Mapping the Future of Crystallography Education: Lessons from French Universities

How is crystallography being taught today? This insightful article from the IUCr Newsletter explores the current state of crystallography education in French universities, revealing a decline in dedicated crystallography courses and highlighting broader international challenges. As emphasized by new IUCr President Thomas Proffen in another article of the IUCrNesletter (link https://www.iucr.org/news/newsletter/volume-34/number-4/calgary-berlin-presidential-handover), […]

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Call for Women in Crystallography grants: deadline September 30th

The Women in Crystallography Fund is offering travel grants of up to €800 to support attendance at crystallography conferences, schools, and scientific meetings. Deadline: 30 September If you are a graduate student, postdoc, or early career researcher in crystallography, don’t miss this opportunity. Priority consideration is given to applicants from […]

The winner of the Erwin Felix Levi Bertaut prize 2026 is Dr. Laura Guasco

The European Crystallography Association (ECA) and the European Neutron Science Association (ENSA) are delighted jointly to announce Dr. Laura Guasco of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany, as the winner of the Erwin Felix Levi Bertaut prize 2026. The scientific achievements of Dr. Guasco are […]

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ECA Scholarship Program 2027 Now Open – Deadline: 15 October 2026

Each ECA Scholarship is supported with a contribution to travel and stay expenses of the awardee, up to a maximum of € 6,000 per Scholarship and to direct expenses of the Host laboratory, up to a maximum of € 3,000 per Scholarship. For Scholarship stays realized in 2027 you need […]

Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut prize 2026

The call for the 2026 nominations for the ENSA/ECA Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut prize for young scientists up to 8 years after their PhD thesis has been announced by ENSA and nominations are welcome until June 16th, 2026 – according to the call instructions at https://ensa-neutron.eu/general/bertaut-prize-call-open/.

Open Access agreements and APC support for IUCr journals in the ECA region

The IUCr journals are published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in partnership with Wiley, and corresponding authors affiliated with participating institutions may be eligible for Article Processing Charge (APC) support through Wiley Read & Publish (transformational) agreements. The following IUCr journals are eligible under applicable Wiley agreements: Acta […]

44th ECA Lunch webinar (25th June 2026 13:00 CEST)

The ECA kindly invites you to the 44th ECA Lunch webinar: Speaker: Prof. Javier Campo Aragón Nanoscience and Materials Institute Spanish National Research Council – University of Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Title: Deciphering the new magnetic state, “B-Phase”, found in MnSi at Low Temperatures Abstract In cubic […]

43rd ECA Lunch webinar (7th May 2026 13:00 CEST)

The ECA kindly invites you to the 43rd ECA Lunch webinar: Speaker: Dr. Elodie Tailleur and Dr. Rebecca Clulow Title: Introducing the Early Career Scientist Division (ECSD) Abstract In recent years, the IUCr has made it a priority to provide further support to the next generation of crystallographers and structural […]

Tenth video of the “Women in Crystallography” series

GIG-03 is happy to announce the release of the tenth and final video of the project supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Fund. The project’s scope is to celebrate the importance of women in the field of crystallography and science, while, at the same time, raising […]

Women in Crystallography Awards: Winners

ECA is pleased to announce that the Women in Crystallography award has been largely subscribed and there were three winners: Valentina Abratti Bogdanich, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, SantaFe (Argentina) Sofia Feldl, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany) Mari Carmen Martin Miras, Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona (Spain) To each of them a grant of 800 € has been […]

42nd ECA Lunch webinar (23rd April 2026 13:00 CEST)

The ECA kindly invites you to the 42nd ECA Lunch webinar: Speaker: Prof. Irene Magriolaki Department of Biology, Section of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, Greece Title: Crystals and Challenges: The Protein Powder Diffraction Journey (2003–Today) Abstract Knowledge of the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules […]

Wolfram Saenger (1939-2026)

It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of Wolfram Saenger’s passing on February 16th, 2026, at the age of 86. With him the crystallographic community has lost one of its leading figures, a scientist of immense productivity, unusually broad interests and a unique talent for […]