On the 70th anniversary of the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Sciences

We are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography. The institute has gone from being a small laboratory of piezoelectric crystals to a large internationally known scientific center. The 1990s was a decade of ruin, both literally and figuratively, for our institute; however, it is hard to believe that was the case when walking through the corridors of the institute today.     

On the 65th Anniversary of the Laboratory of Crystal Optics at the Institute of Crystallography,Russian Academy of Sciences

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X-ray studies of biological macromolecules at the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The results of X-ray diffraction studies of a number of proteins and the carnation mottle virus performed over a period from 1970 to 2000 at the laboratory created by Academician B.K. Vainshtein at the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Sciences are surveyed. The fundamental principles of the spatial organization of protein structures are considered. The characteristic features of the three-dimensional structures of a number of various proteins performing various functions are discussed including leghemoglobin, catalases, pyrophosphatases, pyridoxal-dependent enzymes, nucleotide depolymerases, proteases, and plant toxins. The results obtained for carnation mottle virus are summarized. The contribution of X-ray diffraction studies to the understanding of mechanisms of functioning of the above macromolecules and the first stages of the crystallographic studies of nucleic-acid fragments are discussed. The present state and the prospects of studies of three-dimensional structures of macromolecules are also considered.     

On the Fedorov Prize competition held by the Russian Academy of Sciences

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On the Fedorov Prize competition held by the Russian Academy of Sciences     

On the Fedorov Prize Competition held by the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Nikolai Naumovich Sheftal (On the 100th anniversary of his birth)

Memorial Data

Nikolai Naumovich Sheftal (On the 100th anniversary of his birth)     

Khachik Saakovich Bagdasarov (On the occasion of his 75th birthday)

Jubilees

Khachik Saakovich Bagdasarov (On the occasion of his 75th birthday)     

In Memory of Nikolai Mitrofanovich Melankholin (On the 100th anniversary of his birth)

Memorial Data

In Memory of Nikolai Mitrofanovich Melankholin (On the 100th anniversary of his birth)     

To the memory of Fedor Ivanovich Fedorov (On the occasion of his 90th anniversary)

Memorial Dates

To the memory of Fedor Ivanovich Fedorov (On the occasion of his 90th anniversary)     

Anatolii Stepanovich Sonin (On the occasion of his 80th birthday)

Jubilees

Anatolii Stepanovich Sonin (On the occasion of his 80th birthday)     

Lev Abramovich Feigin (On the Occasion of His 90th Birthday)

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Nina Georgievna Furmanova (On the occasion of her 70th birthday)

Jubilees

Nina Georgievna Furmanova (On the occasion of her 70th birthday)