Crystallography matters ... more!

The Symposium will be held in Fortaleza/CE, Brazil to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography and will be the first event on crystallography in the Northeast which will congregate, from all over the world, professionals and students working in all the major areas of knowledge of materials characterization that use X-ray, electrons and neutrons diffraction.

Many initiatives have been and are being organized to involve schoolchildren at Mudaliarpet, Pondicherry (India) into crystallography on the occasion of IYCr2014.

1. At first, the students were given a brief introduction on various crystals, which made them think about how crystals are formed.

2. Following this, a team of students were selected for a project on Crystal Growth - investigating the size, shape and number of crystals formed, taking various substances such as table salt, sugar, epsom salt, borax, potassium nitrate and alum. 

3. A Radio Talk was given by the teacher and the students on the "International Year of Crystallography".

4. A lecture was given on the topic to the school students, following which a demonstration -cum- exhibition, along with a poster presentation by the teacher is to be arranged for view for the public around the school locale. 

5. A next attempt to telecast the above in the television is made.

6. Students of our school are participating in the IYCr2014 Crystal Growing Competition. 

Eine neue Kluft im Steinbruch Eibenstein lieferte beachtliche Kalzitkristalle, z.T. Phantombildungen und Kalzite in Chalcedon.

Aus Motlas O.Ö. wurden herrliche Quarz-Stufen, Andalusit, Beryll, Schörl und Orthoklas angekauft.

In der Mittelvitrine werden aus der Studiensammlung des Museum besondere Stufen ausgestellt: Einzel-Quarzkristalle und Stufen (auch Amethyst), sowie seltene Mineralien wie Amstallit, bzw. aus dem Fundort Kottaun; ferner Beryll, Chalcedon, Schörl u.a.

Ebenso wurde der größte Feldspatkristall Österreichs aus Wanzenau bei Rosenburg dem Krahuletz-Museum übergeben und ist dort im Rahmen der Mineralien-Dauerausstellung zu sehen.

Crystals - known to everybody as gems, snow crystals, or salt grains - are widespread in the nature around us. The investigation of their structure and properties means looking inside the intimate of atom geometries - a look contributing to the scientific development of chemistry, solid state physics, Earth sciences, and even, surprisingly, biology and medicine. A century has passed since the crystals first revealed their secrets. In the meantime crystallography has become the pillar of the atomic and molecular sciences, showing us the structure of DNA, allowing the comprehension and the development of computer memories, visualizing the formation of proteins within cells, and yielding ever new materials and drugs.

The exhibition organized at the University of Parma in collaboration with IMEM-CNR wishes to celebrate the theoretical and applied aspects of crystallography. A special section of original artworks related to crystallography is organized in collaboration with the Archive of Modern Art of the University of Parma.

Sections:

• Crystals around us: all the faces of cheese, ham, sugar, icecream and medicines
• Crystals underground and from the space: minerals and meteorites
• Journey inside a crystal: from structure to properties
• Functional crystals
• The crystals in life
• The life of crystals
• Crystals and symmetry, Escher and beyond
• Crystals and modern arts
• A closer look to crystals: instruments and experiments
• Home made crystals: hands on section with experiments for kids

Five Lectures by Uruguayan scientists: Álvaro W. Mombrú, Horacio Botti, Ricardo Faccio, Natalia Álvarez and Leopoldo Suescun will take place at the Museo de Historia Natural Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa of Montevideo on Thursday evening (6-8 PM) on the 9th, 16th and 23rd October to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014.

Target audience is the general public but particularly students and teachers in the Natural Sciences area. 

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Cinco charlas de Divulgación por científicos Uruguayos Álvaro W. Mombrú, Horacio Botti, Ricardo Faccio, Natalia Álvarez and Leopoldo Suescun tendrán lugar en el Museo de Historia Natural Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa de Montevideo, los jueves 9, 16 y 23 de octubre de 18:00 - 20:00 hs. para celebrar el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014.

Las charlas están dirigidas a público en general, pero particularmente a Estudiantes de Formación Docente y Profesionales en las áreas de Ciencias Naturales. 

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Cette exposition du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle est labellisée « Année internationale de la cristallographie 2014 » sous le haut patronage de Madame Geneviève Fioraso, Secrétaire d'état à l'Enseignement Supérieur et à la Recherche.

La partie centrale de l’exposition est réservée à la vie, au voyage géologique et aux travaux scientifiques de Louis-Benjamin Fleuriau de Bellevue (1761-1852). Il a reçu une formation de physicien naturaliste à Genève, une des académies les plus influentes de l’Europe continentale où ses professeurs participent à l’essor des nouvelles disciplines que sont la géologie et la minéralogie. L’élève Fleuriau devient à son tour un acteur de la cristallographie naissante, de la nouvelle minéralogie qui en découle et de la géologie moderne fondée sur l’observation de terrain. L’exposition propose des objets historiques ayant appartenu à Fleuriau et aux deux pères français de la cristallographie, Romé de L’Isle et Haüy.

Autour de Fleuriau, une approche ludique et didactique du monde minéral permet à tous de découvrir ce qu’est un cristal et un minéral. L’exposition de minéraux et d’instruments de mesures est associée à des jeux, des manipulations, des observations macro et microscopiques. Les visiteurs s’initient à la minéralogie, l’exposition les guide à identifier des formes géométriques simples, des caractéristiques évidentes (couleur, poids, forme évocatrices) afin de caractériser et d’identifier quelques minéraux essentiels.

This exhibition 'Kristallen verhelderd' aims at giving an overview of the history of crystallography (including a selected exhibit of minerals), introduce the work of Laue and the Braggs, present the pionieering work performed at Ghent University and show some recent applications of crystallography in solid state physics. 

The exhibition is aimed at both secondary schools, researchers and the general public. It is organized by the Museum of the History of Sciences at Ghent University, in collaboration with the Department of  Solid State Sciences and the Department of Geology and Soil Sciences.

The opening is scheduled on June 23rd, with the presence of Professor Robert Huber, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The results of the Photo Contest will be announced.

The Australian satellite of the IYCr2014 photo competition Crystallography in Everyday Life saw Crystal 29 conference delegates select their favorite images from more than 130 entries submitted world-wide.

The 15 stunning images celebrate the wonder of crystallography, symmetry and crystals as symbolized in the places, objects and experiences of everyday life and will now form part of the traveling exhibition around Australia.

Graziano Lolli from Italy won the first prize in this category with a photo of "romanesco broccoli".

The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History proudly announces its upcoming exhibition: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: Where Art & Science Collide, on display from September 18, 2014 –January 17, 2015.

On Thursday, September 18th, at 6 PM, a free public lecture featuring David Gardner, Master Jeweler and Gemologist, was followed by an open reception with refreshments and gallery viewing.

This year marks the centenary of the birth of modern crystallography, a science studying the composition and structure of crystals. Crystallographers provide fundamental knowledge and technology essential for the development of new materials.

Crystallography has become the very core of structural science, revealing the structure of DNA, allowing us to understand and fabricate computer memories, showing us how proteins are created in cells, and helping scientists to design powerful new materials and drugs. It permeates our daily lives and is essential in agro-food, aeronautics, automobiles, cosmetics, and computers, as well as the electro-mechanical, pharmaceutical and mining industries. Because of the beauty and symmetry of crystals, they also figure prominently in architecture, art forms, and jewelry.

This exhibition will offer visitors an overview of the many applications of the science of crystallography. Materials on display will include stunning specimens from the Museum’s extensive mineral collection and will showcase examples of crystals used in art and jewelry.

This exhibit was made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through the Arts Council of Brazos Valley and through David Gardner’s Jewelers. The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is committed to promoting science, and cultural and natural history with the integration of art in exhibits and educational programs.

The Museum is open to visitors Tuesday-Saturday from 10 am-5 pm. For more information about this adult program, exhibits and other displays, events, programs and activities, please contact the Museum at 979-776-2195, visit us on the web at www.brazosvalleymuseum.org, or follow us on Facebook.

El Museo de Historia Natural "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" de Montevideo, Uruguay ha realizado una exhibición especial de Cristales y Estructuras Cristalinas aprovechando su colección de minerales para celebrar el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014. En la exposición se agregan a los minerales algunas figuras con las estructuras atómicas correspondientes.

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The Natural History Museum "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" of Montevideo, Uruguay has created a special exhibit of Crystals and Crystal structures using its own minerals collection to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014. The exposition contains some figures with the atomic structures of the selected minerals.

This exhibition presents 29 paintings inspired by crystallographic concepts, selected among the 80 participants of the Art Contest "cristalizARTE. Cuando el arte se encuentra con la ciencia". Artists from all over Argentina were divided into two categories according to their age: adults and teenagers under 18 y.o.

You can also visit our website to see the participating artworks, as well as the Winners of the contest.

Photos of the opening day
 

The exhibition 'La cristallographie au quotidien" (Crystallography in daily life) will take place in the Hall of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Namur, as part of  the 20th Festival Nature Namur.

The follow-up event to the exhibition Tiles, Weaves and Origami: A Journey through Art and Crystallography.

http://www.iycr2014.org/events/exhibitions/tiles,-weaves-and-origami-a-journey-through-art-and-crystallography

As part of its celebration of Science Month in Philippine Schools, the High School Department of Visayan Nazarene Bible College brings you Journey Into the Crystal CEBU, the Philippine staging of the traveling exhibition Voyage dans le cristal.

http://www.iycr2014.org/home/ongoing/special-voyage/special/voyage-dans-le-cristal

Travel through time and discover the fascinating world of crystals!

The exhibition is open for public viewing at the Main Lobby of Visayan Nazarene Bible College, St. Mary's Drive, Apas, Cebu City.

To celebrate the UN International Year of Crystallography 2014, the association AMMS-InterESST Strasbourg (Association for Museology and Scientific Mediation - Strasbourg's Alumni network of the European Studies of Society Science, and Technology), with various collaborators, principally the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), have the honor to present the multi-axial project “La Cristallographie et nous - Crystallography in our life”.

The project discusses mainly about human health and proposes to discover the vast field of crystallography. Our goal: to celebrate the crystallography year as charted by the IYCr2014 program but also as a "traditional" science in the Strasbourg University and as a significant contribution to the scientific reputation of the city of Strasbourg and the region of Alsace. Our wish is to make this event a prelude to the International Year of Light in 2015.

The project includes: 

1. A travelling exhibition in Alsace called "La Cristallographie et Nous" (Crystallography in our life) during 2014 and 2015. The exhibition will first move on three of Strasbourg’s University campus: “Central Campus”, "Illkirch Campus", "Medicine Campus" and then will continue to travel in other Alsatian towns. It will start on the 2nd October 2014 at the Le Bel Institute, and will end in May 2015. The project focuses on three features: crystallography in our daily life, crystallography as a central tool for biology, medicine and pharmacology and crystallography and arts.
2. Labs tours in the new “Integrative Biology Center” located in Illkirch during the month of November 2014. Especially for this occasion, there will be a mini-exhibition in the building.
3. Tasting and prevention workshops called "Crystals in our dinner plates" focused on discovering crystals in our daily food will be proposed during the french national science festival, "Fete de la Science2014" on the 17, 18 and 19 October 2014. Elaborated in collaboration with the University Service of Medicine and Health Promotion (SUMPS) and the IGBMC, those workshops will present different crystals in our food and try to answer to these questions: Are they good for our health? What are the purpose of vitamins and minerals in our diet? How the researchers study these vitamins and their effects on our health? 
4. A publication about the project and the exhibition.

Dans le cadre de l’Année Internationale de la Cristallographie 2014 de l’ONU (IYCr2014), l’AMMS - InterESST Strasbourg (Association de Muséologie et Médiation Scientifique - Réseau Alumini du programme European Studies of Society, Science, and Technology de Strasbourg) en collaboration principale avec le Docteur Dino Moras de l’IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) présentera le projet multiaxial sur la thématique de l’Homme et sa santé qui s’intitule « La cristallographie et nous » pour célébrer la cristallographie ainsi que son lien fort avec l’Université de Strasbourg et sa contribution au rayonnement scientifique de Strasbourg et de l’Alsace durant l’année universitaire 2014-2015 principalement sur le campus Central, le campus d’Illkirch et le campus de Médecine. L’accent sera mis sur le rôle de la cristallographie dans notre quotidien tout en appuyant sur son utilité en biologie, médecine et pharmacologie et en mettant en évidence ses liens vers d’autres domaines tels que l’art, les mathématiques, l’alimentation, ...

Ce projet comportera une exposition itinérante sur toute l’Alsace durant l’année 2014–2015, des visites de laboratoires de recherche du nouveau Centre de Biologie Intégrative à Illkirch et des ateliers de dégustation et de prévention axés sur la découverte pendant la Fête de la Science 2014. 

L’exposition « La cristallographie et nous ». Elle va itinérer dans un premier temps sur les campus strasbourgeois (central, médecine, Illkirch) et ensuite se déplacera dans les agglomérations alsaciennes. Elle commencera à partir du 2 octobre 2014 à l'Institut Le Bel, et prendra fin en mai 2015. Notre volonté est qu’elle soit aussi une introduction à l’Année Internationale de la Lumière en 2015.

The exhibition "Living with crystal" (original title in Slovenian: Živeti s kristali), organized on the occasion of the International Year of Crystallography, will be open from 13 February 2014 to 11 January 2015 at the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana. 

On display: Photographs of minerals, Crystal drawings, Mineral and crystal collections, Jewellery, Fluorescent minerals, Interactive presentation of minerals and rocks on Biedermeier tables, Interactive play "Umek the Mineralogist", Microscopic world of crystals.

Authors: Miha Jeršek, Mirjan Žorž, Breda Činč Juhant, Katarina Fuchs

The AONSA Neutron Schools provide training for newcomers to neutron scattering across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and more. As well as lectures, they include practical sessions with hands-on experiments and data analysis. All neutron techniques are generally covered, notably powder diffraction, single-crystal diffraction, strain scanning, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, inelastic and quasielastic scattering.

The 6th AONSA Neutron School will be held in Indonesia as part of the celebrations for the International Year of Crystallography. After the opening ceremony, general lectures on crystallography using X-ray and neutron (the history, the impact on sciences and the future challenging issues) will be given by Prof. John White (Australian National University, Australia) and Prof. Takeshi Kamiyama (KEK/J-PARC, Japan).

Click here to download the leaflet of the school 

The lecture "Aux confins de la matière, La cristallographie et ses applications" by Professor J. Wouters will take place in the Acinapolis, University of Namur, as part of  the 20th Festival Nature Namur.

Symposium organized by the National Committee for Crystallography - 15 October 2014 - Academy Palace Brussels

The organisers aim to promote interdisciplinary contacts between Belgian scientists operating in different fields of structural analysis. Therefore the organisers welcome poster contributions in all fields of condensed matter chemistry and physics, life sciences, material sciences, earth sciences, pharmaca, synchrotron radiation, neutron sources. Lecturers include T. Bergfors, E. Alekseev, J. Hadermann, L. Aerts and Y. Kerremans.

Various methods for structural studies, such as X-ray crystallography (PX), X-ray small angle scattering (SAXS), cryoEM and molecular simulation, have been evolved very rapidly in the last decade. Combinations of these techniques reveal dynamic aspect of the molecular mechanism of biological macromolecular complexes based on the atomic structures.

This symposium celebrates the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr) in 2014 and will highlight several recent results on structural studies on membrane proteins and huge protein complexes by X-ray crystallography together with recent advance of important techniques for structural life sciences.

Public Lecture Series at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia

August 25, 2014 - 6pm
What is X-ray crystallography and how did it transform our view of the world?
by Professor Stephen Curry, Imperial College

September 17, 2014 - 6pm
Molecules and Crystals
by Professor Mark Spackman, University of Western Australia

October 15, 2014 - 6pm
Crystallography in Biology
by Professor Alice Vrielink, University of Western Australia

Download the poster of the whole lecture series 

Download the flyer for the lecture of Prof Vrielink

Crystal (cl)Year will celebrate 2014, the International Year of Crystallography by bringing together some of the most important crystallographers of the world. The Conference will also contribute to broaden the scientific contacts among researchers and between the youngs and the most established scientists.

Invited keynote speakers: Brian K. Kobilka, John E. Walker, Ada Yonath (Nobel Laureates), David Blake, Eddy Arnold, Paul J. Steinhardt

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XVI Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki w Siedlcach odbywa się pod hasłem „Nauka scala rodziny. Nauka Łączy pokolenia. Nauka czyni człowieka wolnym!” w dniach 16-18 października 2014 roku i jest zorganizowany przez siedleckie uczelnie wyższe: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach i Collegium Mazovia Innowacyjna Szkoła Wyższa w Siedlcach pod patronatem naukowym Rady Upowszechniania Nauki przy Prezydium PAN oraz Siedleckiego Towarzystwa Naukowego. Festiwal Nauki jest imprezą popularnonaukową, a jej celem jest popularyzacja nauki, kultury i sztuki oraz promocja wśród mieszkańców Siedlec i regionu najważniejszych osiągnięć naukowych i technicznych. Festiwal Nauki adresowany jest do wszystkich osób ciekawych zjawisk otaczającego nas świata, do studentów, nauczycieli, dzieci w wieku szkolnym, seniorów i najmłodszych. Informacje dotyczące Festiwalu można przeczytać na stronie: www.festiwal.uph.edu.pl, natomiast szczegółowy program można pobrać na stronie: www.festiwal.uph.edu.pl/images/PDFs/festiwal_2014/program_festiwal_2014.pdf. Jedna z festiwalowych sesji poświęcona jest obchodom Międzynarodowego Roku Krystalografii:

Sesja II (czwartek, 16.10.2014 r.) MIĘDZYNARODOWY ROK KRYSTALOGRAFII 2014

Aula nr 3 na Wydziale Nauk Ścisłych UPH, ul. 3-go Maja 54, godz. 10.00-14.00.

Rok 2014 został ogłoszony przez ONZ Rokiem Krystalografii (IYCr2014). Obchodom międzynarodowym patronuje UNESCO oraz Międzynarodowa Unia Krystalografii (IUCr), a w Polsce odbywają się one pod egidą Komitetu Krystalografii PAN, Polskiego Towarzystwa Krystalograficznego oraz Polskiego Towarzystwo Chemicznego.

1. Krystalografia wczoraj, dziś i jutro – prof. nzw. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Karczmarzyk, Zakład Chemii Organicznej w Instytucie Chemii na Wydziale Nauk Ścisłych UPH (wykład; 45 minut).

2. Jak zajrzeć do wnętrza kryształu? – dr Waldemar Wysocki, Zakład Chemii Organicznej w Instytucie Chemii na Wydziale Nauk Ścisłych UPH (wykład połączony z prezentacją; 45 minut).

3. Wystawa „W niezwykłym świecie kryształów” przygotowana przez Wydział Chemii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego i Komitet Krystalografii PAN z okazji Międzynarodowego Roku Krystalografii i Jubileuszu 650-lecia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Wystawa będzie prezentowana w dniach 16-19 października 2014 r. w holu przy auli nr 3 Wydziału Nauk Ścisłych. Przewodnikami po wystawie będą prof. nzw. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Karczmarzyk i dr Waldemar Wysocki z Instytutu Chemii UPH

4. Prezentacja minerałów i kryształów różnych substancji chemicznych oraz modeli struktur krystalicznych.

5. Niezwykły stan materii-ciekłe kryształy – dr Arkadiusz Rudzki, Zakład Technologii Chemicznej i Inżynierii Materiałowej w Instytucie Chemii na Wydziale Nauk Ścisłych UPH.

6. Pokaz metod badawczych ciekłych kryształów – dr Arkadiusz Rudzki, Zakład Technologii Chemicznej i Inżynierii Materiałowej w Instytucie Chemii na Wydziale Nauk Ścisłych UPH.

Koordynator sesji: dr Waldemar Wysocki, Instytut Chemii UPH

tel. 691 185 434; e-mail: wwysocki@uph.edu.pl

English Summary:

16^th Festival of Science and Culture in Siedlce, 16-18 October 2014, is organized by Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities and Collegium Mazovia Innovative School in Siedlce under the patronage of the Council for Science Polish Academy of Sciences and Siedlce Scientific Society. Science Festival is an event dedicated to popularization and promotion of science, culture and art in the Siedlce Region. Science Festival is addressed to all people who are interested in the world around us, to students, teachers, school children, seniors and children. Full details and information can be found at the homepage of the event: www.festiwal.uph.edu.pl. One Festival session is dedicated to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography:

Session II (Thursday, 10.16.2014)

Lecture Hall No. 3 at the Faculty of Science UPH, 3 Maja 54, hours. 10.00 - 14.00.

1. Crystallography yesterday, today and tomorrow - Prof. nzw. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Karczmarzyk, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science UPH (lecture, 45 minutes).

2. How to look inside the crystal? - Dr Waldemar Wysocki, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science UPH (lecture connect with a presentation; 45 minutes).

3. The exhibition “In the unusual world of crystals” shows the beauty of crystals, the history of their investigations and their various applications. The exhibition was organized to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography IYCr2014 and the 650th Jubilee of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

The exhibition will be presented on 16 - 19 October 2014. Hallway near Lecture Hall No. 3 at the Faculty of Sciences. Guides to the exhibition will be Prof. nzw. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Karczmarzyk and Dr Waldemar Wysocki of the Institute of Chemistry UPH.

4. The presentation of minerals and crystals of various chemicals and crystal structure models.

5. The unsual state of matter - liquid crystals, Dr Arkadiusz Rudzki, Department of Technology of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Institute of Chemistry and Faculty of Science UPH.

6. Presentation research methods of liquid crystals, Dr Arkadiusz Rudzki, Department of Technology of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Institute of Chemistry and Faculty of Science UPH.