*EMBO practical course on Solution Scattering from Biological
Macromolecules *
The course will take place at EMBL Hamburg, Germany, on 27 October - 3
November 2014
Organizers:
D. Svergun, R. Meijers, 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.
There will be no data collection from own samples at the EMBL SAXS
beamline due to
the shutdown period of the Petra-3 ring but the students will get a
hands-on experience
of a synchrotron experiment using pre-collected data from test proteins.
Moreover, the
participants are encouraged to bring samples for biophysical
characterization
(e.g. using light scattering, size exclusion chromatography and
thermoflour experiments)
They may also bring the SAXS or SANS data collected on other facilities
to be analysed
during 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/14-sas/index.html
The deadline for applications is July 31st, 2014. 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 five weeks of
the closing date.
If you have any questions about the course, please post them to
http://www.saxier.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2262
Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
