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COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT - BIOCRYS 2006
Fundamentals of Modern Methods in Biocrystallography - 'What you
always wanted to know about crystallography but never dared to ask'
http://biocrys.itqb.unl.pt
6th - 13th October 2006 at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e
Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal.
The topics of the second edition of this course will run from
fundamentals such as symmetry, point groups and crystal systems,
basic diffraction physics, reciprocal space and the Ewalds sphere,
radiation damage, data processing, structure factors, Patterson
function to modern methodologies including molecular replacement,
SAD, MAD, MIR and maximum likelihood phasing, density modification,
refinement, model building, twinning and structure validation.
The course will be organized with lectures in the mornings and
interactive practicals and tutorials in the afternoons. Evening
lectures on current topics will be presented by the invited speakers.
Instructors and speakers (confirmed): M. Archer, I. Bento, K. Cowtan,
Z. Dauter, D. de Sanctis, P. Donner, C. Frazão, E. Garman, E. Hough,
M. Kjeldgaard, G. Leonhard, A. Leslie, A. Liljas, P. Matias, A. McCoy,
A. Perrakis, T. Schneider, C. Vonrhein.
30 participants will be selected with preference to scientists at the
beginning of their crystallographic career and to those from Europe.
Registration fee is 200 Eur and a fee of 700 Eur is requested for
full board and accommodation. Participants can apply for a grant to
cover travel and accommodation. A short CV and a letter describing
your experience in crystallography so far and how you expect to
profit from the course (not more than 250 words) should be received
as one PDF-file by email by one of the organisers:
Maria Arménia Carrondo (ITQB, Oeiras, [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thomas R. Schneider (FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology,
[EMAIL PROTECTED])
by Jul 15th 2006.
This course is supported by EMBO, the MAX-INF2 cooperation network,
FEBS, the IUCr and the Câmara Municipal de Oeiras.
For more information, please visit http://biocrys.itqb.unl.pt
--
Daniele de Sanctis, PhD
Homo sum humani nil alienum a me puto
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Mailing address:
ITQB, Av. República, Apartato 127
2781-901 Oeiras
Portugal
