Wed

Crystal-21, Thredbo NSW, 1st-4th Feb. 2000

Conference Program

Tues. 1st Feb

14.30 --> Registration

19.30 - 22.00 Reception by the Pool (Sponsored by John Morris Scientific / Nonius)

Wed. 2^nd Feb Session I (8.30am --> 10.30am)

8.30 - 9.10 Colin Raston

Supramolecular Combinatorial Chemistry using CCD Technology. 9.10 - 9.30 Leonard Barbour Small-molecule crystallography and large supramolecular systems 9.30 - 9.50 Michaele Hardie Crystal Engineering and the Host-Guest Chemistry of Cyclotriveratrylene 9.50 - 10.10 Cameron Kepert Desorption in Microporous Molecular Framework Materials: Characterisation by in situ Single Crystal Diffraction. 10.10 - 10.30 Paul Jensen Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of M^(II)(DCA)₂(PYZ) (for M =Mn, Fe, Co) and M^(II)(DCA)₂(2-NH₂-PYM) (for M =Co, Ni, Cu) [where DCA = dicyanamide, PYZ = pyrazine, and 2-NH₂-PYM = 2-aminopyrimidine]

Coffee 10.30 -11.00

Wed. 2^nd Feb Session II (11am --> 1pm)

11.00 - 11.40 Ian Grey

Combining Electron Microscopy with Powder X-ray and Neutron Diffraction to Solve and Refine Complex Oxide Structures 11.40 - 12.00 Hans C Freiheit Structural and dynamic aspects of the phase transition in LiNaSO₄ 12.00 - 12.20 Jean Kim Structural Studies of Synthetic Calcium and Lead Apatites 12.20 - 12.40 Andrew Christy Computer modelling and description of halide occupancy and displacement in non-stoichiometric apatites Cd_5-x/2(VO₄)3I_1-x and Cd_5-x/2(PO₄)3Br_1-x 12.40 - 13.00 Phillip Nakashima Charge Density for alpha-Al₂O₃ from Synchrotron X-ray and Electron Diffraction

Lunch 13.00 - 14.20

Wed. 2^nd Feb Session III (2.30pm --> 4.10pm)

14.30 -15.10 Peter Colman

From Crystallography to Collins Street

15.10 - 15.30 Jamie Rossjohn Structure of the Cytokine-binding Domain of the GM-CSF/IL-5 Receptor common beta Chain Bound to an Antagonist. 15.30 - 15.50 Denis Verger

X-ray Structure of the N-terminal Domain of the E. coli Regulatory Protein TyrR

15.50 - 16.10 Richard Kidd Crystal Structures of Hemoglobin Bartís (gamma₄): The Carbonmonoxy form at 1.7Å Resolution and the Azido-met form at 1.86Å Resolution

Coffee 16.10 - 16.30

Wed. 2^nd Feb Session IV (4.30pm --> 5.30pm)

16.30 - 17.30 POSTERS

Dinner (participants organise their own)

Wed. 2^nd Feb Session V (7.30pm --> 10.30pm)

19.30 - 20.30 Doug Dorset (1987 Lecture)

Crystallography with Electrons -- From the House of the Dead

20.30 - 22.30 POSTERS

Thur. 3^rd Feb Session I (8.30am --> 10.30am)

8.30 - 9.00 Steven Wilkins

Quantitative Phase-Contrast Imaging using Both Laboratory and Synchrotron Sources of X-rays

9.00 - 9.30 Graham Fraser Use of a New Compact High Brightnes Source for Crystallographic Studies of Inorganic and Biological Materials 9.30 - 9.50 Richard Garrett The Australian Synchrotron Research Program and "Boomerang" the proposed Australian Light Source 9.50 - 10.10 Ward Robinson

CCD Area Detector Sets and Twinned Crystals

10.10 - 10.30 Stephen Holt

The Surface Excess of Commercial Milk Solutions

Coffee 10.30 - 11.00

Thur. 3^rd Feb Session II (11am --> 1pm)

11.00 - 11.40 Bill David

Structure Solution by Powder Diffraction

11.40 - 12.00 Raymond Bott

Examples of Unusual Arsenic (III) (+)-Tartrate Complexes

12.00 - 12.20 Brett Pool

Structural Manifestations of the retro-Diels Alder Reaction

12.20 - 12.40 Helen Webb

Variation in the Assembly of Supramolecular Building Blocks Using Rare Earth Cations

12.40 - 13.00 Marisa Spiniello

Investigations into the Origin of the beta Effect of S, Se, and Te Functionalities

Lunch 13.00 - 14.20 (n.b. Packed lunch available)

Thur. 3^rd Feb

17.30 - SCA Meeting

19.00 - Conference Dinner (Wine and drinks sponsored by MSC / Meeco)

Fri. 4th Feb Session I (8.30am --> 10.30am)

8.30 - 9.10 Stephen Hyde

Polycontinuous Morphologies. Complex Frameworks in Solid and Liquid Crystals

9.10 - 9.30 Les Bursill

Mapping Crystal Fragments onto Polyhedral Shells

9.30 - 9.50 Gavin Kirton

How Dendrimers Behave on A water Surface: What Reflectometry Can Tell Us

9.50 - 10.10 Jeremy Ruggles

Silicate Films Grown at the Air/Water Interface: X-ray Diffraction and Small Angle Scattering

10.10 - 10.30 Jan Waikira

The Use of X-ray Diffraction to Determine Cellulose Orientation in Wood

Coffee 10.30 - 11.00

Fri. 4th Feb Session II (11am --> 1pm)

11.00 - 11.40 Ted Baker

Crystal Structure of SPE-B, the "Flesh-eating" Cysteine Protease from Streptococcus Pyogenes, at 1.6Å Resolution 11.40 - 12.00 Helen Blanchard

Caspase-8: an Initiator in Apoptosis -- X-ray Crystallographic Structure

12.00 - 12.20 Megan Maher

Structural Studies on the Rubredoxin from Clostridium Pasteurianum

12.20 - 12.40 Marcos Fontes

Crystallographic Studies with Mammalian Importin a Bound to NLS Peptides

12.40 - 13.00 Connie Darmanin

Structural Studies of Human Sorbitol Dehydrogenase

Lunch 13.00 - 14.20

(Lunchtime Meeting of National Executive)

Fri. 4^th Feb Session III (2.30pm --> 3.30pm)

14.30 - 14.50 Syd Hall

DEL: A New Expression Language for Intelligent Data Dictionaries

14.50 - 15.10 Mark Spackman

Pictorial Representation of Intermolecular Interactions in Crystals

15.10 - 15.30 Philip Reynolds

Polarised Powder Neutron Diffraction

Coffee 15.30 - 16.00

Fri. 4^th Feb Session IV (4pm --> 5.40pm)

16.00 - 16.20 Judge Bevan

Rare-earth Oxides of the Homologous Series R_nO_2n-2m: a New Structural Principle

16.20 - 16.40 Chris Howard

Experimental Studies of Octahedral Tilting in Rhombohedral Perovskites

16.40 - 17.00 Lasse Norén

Incommensurate Ordering of Co/Cu in TlCo_2-xCu_xSe₂ (x~1)

17.00 - 17.20 Siggy Schmid

The Structure of Fluorite-Related Ca₇Nb₆Zr₇O₃₆

17.20 - 17.40 Anti Prodjosantoso

Structural Studies of Ca_3-xSr_xAl₂O₆

19.00 - 22.00 Farewell Barbecue (Sponsored by Sietronics/ Bruker)