About five months ago I told you that we would be changing from a monthly format to a quarterly format. You may be asking yourself, has it really been three months since the last newsletter? For some of you, under shelter-in-place rules, it may seem like it has been three months. However, with everything going on in the world with respect SARS-CoV-2, social distancing and shelter-in-place, we thought it would helpful to maintain contact with you on a monthly basis. So, here we are back in your inbox two months sooner than promised.

You will notice the newsletter is a bit shorter. This is actually just the introduction – you will find the complete newsletter with all the useful information you have come to expect here. In the newsletter we highlight several interesting papers, a tranche of PDB depositions and Ian Wilson and his laboratory at Scripps. We’ve also taken the opportunity to introduce a new product and set of lectures we’re preparing to help students who will miss crystallography courses this summer. You will also find the usual useful links, videos, book review, survey and other helpful information throughout.

Enjoy and let us know how we are doing.

Joe Ferrara