Glasgow Protein crystallography

The University of Glasgow has a long tradition in crystallography. From 1942 to 1970 J.M. Robertson held the Gardiner Chair of Chemistry and established Glasgow as a major centre for crystallography. In particular his work on phthalocyanine structures showed how isomorphous replacement could be used to obtain phase information. Robertson established a school of crystallography which was to become world famous where many leading crystallographers obtained their training.

In 1989 Neil Isaacs was appointed to the Joseph Black Chair of Protein Crystallography to establish a protein crystallography laboratory which would interact with and support the biological research in the University.

Present areas of research include the folowing topics :



Some useful Crystallographic resources from Glasgow:

And elsewhere:


To find out who we are and what we look like click here. Some of the group have home pages.

Some useful forms for people in Glasgow.

Why don't protein crystallographers look out of the window in the morning?
The answer may be here....

The Family Album Includes the Bath pictures....


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Protein Crystallography, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, SCOTLAND, G12 8QQ. Tel: 041 339 8855
Produced by Adrian Lapthorn	 adrian@chem.gla.ac.uk