The University of St Andrews will be hosting a protein crystallography summer school once again this year, which will take place 20-26 August.
The course aims to cover the theoretical and practical aspects of protein crystallography from protein expression and purification, through crystal growth to data collection on in-house and synchrotron sources, phasing methods, automated model building and phase extension, refinement, and validation. Hands-on sessions in data processing (XIA2, DIALS), molecular replacement, MAD/SAD phasing, refinement and electron density map interpretation (in COOT) will be included. The School is intended for first/second year postgraduates or postdocs new to crystallography. The week is very intensive, and gives a concentrated overview of the methods which many find useful. As in the past, priority is given to UK applicants because of the funding arrangements, but is open to a limited number of overseas applicants. For further details and the application form please see https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/bsrc/ Tracey Gloster (University of St Andrews) Johan Turkenburg (University of York)
