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Dear Friends and Colleagues

We are thrilled to announce that the 2020 ACA Summer Course in Chemical Crystallography, to be held at Purdue University on May 31^st to June 7^th, is now open for applications.

The ACA Summer Course in Chemical Crystallography is a week long program that is now well into its third decade of instruction here in the United States. The course is directed towards Single-Crystal Chemical Crystallography and Powder Diffraction techniques, as applicable to small molecule studies and is designed to instruct attendees in the theory and practice of these two aspects of crystallography. Mornings are full with lectures on the theory of the experiment and afternoons and early evenings are covering hands-on workshops.

More information can be found at https://acasummercourse.net/ or https://acasummercourse.net/application/. To submit your application, please visit the address https://acasummercourse.net/2020-application/

Please do not hesitate contacting us at [email protected] with any questions you might have

For the organizers,

Matt Zeller, Purdue University

Christos Malliakas, Northwestern University

Charlotte Stern, Northwestern University

Allen Oliver, Notre Dame University

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To be held at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

The school comprises two parts: data collection workshop and crystallographic computing workshop. Data collection workshop includes beamline training, data collection on GM/CA@APS beamlines 23ID-D and 23ID-B equipped with Pilatus3 6M and Eiger 16M detectors respectively, and data processing. For data collection, only the participants' crystals will be used. Crystallographic computation workshop will feature many modern crystallographic software packages taught by authors and other experts. The daily schedule will be organized in three sections â€" lectures, tutorials, and hands-on (interactive trouble-shooting of the technical difficulties the participants face in their projects). We have had considerable success resolving these problems in past years, attested by resulting publications (see http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-school/publications.php). A sample program, contact info and other details can be found at the School website.

Applicants: Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty, along with commercial/industrial researchers are encouraged to apply. Only about 20 applicants will be selected for participation. Participants of the workshop are strongly encouraged to bring their own problem data sets or crystals so the problems can be addressed during data collection and/or computation workshops.

This latest edition of the summer school, which will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Bombannes Summer School, will continue the devotion to the practical approach to understand scattering methods (neutron and X-ray) to study the structure and dynamics of colloids, polymers, surfactants and biological macromolecules. All young researchers (post-graduate and post-doctoral levels) working in European laboratories are encouraged to apply.Â

Registration deadline: 22nd February 2020Â

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This workshop will focus on the basics of the Jana2006 software package, allowing participants to experience utilising the software to deal with simple and modulated structures, disordered structures, and the phenomenon of twinning. No prior knowledge of using Jana2006 is necessary for interested participants.

There is space for 15 participants, and registration is NOW OPEN.Â

There are no registration fees associated with attending this workshop; no financial support can be provided.Â

The School targets young scientists to introduce them to the exceptional research opportunities offered by synchrotron and free-electron-laser (FEL) facilities worldwide for exploring the properties of all types of matter.

The school will provide an overview of the production and characteristics of synchrotron and free-electron-laser light, its interaction with matter and the numerous experimental methods enabled by these interactions that have become indispensable tools spanning over all domains of basic and applied research. The school lecturers will demonstrate the multidisciplinary applications and the most recent instrumental developments and science breakthroughs in the fields relevant to their expertise. The program will also include discussions of the lecturers with the students, talks describing the open access to these facilities based on the merits of the proposed project and possible industrial application. Demonstration sessions will be organized at the beamlines of Elettra's synchrotron and FEL facilities.

Topics:

• Production of Synchrotron and FEL Radiation
  
• Properties of Synchrotron and FEL Light
  
• Photon-Matter Interactions
  
• Photon Transport and Beamline Instrumentation
• X-ray Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• Photoelectron Spectroscopy Methods
• X-ray Diffraction Methods
• X-ray Scattering Techniques - SAXS, WAXS, XPCS, RIXS
• Imaging Techniques using Synchrotron and FEL Light
• X-ray and IR Spectromicroscopy.
• Time-resolved Approaches and non-linear X-ray Optics

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Registration and Abstract deadline: 6th January 2020.

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Course registration fee 250 EUR for students/postdocs, 1200 EUR for industry delegates.

This school runs as two sessions:

Session I: "From Gene to Crystal" (21-24th January 2020).

Topics: expression, purification, and crystallization of proteins; max 12 participants).

Session II:From Crystal to Structure (3-6th March 2020)

Topics: diffraction experiment, obtaining the crystalline
structure,validation and Protein Data Bank deposition. max 15 participants)


Each session includes short theoretical lessons, technical lessons, and
lab sessions (at least 4h per day).

Lessons will be held in Italian languages mainly.

Aim of the School: providing the technical knowledge to get the X-ray
crystal structure of a protein by starting from the genetic information;

Target: postDoc and PhD students with limited experience in the field
of protein crystallography;

Registration: each participant can choose to which School session
apply, according to his background. Deadline: 10th December 2019 for
both sessions.

This school runs as two sessions:

Session I: "From Gene to Crystal" (21-24th January 2020).

Topics: expression, purification, and crystallization of proteins; max 12 participants).

Session II:From Crystal to Structure (3-6th March 2020)

Topics: diffraction experiment, obtaining the crystalline
structure,validation and Protein Data Bank deposition. max 15 participants)

Each session includes short theoretical lessons, technical lessons, and
lab sessions (at least 4h per day).

Lessons will be held in Italian languages mainly.

Aim of the School: providing the technical knowledge to get the X-ray
crystal structure of a protein by starting from the genetic information;

Target: postDoc and PhD students with limited experience in the field
of protein crystallography;

Registration: each participant can choose to which School session
apply, according to his background. Deadline: 10th December 2019 for
both sessions.

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As in previous years, we will offer a combination of lectures covering the theoretical aspects of powder diffraction and Rietveld refinement, classroom-based "by-hand" problem sessions/tutorials and extensive hands-on practical sessions using a variety of modern software packages.

Topics to be covered will include:

• Data collection strategies for X-ray and neutron diffraction
• Constant wavelength and time of flight diffraction
• Modelling peak shapes
• Indexing powder patterns
• Rietveld, Le Bail and Pawley fitting methods
• X-ray and neutron combined Rietveld refinement
• Extended solids and molecular systems
• Restrained refinements
• Rigid body refinements

The annual IFF Spring School has a long-standing tradition dating back to 1969 when the Institut für Festkörperforschung (IFF) was founded. Since then, the Schools have made it possible for students and young researchers to gain a two-week insight into current topics related to condensed matter research.

The school will cover all aspects of macromolecular crystallography and many popular software programs, such as CCP4, Global Phasing, Phenix, SHELX, ARCIMBOLDO, ARP/wARP, Auto-Rickshaw, Coot, DIALS, MOSFLM, PISA, Phaser, XDSetc.will be taught by the developers and other lead experts. The course is designed for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and more established young scientists both from academia and industry. The workshop is mainly intended for researchers from the South-east Asian region, but applications from elsewhere will be strongly considered as well.

The International School of Crystallography has been active since 1974, and over the years has brought together a remarkable number of scientists from many different countries. The purpose of the 55th course is to provide the students with

• An overview of the current structural and biophysical techniques used in the field;
• The use of informatics tools in drug discovery;
• The evolving role of chemistry in drug design and biology understanding; and
• An introductions to biologics and their applications.

Speakers committed to participate to the school include Tom Blundell (Cambridge UK), Charles Lesburg (MSD, Boston, USA), James Frasier (UCSF, S. Francisco, CA, USA), Lucia Banci (Florence University, Italy), Ben Davis (Vernalis, Cambdrige, UK), Sandra Jacob (Novartis, CH), Georgia McGaughey (Vertex, USA), and Eddy Arnold (Rutgers, NJ, USA).

The school will focus on introducing total scattering data and modelling methods and demonstrating their use in understanding complex functional materials. Recent developments and future directions of the technique will also be discussed.

The school is limited to 40 participants. Preference will be given to active and future users of the Spallation Neutron Source.Â

Registration is free but support for accommodation and travel costs will not be provided.

Application deadline: 6th September 2019.Â

This Course covers the major structural and biophysical techniques employed for characterization of proteins and nucleic acids under close to native conditions. It includes lectures on: small angle X­-ray and neutron scattering, NMR, mass spectrometry, analytical ultracentrifugation, bioinformatic tools, cryo­EM and interdisciplinary approaches.