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Dear Peter, Many thanks. I will forward to you my input to STFC thus far. Best wishes and regards, John On 3/4/08, Moody, Dr P.C.E. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > As you may know there is a significant shortfall in the STFC budget, they > are the body that runs Diamond and the UK contribution to ESRF amongst > many other things. The response to this shortfall is to place the facilities > and projects in categories of importance, this information now in the public > domain at http://www.scitech.ac.uk/stfcconsultation/comment.aspx and > comments are invited on this web page. > > > > It is important to note that we have less than *three weeks* to respond. > > > > It may be that apparent indifference from our community may allow louder > voices from competing groups greater influence. At STFC "town meeting" > yesterday there was only one other protein crystallographer I recognised. > > > > It may help to know that there are two panels PPAN (Particle Physics, > Astronomy and Nuclear Physics) and PALS (Physical and Life Sciences) who > report to the science board of STFC. The publicity surrounding cuts in > astrophysics research has been extensive. > > > Peter Moody > 1/56 Henry Wellcome Laboratories > University of Leicester > Lancaster Road > Leicester > LE1 9HN > UK > tel. (0)116 229 7097 > fax. (0)116 229 7084 > ------------------------------ > -- John R Helliwell DSc Professor of Structural Chemistry, The University of Manchester;