Workshop on the Development and Direction of Powder Diffraction on Proteins ESRF, Grenoble, France, 22-23 June 2007
The investigation of protein crystal structures by high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction is being established as a complementary tool to recognized single-crystal techniques. When suitable crystals are not available, a microcrystalline powder can give basic information about the crystal lattice, symmetry and crystallinity. Recently it has been demonstrated that structure solution of small proteins can be successful using powder data via traditional and/or novel approaches. The 2-day workshop will cover topics such as sample preparation, data- collection, strategies for data analysis, and structure validation, etc. for powders. We are aiming for a constructive meeting with powder diffractionists, structural and molecular biologists, people from the pharmaceutical industry and software developers participating.
The meeting will be hosted by the ESRF in Grenoble, France and will take place on the 22d and 23d of June 2007 following the EMBO07 practical course. The number of participants is limited to 50 and application is open till May 30th, 2007. More detailed information, the course programme and instructions as to how to apply to attend the meeting can be found in our webpages http://www.esrf.fr/events/conferences/PowderDiffraction.
