Reminder - Gordon Research Conference on Diffraction Methods

Date: 30 March 2012 22:39


We would like to remind you of the biannual Gordon Conference on Diffraction
Methods in Structural Biology, which will be held at Bates College inLewiston, Maine from July 15-20. We are closer to the applicationdeadline now (June 17th), and places will be filling up pretty fast!

We have assembled by now an advanced draft of the final program, coveringall established but also new and exciting methodological aspects ofstructural biology: the latest news on diffraction methods is combinedwith sessions on  complementary methods and with  examples of successfulapplication of methods to challenging cases. A whole session on the lastday is dedicated  to presentations selected from the posters sessions.The speakers for this session will be selected during the meeting and allposter presenters will have a chance to speak about their work.

The free afternoons providing ample opportunities for informaldiscussions, and outdoors activities, including the traditional football(aka soccer) game and the Great Outdoors outing to Auburn Lake and hikingin the Thorncrag park - or just relaxing.

The Gordon Research Conference offers fellowships for underrepresented
minority members attending a conference for the first time. See:
http://www.grc.org/diversity.aspx

Very limited  funding on a first come first served basis is also available
for international minority graduate students or post docs, scientists
working in Eastern European or Former Soviet Union countries and research
active scientists from "Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions" (NSF
definition ). Eligible applicants should contact directly the conference
chair.

We hope to see you there !

Ana Gonzalez (Chair) & Tassos Perrakis (Vice-Chair)

Program:

SUNDAY
*Evening Session: Highlights in structure solution
Discussion Leader: Andrew Leslie
Speakers: Andrea Mussacchio, William Weis

MONDAY
Morning Session: Getting the Best Out of Your Data I
Discussion Leader: James Holton
Speakers: Antony Kossiakoff, Aina Cohen, Elspeth Garman, Gerard
Poster Session I
Evening session: Runway-fit Models
Discussion Leader: Jane Richardson
Speakers: Robbie Joosten, Gerard Kleywegt, Zbigniew Dauter

TUESDAY
Morning Session: Complementary Methods
Discussion Leader: Edward Snell
Speakers: Axel Brunger, John Tainer, Arwen Pearson, Piet Gros
Poster Session I
Evening Session: Driving Methods Development: Challenging Cases
Discussion Leader: Anastassis Perrakis
Speakers: Partho Ghosh, Jonathan Grimes, Maike Bublitz

WEDNESDAY
Morning Session: Getting the Best Out of Your Data II
Discussion Leader: Airlie McCoy
Speakers: Kay Diederichs, Dominika Borek, Frank DiMaio, Jeffrey J. Headd
Poster Session II
Business Meeting
Evening Session: Towards Ultimate Sources
Discussion Leader: Janet Smith
Speakers: Thomas Schneider, Vivian Stojanoff, Sol Gruner

THURSDAY
Morning Session: Talks Selected from Posters
Discussion Leader: Paul Adams (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Speakers: To be announced at the meeting
Poster Session II
Evening session: Structural Biology at XFELs
Discussion Leader: John C. H. Spence
Speakers: Sébastien Boutet, Thomas White, Tomas Ekeberg