Dear All,
Don't miss out on the P-CUBE workshop and user meeting in Zurich,
September 5-9, 2011! Register today under www.p-cube.eu and learn
everything about crystallization technologies.
The registration deadline is June 30, 2011.
See you in Zurich!
P-CUBE Management Team
*******************************
2nd P-CUBE User Meeting (5 Sept 2011)
Get to know everything about the numerous platforms of P-CUBE and
listen to the platform leaders presenting their infrastructure
(Protein Expression in Bacterial & Eukaryotic Cells, MultiBac,
ESPRIT, DARPins, High-throughput Crystallization, Advanced
Microscopy). If you are a former user of one of the platforms, you
might even get selected to speak about your data. All the others
will have the opportunity to present posters.
Workshop on Advances in Protein Crystallization (6-9 Sept 2011)
The Workshop on Advances in Protein Crystallization allows you to
bring your own protein sample and will cover the following topics:
• Properties of macromolecular solutions for structural studies -
Polishing methods
• Biophysical/biochemical characterization of macromolecular
solutions for structural studies
• Crystallization of biological macromolecules (Effects of
macromolecular solution properties, nucleation and growth, screening
strategies, crystallization methods)
• Strategies and special approaches to grow crystals (Counter
diffusion, seeding, crystal evaluation)
Speakers include:
Nenad Ban, ETH Zurich (Keynote)
Markus Grütter, University of Zurich, CH
Andreas Plückthun, University of Zurich, CH
Serge Chesnov, UZH/ETH Zurich, CH
José Marquez, EMBL Grenoble, FR
Patrick Shaw Stewart, Douglas Instruments Ltd, UK
Mareike Kurz, University of Zurich, CH
Paul Thaw, Molecular Dimensions Ltd, UK
To apply for the P-CUBE User Meeting and the workshop please visit
our web page at www.p-cube.eu. Scientists applying for the workshop
will be asked to submit their CV as well as a letter of motivation.
A maximum of 16 participants will be selected for the workshop.
The meeting & workshop will be open to scientists from EU Member and/
or Associated States.
General Information
• There is no registration fee.
• Lunch will be paid by P-CUBE.
• Accommodation will be covered for workshop participants as well
as selected speakers at the user meeting in the Hotel St Josef or
Haus Justinus (shared rooms, 5 nights max. workshop, 2 nights max.
user meeting).
• Participants are responsible for their own travel costs. However,
travel costs of speakers at the user meeting will be partially
reimbursed (300 € max.).
For more information, please contact Petra Lindemann ([email protected]
) or Jutta Tatzel ([email protected])
Dr Mareike Kurz
[email protected]
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zürich, Irchel
Winterthurstrasse 190
8057 Zürich, Switzerland
+41446356557
