EMBO practical course on Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules
The course will take place at EMBL Hamburg, Germany, on October 17-24, 2012.
Organizers:
D. Svergun, M. Roessle, M. Petoukhov, A. Kikhney (European Molecular
Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation)
The course aims at young biochemists/biophysicists and researchers
active in related structural methods (protein crystallography, NMR,
electron microscopy) with little or no experience in solution
scattering. The course will cover basics of SAXS/SANS,
instrumentation, data collection, modelling techniques and
complementary use with other methods. The students will be encouraged
to bring their own samples to perform synchrotron solution scattering
experiments on-site and the results will be used for practical
tutorials and discussed on the last day of the course.
There is no registration fee and accommodation and subsistence are
covered for accepted applicants. Scientists from industry will be
required to pay a fee of Euro 1000. Limited travel grants are
available to selected participants coming from labs in countries in
need of scientific strengthening.
The detailed course information and the online application form are
available at
http://events.embo.org/12-sas/
Please note that there will be an additional possibility for a
combination of SAXS with sample optimization and crystallization
experiments, supported by the EU program P-Cube (www.p-cube.eu). The
selected participants will be offered the opportunity to send their
samples in advance to the EMBL Hamburg high-throughput crystallization
platform (http://www.embl-hamburg.de/facilities/htpx/index.html).
Depending on the crystallization results, P-Cube may sponsor
optimization of the sample conditions, use of the EMBL Sample
Preparation and Characterization (SPC) facility
(http://www.embl-hamburg.de/facilities/spc/index.html) and more
extensive SAXS experiments during the Course. Travel support may also
be offered for some of the P-cube sponsored participants.
Contact e-mail: [email protected].
The deadline for applications is July 31st, 2012. The applications
will be considered by a Selection Committee and the results of the
selection procedure will be sent to applicants by email within about
four weeks of the closing date.
If you have any questions about the course, please post them to
http://www.saxier.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1404
Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
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Giancarlo Tria
European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Hamburg Outstation c/o DESY
Building 25A, Notkestrasse 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49-40-89902-170 Fax: +49-40-89902-149
http://www.embl-hamburg.de/biosaxs/tria.html
