Date: 15 February 2012 10:41
EMBO practical course on Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules
The course will take place at EMBL Hamburg, Germany, on October 17-24, 2012.
Organizers:
D. Svergun, M. Roessle, 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. The students will be encouraged to bring their own samples to perform synchrotron solution scattering experiments on-site and the results will be used for practical tutorials and discussed on the last day of 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/12-sas/
Please note that there will be an additional possibility for a combination of SAXS with sample optimization and crystallization experiments, supported by the EU program P-Cube (www.p-cube.eu). The selected participants will be offered the opportunity to send their samples in advance to the EMBL Hamburg high-throughput crystallization platform (http://www.embl-hamburg.de/facilities/htpx/index.html). Depending on the crystallization results, P-Cube may sponsor optimization of the sample conditions, use of the EMBL Sample Preparation and Characterization (SPC) facility (http://www.embl-hamburg.de/facilities/spc/index.html) and more extensive SAXS experiments during the Course. Travel support may also be offered for some of the P-cube sponsored participants.
Contact e-mail: r.meijers@embl-hamburg.de.
The deadline for applications is July 31st, 2012. 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 four weeks of the closing date.
If you have any questions about the course, please post them to
http://www.saxier.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1404
Best regards,
The Organizing Committee
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