"Workshop on the Development and Direction of Powder Diffraction on
Proteins"
ESRF, Grenoble, France, 22-23 June 2007
http://www.esrf.fr/events/conferences/PowderDiffraction
The investigation of protein structures by high-resolution powder X-ray
diffraction has been established as a complementary tool to recognized
single-crystal techniques. When suitable crystals are not available, a
micro-crystalline powder can give at least basic information about the
crystal lattice, symmetry and crystallinity. Recently it has been
demonstrated that structure solution of small proteins can be successful
using powder data via traditional and/or novel approaches. The 2-day
workshop will cover topics such as sample preparation, data-collection,
strategies for data analysis, structure validation, etc. for powder
material including proteins. We are aiming for a constructive meeting
with powder diffraction experts, structural and molecular biologists,
colleagues from the pharmaceutical industry and software developers
participating.
The meeting will be hosted by the ESRF in Grenoble, France and will take
place on the 22d and 23d of June 2007 following the EMBO07 practical
course. The number of participants is limited to 50 and application is
open till May 30th, 2007. Further information can be found in our web
pages http://www.esrf.fr/events/conferences/PowderDiffraction.
