The International Year of Crystallography has been a big success that we cannot be lost. The IUCr has released a resolution initially by representatives of the IUCr, UNESCO, TWAS, ICSU Regional Office for Africa, IUBMB and IUPAP with a forward-looking focus on how to sustain momentum and build on the success of the Year. The full text of the resolution is available here.
Find what’s going on at the Official IUCr IYCr2014 page or the ECA IYCr2014 page.
Outreach activities
Second European Crystallography Video Contest - The European Crystallography Video Contest is open to all schoolchildren from European countries. Its goal is to introduce young students to the exciting and fascinating world of Crystal Growing and Crystallography. […]
Fifth video of the “Women in Crystallography” series - GIG-03 is happy to announce the release of the fifth video of the project supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Fund. The project’s scope is to […]
The Inaugural Kenyan Schools Crystallization Contest - The first Kenyan Schools Crystallography Competition, held on 25 January 2025, was an important step in introducing young students to crystallography and scientific research in general. Organised by a joint […] Fourth video of the “Women in Crystallography” series - GIG-03 is happy to announce the release of the fourth video of the project supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Fund. The project’s scope is to […] Third video of the “Women in Crystallography” series - GIG-03 is happy to announce the release of the third video of the project supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Fund. The project’s scope is to […] Second video of the “Women in Crystallography” series - Following on from the success of the first, GIG-03 is happy to announce the release of the second video of the project supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion […]Results of the First European Crystallography Video Contest - The First European Crystallography Video Contest was open to all schoolchildren from European countries. Its goal was to introduce young students to the exciting and challenging world of Crystal Growing […]
European Crystallography Video Contest - The European Crystallography Video Contest is open to all schoolchildren from European countries. Its goal is to introduce young students to the exciting and challenging world of Crystal Growing and […]ECA supports young participants to Laboratory and synchrotron X-ray crystallography in Senegal - The ECA will provide grants to support the participation of young reserachers to the IUCr-IUPAP-ICTP OpenLab in Senegal next 20 November – 2 December 2017 (https://www.iycr2014.org/events/openlabs/iucr-iupap-ictp-openlab-senegal). The ECA is strongly committed […]
A Museum of Structural Chemistry opened in Parma - A new Museum showing the beauty of crystallography has been inaugurated at the University of Parma. The exhibition covers different aspects of crystallography and it is particularly focused on the […]
Art inside your crystals - Since ancient times, crystals have captivated humankind. However, the beauty of crystals is not only found on the outside but also on the inner structure. The arrangement of atoms or […]
Excellent site to start learning Crystallography - The Crystallography group of the IQFR (CSIC, Madrid) has been for many years editing a very good site with lots of well-curated teaching materials on crystallography. These materials are available […]
CRISTALES, a world to discover - 2014 has been declared the International Year of Crystallography by the General Assembly of the United Nations. As the UN resolution itself recognises, crystallography is the science that has enabled […]
CRISTALLI! - Crystals – known to everybody as gems, snow crystals, or salt grains – are widespread in the nature around us. The investigation of their structure and properties means looking inside […]
Crystallization Competition in the School - The Crystallization Competition in the School is an innovative contest on Crystallography and Crystallization for young students aged 12-16. It is organised in Spain and coordinated by the Spanish Specialized […]