Structural and biophysical methods for biological macromolecules in solution
EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Course
29 November-6 December 2012 Hyderabad, India
http://events.embo.org/12-macromolecule/index.html
The main objective of the Course is to teach the young PhD students and
postdocs
from all areas of biology the methods applicable to study biological
macromolecules in solution. We aim at a comprehensive coverage of the
field including the major structural and biophysical techniques employed
for the characterization of high and low resolution structure and
structural transitions, macromolecular complex formation, protein
folding and stability, protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions
and enzymatic mechanisms. The Course will include lectures on
small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS/SANS), nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR), static and dynamic light scattering (SLS/DLS),
analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC), surface plasmon resonance (SPR),
differential and isothermal calorimetry (DSC/ITC) and spectroscopic
approaches. Bioinformatic tools to analyze protein-protein interactions
will also be considered, and the joint use of the solution
characterization methods with the major non-solution structural techniques,
macromolecular crystallography (MX), electron microscopy (EM), mass
spectrometry (MS) and with the in situ methods will be covered. Special
attention will be paid to interdisciplinary approaches, where the
synergistic use of complementary techniques leads to a comprehensive
description of macromolecular systems.
From the Indian side, the Course will be co-organized by the Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, and the Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. The course will be
held at CCMB in Hyderabad immediately following an International meeting
on biology (25-27 November 2012), commemorating 25 years of moving into
the current CCMB R&D complex.
A maximum of 40 participants will be selected to attend the course.
No registration fee will be requested from the academic participants.
Applicants from industry are expected to pay a 1000 Euro fee.
The Course is oriented towards applicants active in structural biology,
mostly late Ph.D. students and early post-docs but more senior scientists,
depending on circumstances, could also participate.
Students working in India or Indian students working abroad will be
given preference but all applications are welcome at
http://events.embo.org/12-macromolecule/application.html
Application deadline for the Course: September, 17th, 2012
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Clement Blanchet, Ph.D.
EMBL Hamburg
Building 25A
Notkestrasse 85
22603 Hamburg
Germany
Tel: +49 40 89902-128
E-mail: [email protected]
