Course or Conference 2

Winter School on Soft X-rays in Macromolecular Crystallography

February 18-20th, 2009 at BESSY-II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

Scope:

The third Winter School on Soft X-rays in Macromolecular Crystallography (after Seefeld in 2006 and Bressanone in 2003) will bring together experts from different fields, which are key-players in the developments and further utilization of Soft X-ray applications in structural biology with the users of this modern methodology. The three days school will cover the following topics:

-The design of soft X-ray sources, -The design of beamlines optimized for soft X-ray research, (3) new detectors, (4) optimal data collection procedures for soft X-ray diffraction, (5) new derivatization methods of biological macromolecules, (6) long wavelength approaches to increase the anomalous scattering of sulfur and other natively occurring anomalous scatterers, (7) treatment of soft X-ray data, (from processing towards the phasing and phase improvements), (8) radiation damage and its utilization to gain structural information. Scientific contributions from participants with examples of Soft X-ray related structural studies will be included in the program as well.

The following speakers already agreed to participate:

George Sheldrick (Universität Göttingen)
Gerard Bricogne (Global Phasing, Cambridge)
Elspeth Garman (University of Oxford)
Bram Schierbeck (Bruker, Delft)
Christoph Müller-Dieckmann (ESRF, Grenoble)
Andy Thompson / Pierre Legrande (Soleil, Paris)
Armin Wagner (DIAMOND, Didcot)
Gwyndaf Evans (DIAMOND, Didcot)
BC Wang (University of Georgia, Athens)
Vincent Olieric (SLS, Villingen)
Kristina Djinovic Carugo (University Vienna)
Manfred S. Weiss (EMBL Hamburg)
Raymond B.G. Ravelli (Utrecht University)

Scientific Organizers:

Uwe Mueller (BESSY-II, Berlin), Manfred Weiss (EMBL Hamburg), Kristina Djinovic Carugo (University Vienna)

In order to register and for further information, please visit the workshop web-page: http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/aktuell/events/winter-school-mx/