International Union of Crystallography

IYCr events coordinator

Michele Zema iycr2014@iucr.org

Co-ordinating organization - International Scientific Union

iucr International Union of Crystallography

Forthcoming events

All projects and events

This is a concise listing of all major projects and calendar events (past and future) associated with the International Year of Crystallography 2014 under the aegis of this organization.


Crystal-growing competition for UNESCO Associated Schools The International Union of Crystallography is organizing, together with UNESCO, a special crystal growing competition for selected schools belonging to the UNESCO Associated Schools Network. Selected schools receive a starters kit containing some documentation and 1 kg alum, the material to crystallize during this competition. A brochure provides information to teachers and schools who participate in this exciting venture.
IUCrJ - a new open-access journal One of the main initiatives of the International Union of Crystallography to celebrate the International Year is the launch of IUCrJ, a new peer-reviewed journal.
Magnetic Group Tables 1-, 2- and 3-Dimensional Magnetic Subperiodic Groups and Magnetic Space Groups by Daniel B. Litvin
Bragg centennial issue A collection of articles contributed by speakers at the Bragg Centennial Symposium held in Adelaide on 6 December 2012, published in Acta Crystallographica Section A
Early Days of X-ray Crystallography This book relates the discovery itself, the early days of X-ray crystallography, and the way the news of the discovery spread round the world. It explains how the first crystal structures were determined, and recounts which were the early applications of X-ray crystallography. It also tells how the concept of space lattice has developed since ancient times, and how our understanding of the nature of light has changed over time.
X-ray diffraction microscopy special issue In anticipation of the International Year of Crystallography in 2014, Journal of Applied Crystallography presents a virtual issue on recent developments in X-ray diffraction microscopy.
50 Years of X-ray Diffraction A collection of first-hand essays, anecdotes and commemorations, first published in 1962 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first experiments in X-ray diffraction.
Science Crystallography Special Issue Science special issue reprint on Crystallography at 100.
A Little Dictionary of Crystallography The hard-copy publication A Little Dictionary of Crystallography is a printed snapshot of the contents of the Online Dictionary of Crystallography. The Online Dictionary is a project of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature. This book brings together in one handy pocket-sized reference work a selection of definitions of crystallographic terms, and is the Commission's contribution to the International Year of Crystallography.

20th Jan 2014 IYCr2014 Opening Ceremony UNESCO Main Building, Paris
27th Apr 2014 ISFC 2014 La Plata
28th Apr 2014 South Asian Summit meetings on "Vistas in Structural Chemistry" Celebrating International year of Crystallography 2014 ICCBS, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
30th Apr 2014 Bruker OpenLab Pakistan Karachi
5th May 2014 Agilent OpenLab Argentina La Plata and Buenos Aires
20th May 2014 Bruker OpenLab Morocco Rabat and Agadir
26th May 2014 E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille
9th Jun 2014 PANalytical OpenLab Ghana University of Ghana, Accra
7th Jul 2014 Rigaku OpenLab Cambodia Phnom Penh
17th Jul 2014 IYCr2014 Symposium celebrating Barkla, Bragg and Shechtman Liverpool
23rd Jul 2014 Bruker OpenLab Uruguay Montevideo
5th Aug 2014 IUCr XXIII Palais des congress, Montreal
14th Aug 2014 The Role of Magnetic Symmetry in the Description and Determination of Magnetic Structures Hamilton
15th Aug 2014 Training course on symmetry and group theory Tsukuba
18th Aug 2014 Bruker OpenLab Indonesia Bandung
1st Sep 2014 Agilent OpenLab Turkey Izmir
10th Sep 2014 STOE DECTRIS Xenocs OpenFactory Grenoble and Darmstadt
22nd Sep 2014 Latin American Summit Meeting on Biological Crystallography and Complementary Methods Campinas, SP
15th Oct 2014 Pan African and South African Summit Meeting on Crystallography as vehicle to promote Science in Africa and beyond Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
17th Oct 2014 Extension Lecture series on X-ray Crystallography Sirsa (Haryana) India
27th Oct 2014 Rigaku OpenLab Colombia Bucaramanga
7th Dec 2014 3rd China-India-Singapore meeting on Crystal Engineering Bangalore, India
23rd Apr 2015 Crystallography for the next generation: the legacy of IYCr Rabat
9th May 2015 Bruker OpenLab Algeria Constantine