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Petra Bombicz in the room of crystal preparation of I19 beamline at Diamond Light Source. Our single crystal growth experiments which were performed in microgravity on board the International Space Station in the Kirara #6 incubator during the SpaceX-32 mission in the frame of the HUNOR program in cooperation with Space Application Services and Japan Manned Space Systems have arrived back to Earth. The single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments on the samples grown in microgravity and their counterpart crystals grown Read More …

Full article: https://www.icecubesservice.com/journal/ The crystallization experiments have successfully arrived on board the International Space Station We have recently reported that the researchers of the Centre for Structural Science of HUN-REN RCNS developed a method to grow single crystals of organic compounds in microgravity and sent two compounds for crystallization on board the International Space Station by the invitation of the Space Application Services with the guidance of Japan Manned Space Systems. The samples have arrived with the Kirara#6 mission flown Read More …

See also the ICE Cubes Service’s Post at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326557090859167744

The Chemical Crystallography Research Laboratory has developed a method to crystallize organic compounds in microgravity by the invitation of Space Application Services with the guidance of Japan Manned Space Systems. Two compounds synthetized by the Organocatalysis Research Group of Institute of Organic Chemistry of HUN-REN RCNS (OrgCat – Soós Organocatalysis Research Group) will get to the board of the International Space Station in the frame of the HUNOR program in order to grow single crystals of hydrogen bonded organic framework Read More …

Lunch break on the first working day of our youngest colleague: Ivayan De. Congratulations to Sourav on the birth of his son. We wish them lots of health and happiness!

Dr John Bacsa, Director of the X-ray Crystallography Center at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, US, visited us on 7th March 2025. We showed him our chemical and instrumentation laboratory. He gave us an introduction to their practice of crystallization, and a great hands-on tutorial on hints and tricks of structure solution and refinement of problematic structures, on practices he uses to improve the everyday work in the crystallographic laboratory. Thank you for visiting and we look forward to seeing you Read More …

The research group participated in the 34th European Crystallographic Meeting, held in Padova from 26 to 30 August. The conference brought together more than 800 researchers to discuss the latest advances in crystallography and related sciences. With more than 40 microsymposia, 16 keynote speakers and two plenary lectures, the Conference covered a wide range of topics and disciplines including biology, material sciences, chemistry, physics, crystal growth, mineralogy, methods, computing and instrumentation. We presented 5 posters in four different micro-symposium. We are happy Read More …

Under the project 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ-KI-2022-00016 Marianna Tosato and Sara Franchi visited our laboratory between 2024.03.03-08. Crystallization experiments have been performed to obtain Cu(II)-complex crystals with macrocyclic ligands. In solution of the complex EPR spectroscopy were used to detect the structures.

Sourav had the privilege of getting bursary support from IUCr to participate in the 19th BCA/CCG Intensive Teaching School on X-Ray Structure Analysis, organized by the Chemical Crystallography Group of the British Crystallographic Association. The event took place at Durham University, United Kingdom from March 25th to April 2nd, 2023. This intensive teaching school was specifically designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical foundations of single crystal X-ray diffraction. The program consisted of a diverse range of activities, Read More …

As part of the NEMZ-KI grant, Sara Franchi visited us for a week to perform single-crystal X-ray diffraction and EPR measurements. In addition to the successful work, he also got to know Budapest, and we also visited Szentendre and Visegrad. We are glad to have you as a guest in our lab, we hope to see you again next year. In the meantime, we wish you continued successful work! Summary of the project Radiometal-based radiopharmaceuticals offer a unique opportunity to Read More …