P212121

69th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference /
5th Annual Ohio Valley Crystallography Symposium

November 2-4, 2011

Cleveland, Ohio

Program topics include both macromolecular and small molecule X-ray diffraction studies, neutron diffraction, and new developments in hardware.

Keynote speaker: Janet Smith from the University of Michigan

A lot of other great speakers are lined up including: Barnali Chaudhuri, Leighton Coates, Tom Thompson, Andrew VanDemark and more!

Oral and poster abstracts on diverse diffraction studies will included from both established and junior investigators, with several sessions reserved for student/postdoc talks.

Abstract deadline: September 30, 2011 (TODAY) Check it out!

Housing deadline: October 1, 2011 so you can put this off til Saturday!

We’ve been hard at work on various aspects of P212121 one of which is adding products. It isn’t that exciting until you find the product you want at a great price.

We realize that most companies have their listings and put out a flyer or newsletter, which can be handy. However, what has worked a lot better for us is asking labs what they use then finding deals for them.

We record their purchase orders from the last year and follow up email in about a week (here’s a recent example).

The end result is that you get information that helps your lab. It also helps guide us in deciding, which items to add.

A drawback is that we may not be able to visit your lab in the near future. So if you would like us to track down the best deals on your chemicals and supplies, feel free to send us an email: purchasing at p212121.com . We haven’t come across a lab yet that we can’t save money not to mention tons of time.

A quick way to record your purchase orders if they aren’t written up is to snap pictures with your phone and send them along.

Also would you be interested in hearing more about behind the scenes stuff such as design, pricing and running a small business in general or stick to crystallographic topics?