Dear Colleagues, I would like to announce a workshop on "Biocrystallography for the high-throughput era". The workshop is addressed to students, postdocs and young researchers, who are engaged in structural studies of macromolecules. The aim is to familiarize the participants with modern methods of biocrystallography as applied to structural studies of proteins and their complexes, including bioinformatics approaches. The workshop will consist of hands-on practical sessions supported by lectures. All students are encourage to bring their own protein or diffraction data. Additionally, a poster session will be held during the workshop, and the participants are encourage to present their own research projects.
The workshop will take place in the Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok and 3Trio Hotel, starting on July 1st, 2014, and ending on July 5th. Application deadline: March 15, 2014 The topics will include: * bioinformatics approaches prior to crystallographic studies * high-throughput protein expression, purification and crystallization * efficient X-ray diffraction data collection and processing * phasing and structure determination * model refinement and validation Confirmed Invited Speakers and Tutors: * Matthias Bochtler, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, PL * Zbyszek Dauter, National Cancer Institute, Argonne, USA * Miroslaw Gilski, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PL * Mariusz Jaskolski, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PL * Robert Jedrzejczak, Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Argonne, USA * Wladek Minor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA * Boguslaw Nocek, Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Argonne, USA Detailed information can be found on the workshop web page: http://biocrystallography.org.pl We look forward to welcoming you to Bialystok Dr. Krzysztof Brzezinski Institute of Chemistry University of Bialystok Hurtowa 1 15-399 Bialystok Poland
