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Dear Colleagues: We are delighted to announce that the* 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Supramolecular Assemblies by Hybrid Methods *will be held from *March 14-18, 2012 in Lake Tahoe, California at the Granlibakken Conference Center*. We invite you to visit our Symposium website at: http://www.hybridmethodsconference.com/ to register for the Symposium ($375 before January 31st), submit an abstract, view the current program, and to also publicize the attached meeting poster. Abstracts are due on February 28th and on March 5th, abstract-selected talks will be announced, though late abstracts will be accepted through March 11th. This Symposium builds on a series of very successful previous meetings on the same theme from 2004-2010. As in previous years, the overall *goal is to illustrate the power of combining state of the art methods to tackle important and challenging biological problems and to identify limitations and gaps in currently practiced hybrid methods*. The central premise is that gaining a comprehensive understanding of the highly sophisticated machines, complexes, and organelles of the cell requires the coordinated application of a number of complementary biophysical approaches (hybrid methods). New innovations at the 2012 meeting will include a special "Vision" talk on the future of Hybrid Structural Methods by *Michael Rossmann*, Purdue University, new characterization methods will be combined with advances within more "traditional" hybrid approaches such as the interfaces between electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and computational biology. Featured topics will also include other biophysical methods, single molecules in motion and cell biology. We are fortunate to have recruited two outstanding Keynote Speakers: *Wes Sundquist* (University of Utah), and *Susan S. Taylor* (UCSD), as well as a great program of platform speakers who utilize multiple approaches to investigate a variety of complex biological systems. Additional platform speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts. Sincerely yours, *The Organizing Committee:* Phoebe Stewart, Chair, Andrej Sali, Co-Chair, Taekjip Ha, Dorit Hanein, Ron Milligan, Felix Rey, Alasdair Steven, and Bill Weis. *Cami Thompson* Graduate Programs Department of Pharmacology Case Western Reserve University (216)368-4617 [email protected] -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew L.H. Chu, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar - Weis Lab Department of Structural Biology Stanford School of Medicine --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
