IUCr - Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association

Invitation to host the 25th IUCr Congress in 2020 Prague. After our bids during the last years, we believe that, Prague, as a historical city located in the heart of Europe is the most suitable place for the anniversary meeting of crystallographers from all over the world.  web: www.xray.cz 

marXperts is a new team founded by experts from Marresearch. We manufacture and sell the well-known mar345 image-plate detector , mardtb goniostats and marmµX data-collection systems . Our products are synonymous with high quality, longevity and ease-of-use with an unsurpassed  cost/performance ratio. We are proud to say that they are "Made in Germany".

web: www.marxperts.com

Microlytic is a leader in the development and commercialization of innovative products for the structural biology laboratory. Our flagship product is the Crystal Former: a microfluidic device is the perfect marriage of high throughput with high output crystallization. More crystals, flexible integration in any workflow, direct crystal access. At our core is a team of highly experienced crystallographers with a commitment to improving crystallization outcomes, reducing the time and cost of protein structures and providing superior customer and technical support.

Molecular Dimensions is dedicated to supplying ground breaking products for Protein Crystallogrphy.  We specialize in market-leading academically developed resources for protein crystal growth, including pioneering screening kits, the highest quality crystallization plates, and novel automated solutions.  Molecular Dimensions - the choice for the very best in protein crystallization.

Founded in 2009, NatX-ray specializes in automated X-ray crystallography data collection and samples transfer systems, the G-Rob system.

NatX-ray’s line of products includes lanthanide complexes, pucks and puck holders, a visualization bench and a micro-spectrophotometer. NatX-ray LLC is the exclusive distributor of the Greiner CrystalQuick X ^TM plate in North America.

OlexSys Software & Services - The new standard application for solving, refining and finishing small-molecule crystal structures. We are also offering expert crystallographic training and provide services, which will see your structures from diffraction through to publication. Visit us and learn how to get the most out of your diffraction data. OlexSys - Don't diffract without us!
web: www.olexsys.org

At Oxford Cryosystems, we continuously build upon our reputation as one of the world's leading manufacturers of low temperature instrumentation and software for x-ray diffraction.

By combining a long tradition of high quality engineering with expertise in macromolecular crystallography, small molecule crystallography, and powder diffraction, we endeavour to produce the most efficient and dependable nitrogen and helium cryostats for crystallographers worldwide.

Oxford University Press 
With origins dating back to 1478, Oxford University Press is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence. Our Global Academic Publishing program spans the entire academic and higher education spectrum, including a wide array of scholarly and general interest books, journals, and online products. Visit our stand to browse books and to pick up sample copies of our journals, or visit online at www.oup.com for more information.

Protein BioSolutions provides viable solutions for scientists inv production, purification, characterization and crystallography. We provide sales and service for instruments and devices to assist in the protein prod1Jction workflow. Key offerings include the Protein Maker for parallel protein purification of up to 24 proteins at a time, the Opti Matrix Maker for affordable and simple production of crystallization optimization screens, and the Plug Maker for nanovolume protein crystallization.

web: pbiosolutions.com

Proto Manufacturing

Our product line includes x-ray diffraction systems for residual stress & retained austenite measurement, powder diffraction, Laue single crystal orientation, x-ray tubes and custom XRD systems. For over 30 years we have been providing solutions for laboratory, factory and field environments. Measurement services are also available through ISO 17025 laboratories in the United States, Canada and Japan.  This year we are proud to introduce our new AXRD Benchtop Powder Diffractometer.

Rayonix high-speed, high-resolution X-ray detectors have no count rate limitation, no gaps in the imaging area and only 1msec dead time. New detector geometries allow the direct beam to pass through, for simultaneous SAXS/WAXS datacollection. Talk to us about custom versions of our detectors.

web: rayonix.com

Research Detectors Inc.
RDI makes large area CMOS detectors optimized for shutter-less data collection of crystallography data. Two systems are available – one for protein crystallography experiments on synchrotron beam lines (CMOS_8M) and the other for laboratory systems (CMOS_1M). These systems produce significantly better quality data much faster than conventional CCD systems.

web:  www.researchdetectors.com 

Rigaku instruments lead the way for understanding the structure of matter in the fields of biology, chemistry and material science. Dedicated to supplying instruments for the structural biology and chemistry communities, Rigaku drives discoveries that increase our understanding of the universe at a molecular level. Products include instrumentation and software for macromolecular and chemical crystallography, crystallization automation and biological solution scattering. Rigaku supports its products with expertly trained engineers and scientists who are dedicated to providing high-quality service through personal accountability and professional commitment to our customers. For more information on Rigaku products, please visit www.rigaku.com.

STOE & Cie GmbH develops and manufactures X-ray diffractometers serving scientists in chemistry, pharmacy, mineralogy, and material science worldwide. Based on decades of experience STOE builds instruments with extraordinary precision and longevity and develops new products in close collaboration with the customers. The strong customer orientation of STOE is well-known.

At Taylor & Francis we have a Chemistry collection of almost 100 journals covering all aspects of the subject. Our portfolio is growing all time, including recent additions of pure open access titles. We’ve been celebrating crystallography in 2014, with a collection of free to view articles here http://bit.ly/TFCrystal

TTP Labtech’s mosquito is the number one liquid handling instrument on the market today. Mosquito’s precise, repeatable results enable a perfectly reliable drop, every time, while simultaneously enabling your protein samples go further. The portfolio of products includes:

TTP Labtech’s mosquito Crystal makes protein crystallization screening faster, more cost-effective and quite simply, easier than ever before.

TTP Labtech’s mosquito LCP fully automates LCP set-up accurately and repeatedly by dispensing the highly viscous LCP mixture and quickly covering with precipitant.

TTP Labtech’s dragonfly screen optimizer is the newest instrument from TTP Labtech, a liquid handler designed for simple, fast and accurate screen optimization with extremely low dead volume which can dispense any liquid type, regardless of viscosity.

To see the full range of liquid handling instrumentation for proteincrystallographers, visit TTP Labtech’s booth at IUCr 2014.

The U.S. National Committee for Crystallography represents U.S. crystallographers in the International Union of Crystallography through The National Academies’ National Research Council.  The USNC/Cr promotes the advancement of the science of crystallography, a key tool for a variety of fields in biological and physical sciences, in the United States and throughout the world.

The Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) is a collaboration of organizations hosting deposition, curation and distribution centers for PDB data. Its mission is maintaining a single PDB archive that is freely and publicly available to the global community.
Visit us at booth #114 and learn about the new validation pipeline and new Deposition and Annotation system.
web: www.wwpdb.org

With more than 13 years of experience, Xenocs has developed a strong expertise in the development and production of high performance instruments for characterizing nano structured materials. With its new SAXS/WAXS equipment - Xeuss - that is based on unique proprietary technologies, Xenocs is leading the way to ultimate nanostructure studies in the lab. Xenocs is operating worldwide through a strong network of distributors ensuring local support and close contact to customers.