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Here is a link to some commentary on the ABC transporter debacle. http://xray0.princeton.edu/~phil/Facility/Guides/ABCtransporter.html http://xray0.princeton.e
by COGlory 4y ago
Here is a link to some commentary on the ABC transporter debacle.
http://xray0.princeton.edu/~phil/Facility/Guides/ABCtransporter.html http://xray0.princeton.edu/~phil/Facility/Guides/ABCtranspor...
I'm not 100% sold that it was malicious, but imo that doesn't change much. Chang's job was to be a PI and vet these things and whether he failed in his duties intentionally or unintentionally, he should lose his job.
The Xray data and model bias and handedness is so complex and hard to deconvolute that since that incident I've always wondered if we are doing enough to vet the huge amount of xray structures on deposit. I'm very glad to be primarily in cryo instead...
- throwawaymaths 4y agoJust to be clear: I don't think it was malicious, I just think the excuse he gave was bs. I could be wrong -- I'm not a crystallographer, just a nonprofessional expert (I have given talks) at the Fourier transform. I just can't see how a centrosymettrically inverted structure would get some of the helices correct Ok, downvoted. Can someone explain to me how a centrosymettrically inverted structure will get some of the helices correct?