Dear all,
The ESRF and EMBL Joint Structural Biology and Imaging Group are
delighted to announce the second edition of the *Advanced Methods for
Ambient Crystallography (AMAX)* workshop, which will take place at the
ESRF, Grenoble from *2–4 December 2026*.
The workshop follows on from the successful first edition in 2023 and
will focus on room-temperature and ambient crystallography.
ESRF/EMBL are actively developing methods in this field. Current
capabilities include fully automated room-temperature single-crystal
data collection on MASSIF-1 <https://www.esrf.fr/MASSIF1> with the
CrystalDirect Harvester, /in situ/ room-temperature data collection on
MASSIF-1, ID23-2
<https://www.esrf.fr/UsersAndScience/Experiments/ID23-2> and ID30B and
microsecond serial and time-resolved crystallography on ID29
<https://www.esrf.fr/id29>.
This 3-day workshop will cover practical and theoretical aspects of
room-temperature data collection, including recent developments in the
field and broader considerations for ambient crystallography. The first
day will include lectures from invited speakers, followed by hands-on
practical sessions at the beamlines, data processing tutorials, and a
round-table discussion on the following days.
The hands-on practical sessions at MASSIF-1, ID23-2 and ID29 will
include room-temperature single-crystal data collection using capillary
and humidifier-based methods, /in situ/ data collection and serial
time-resolved mixing data collection using a tape-drive approach.
A total of *12 participants* will be selected.
There is a registration fee of up to *€250*, which will include
accommodation, meals and coffee breaks during the workshop and which we
hope to reduce further.
The application deadline is *14 September 2026*.
Applications can be submitted at the following link:
http://survey.esrf.fr/index.php/716697?lang=en
More information is available at the following links:
https://www.esrf.fr/home/events/conferences/addContent/content/esrf-events-list/amax2026.html
https://indico.esrf.fr/event/336/
Confirmed speakers and tutors so far include:
James Fraser (UCSF, USA)
Robert Thorne (Cornell University, USA)
Elspeth Garman (University of Oxford, UK)
Deborah Harrus (EMBL-EBI, UK)
Kazuya Hasegawa (JASRI, SPring-8, Japan)
Michael Hough (Diamond Light Source, UK)
Vincent Olieric (Swiss Light Source, Switzerland)
Elke de Zitter (IBS, France)
Sylvain Engilberge (IBS, France)
Best wishes,
Samuel Rose
Scientist at ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
MXIS Group
Address: 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
Tel: +33 (0)4 38 88 1922//
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/On behalf of the AMAX2026 organisers/
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/Samuel Rose (ESRF)/
/Matthew Bowler (EMBL)/
/Didier Nurizzo (ESRF)/
/Sihyun Sung (EMBL)/
/Jos Kamps (ESRF)/
/Daniele de Sanctis (ESRF)/
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