The advanced school “From genes to atomic structures: an introduction to synchrotron-based structural biology” will be held in Trieste from the 23-27 April 2011. Speakers include Heinz Amenitsch, Doriano Lamba, Andrew Leslie, Silvia Onesti, Anastassis Perrakis, Bernhard Rupp, Roberto Steiner, Joel Sussmann, Tamara Unger, Mohammed Yousef, Zehra Sayers.
The school is a joint initiative between Elettra and SESAME, the new Middle East synchrotron radiation facility currently being built in Jordan, and it is directed to young scientists from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA, with a preference for scientists coming from the Middle East. The idea is to provide the participants with a general understanding of the basic steps in structural biology (with a few hours of practicals), so as to foster further interests. We hope that the initiative will trigger the creation of new biochemistry and structural biology laboratories in the Middle East, so as to create a potential base of users for the macromolecular crystallography beamline at SESAME. Enclosed is a poster with detailed information - would you be so kind to print it and post it around your institute, and if possible distribute the information by email to researchers that may be interested? Information and application forms can be found at http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?ida=a11160 The deadline for the application is the 2nd of December. I want to gratefully acknowledge that the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology which has also recently confirmed a sponsorship. Many thanks for your help, Silvia Onesti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Silvia Onesti Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. SS 14 - km 163,5 - AREA Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste ITALY Email: [email protected] Tel. +39 040 3758451 Mob +39 366 6878001 http://www.elettra.trieste.it/PEOPLE/index.php?n=SilviaOnesti.HomePage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
