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

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

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

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).

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

Rietveld School

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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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

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/

An exciting opportunity has just opened up for someone to join the crystallography community at the University of Glasgow! Follow the link for more details. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

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 🧪

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 😊👩‍🏫🧠

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Let’s go! #bca25

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

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

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

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