24th Congress of International Union of Crystallography begins

The 24th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) 2017 began here today.
The inauguration of the Congress will be followed by seven days of scientific sessions, a media release said.
Crystallography is the study of crystals such as sugar, ice and grains of common salt.
This Congress will offer new networking opportunities amongst scientists and crystallographers from all over the world and is expected to create immense outreach for academia and industry, especially in India, it said.
GR Desiraju, an eminent Crystallographer and Chair, Organising committee said the triennial series of Congress will be attended by more than 1700 participants, which includes 500 Indians and 1200 foreigners from 75 countries.

"This science event will showcase 900 presentations by world leading crystallographers and more than 600 poster presentations by young scientists," he said.