EMBO'07 a Practical Course on
Exploiting Anomalous Scattering in Macromolecular Structure Determination
ESRF-EMBL, Grenoble, France, 18 - 22 June 2007An "EMBO'07 course on Exploiting Anomalous Scattering in Macromolecular Structure Determination" will be hosted by the ESRF in Grenoble, France from 18 to 22, June 2007. This practical course addresses young scientists who intend to apply single- and multiple-wavelength anomalous scattering (SAD & MAD) methods in macromolecular structure determination. The course aims to impart the theoretical and practical basis for the 3-dimensional structure determination of bio-macromolecules using these techniques. Through a series of lectures, software demonstrations, practicals and tutorials, participants will get insights into all aspects of the structure determination process including beamline instrumentation, data collection and processing, heavy atom substructure determination, phasing and model building. There will also be sessions focusing on automated structure solution procedures and newer methods which exploit small anomalous scattering signals from crystals of native macomolecules. The number of participants is limited to 20 and application is open from April 2nd to May 1st, 2007. More detailed information, the course programme and instructions as to how to apply to attend the course can be found in our webpages <http://www.esrf.fr/events/conferences/embo2007>http://www.esrf.fr/events/conferences/embo2007.
