Blog - The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)

CCDC renewed partnership with University of Cambridge

Jason Cole – Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:34:00 GMT

We are delighted to announce that we have renewed our partnership with the University of Cambridge as University Partner Institute. This agreement means CCDC will continue receiving and supporting graduate students with their studies and research in collaboration with the University of Cambridge.

KNIME Component Collection - new for 2020.2 release

Francis Atkinson – Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:05:00 GMT

The 2020.2 CSD Release includes several new features - including our first CSD KNIME Component Collection.

Drugs, pesticides and COVID-19 drug subsets - new in 2020.2 release

Seth Wiggin – Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:48:00 GMT

The 2020.2 CSD Release includes another 12,000+ CSD entries since the last data update in June and takes the total size of the CSD to over 1.08 million entries. Whilst this impressive rate of growth is testament to the ongoing efforts of scientists around the world, who publish and share the outcomes of their research with the community, the sheer size and diversity of structures in the CSD can be somewhat daunting.

To help researchers investigate insights into particular categories of compounds, the 2020.2 CSD Release has extended the range of available subsets, with new lists of structures focused on drugs, pesticides and those structures that have been highlighted as being of interest in the fight against COVID-19. These new CSD subsets add to the existing subsets that include ‘best representative’ lists for statistical analysis of the CSD, subsets of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and CSD entries containing information on atomic anisotropic displacement parameters (ADPs; otherwise known as thermal ellipsoids).

Pharmacophore based search - generating new ideas in drug discovery

Francesca Stanzione – Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:54:00 GMT

Generating new ideas or looking at protein-ligand interactions in a novel way is key to innovative drug discovery and design. Pharmacophore models are an excellent way to do this.

Crystal Conversations August

Ghazala Sadiq – Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:38:00 GMT

Last week we held the first Crystal Conversations meeting - a virtual platform for solid form chemists, crystal engineers and physicists to share their research and make new connections.

Congratulating Olga Kennard - CSD founder and winner of the 12th IUCr Ewald Prize

Suzanna Ward – Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:52:00 GMT

Last week we were delighted to learn that Dr Olga Kennard had been awarded the twelfth IUCr Ewald Prize for her invaluable pioneering contribution to the development of crystallographic databases, namely the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD).

Blog August 2020

CCDC renewed partnership with University of Cambridge

KNIME Component Collection - new for 2020.2 release

Drugs, pesticides and COVID-19 drug subsets - new in 2020.2 release

Pharmacophore based search - generating new ideas in drug discovery

Crystal Conversations August

Congratulating Olga Kennard - CSD founder and winner of the 12th IUCr Ewald Prize

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