New NVK secretary

Posted on 06/02/202007/04/2023

After being in the NVK board for more than 10 years, Martin Lutz has laid down his function as secretary. We thank Martin for all his efforts in organizing lively meetings and finding good speakers.

Martin will be succeeded by Sven Hennig, who will join the NVK board as secretary. Sven has already shown his commitment for the NVK, while organizing the 2019 Structural Biology meeting: Interacting with Proteins : A structural view. We welcome Sven in our team and look forward to a fruitful cooperation.

Registration is open for the yearly NVK Symposium 2020 on February 5, 2020, 17:00h – 21:00h

Posted on 06/01/202007/04/2023

It is now possible to register for the Yearly NVK Symposium 2020, which will take place on February 5, 2020, 17:00h – 21:00h at Antropia, Cultuur- en Congrescentrum, Hoofdstraat 8, Driebergen. The theme of the meeting is: “Diffraction: Theory and Real Life”. The registration form can be found here.

NVK ALV & Meeting 2020

Posted on 20/12/201907/04/2023

The Dutch Crystallographic Society (NVK) will have their yearly meeting and ALV (general members meeting) on February 5, 2020 from 17:00h to 22:00h at the Antropia, Cultuur- en Congrescentrum, Hoofdstraat 8 in Driebergen.

We will start the meeting with the ALV, where we will discuss with the members what we did last year and what our plans are for the future. Then we will have a joint dinner buffet, followed by three speakers highlighting topics of present-day crystallography.

After the talks we can have a drink (or more). The ALV is open for members. Anyone else who is interested can join for dinner, talks and drinks. More details can be found here.

Sybolt Harkema (1940-2019)

Posted on 01/10/201907/04/2023

Op 1 september 2019 is Sybolt Harkema, oud-hoofddocent aan de TU Twente, op 78-jarige leeftijd overleden. Meer informatie vind u hier.

Sybolt Harkema in 2014
Foto: Redactie UT Nieuws

Symposium on June 6th: Interacting with Proteins : A structural view

Posted on 17/04/201907/04/2023

In succession to the 2016 symposium, the Dutch Crystallographic Society (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kristallografie, NVK), in collaboration with AIMMS, the Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems, will organize a 1-day symposium on Thursday June 6th entitled: Interacting with Proteins: A structural view.

This symposium will take place on Thursday June 6, in the O|2 Lab building of the VU Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1108 , 1081 HZ Amsterdam.

Registration is open . The deadline for registration has been extended to Thursday May 30. More information can be found HERE .

We look forward to meet you on June 6th!

Tom Grossmann, Sven Hennig, Bram Schierbeek

Aafje Looijenga-Vos (1928 -2018)

Posted on 06/11/201807/04/2023

Op 4 november 2018 is Aafje Looijenga-Vos, emeritus hoogleraar structuurchemie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen op 90-jarige leeftijd overleden . Klik hier voor meer informatie.

NVK symposium + ALV: vrijdag 9 november 2018, Utrecht

Posted on 15/10/201807/04/2023

The NVK symposium of 2018 was on Friday 9 November 2018, at the Uithof University campus of Utrecht.

Following the symposium, the annual member meeting (ALV) of the NVK was held, at the same location.

The agenda can be found here.

Crystal nucleation of proteins

Posted on 16/04/201807/04/2023

The nucleation process of proteins has been studied by a group of researchers from Brussels, Eindhoven and Grenoble. They used time-resolved cryo-transmission electron microscopy for this investigation. The results give insight in what happens on the molecular level when crystallization starts and how this influences later the macroscopic states. They published their findings in the prestigious journal Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25971

Positive feedback from 40 participants of Hands-On Powder Diffraction School 2017

Posted on 21/11/201707/04/2023

Positive remarks, requests for more information and “who-can-help-me-with-my”s and more courses: some of reasons why the organizers are happy to have initiated this short and dense introduction to crystallography and powder diffraction. Even today we had 12 more measurements to do at our instruments in Delft to be able to “treat your own data” in the afternoon session tomorrow.

Food for Thought. Hungry scientists after the morning session of Dutch Hands-On Powder Diffraction School in Delft, 2017

Hands-on Powder Diffraction school is fully booked

Posted on 10/11/201707/04/2023

The Hands-on Powder Diffraction School is fully booked!

We have forty participants who will follow an intensive 2 day course in powder diffraction including hands-on training.

The course will take place on 21 & 22 November 2017 at the Reactor Institute Delft, Mekelweg 15, Delft.

The school is organized by Amarante Böttger (3mE, TUDelft), Huub Kooijman (Shell Technology Center Amsterdam), Rene de Gelder (Radboud University Nijmegen), Céleste Reiss (NVK), Lambert van Eijck (Appl.Sci. TUDelft)

If you are interested in a follow-up of this course, please send an email to us at our “education at” email address.