Hi Fellows,
hopefully everyone has recovered from the Easter Egg coma & April jokes by
now.....
Now something serious: for a commissioned opinion piece in a vanity journal,
I seek to
get a better understanding regarding improvement of review and funding
decisions for
crystallographic studies.
Under assurance of full confidentiality, I would hope to hear from some of
you off board
comments/experiences on subjects/questions like those:
Were you denied funding for a structure study because you did not have yet
(a) large scale protein expression
(b) first crystals
(c) diffraction crystals
(d) data
(e) maps
Did you have to 'reverse engineer' an application, i.e. you had the
structure already (almost) and
then write the grant?
Any other peculiarities/comments you received, and what you feel would need
improvement/should be addressed.
Again, any comments will be confidential and will contribute to raise
awareness for the special
requirements of, and funding for, the significant up-front work necessary
for crystallographic studies.
Get it off your soul and make the world a better place.
Thanks and best regards, BR
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