This course will introduce high-resolution Cryo-EM to the structural biology research community. Tt will include image formation and three-dimensional reconstruction theories and available software, tutorials, and demonstrations for data collection and analysis.
The course is free of charge, but you will need to register: here

The 2023 Crystallographic Computing School is intended for all programmers and method developers in crystallography. All areas of crystallography are included (macromolecular, chemical, materials, etc.). Invited are all ages and all levels of experience. A basic knowledge of crystallography and programming is expected. We have no preference for selected programming languages. The school is a satellite to the 26th IUCr Congress in Melbourne.

Participants will be able to analyze their own data and tutorial
datasets using dedicated Amazon Web Services instances.

We will cover the following software packages:
-RELION (led by Liz Kellogg, Cornell Univ.)
-cryoDRGN (led by Ellen Zhong, Princeton Univ.)
-cryoSPARC (led by Structura Inc.)
-Model building in Coot/Phenix (led by Alan Brown, Harvard Medical School)

 
The conference aims to provide a forum to highlight state-of-the-art developments in computational cryoEM and related themes, as well as showcasing outstanding recent biological applications. We aim to promote an inclusive, friendly atmosphere, welcoming those both old and new to the community. Topics include instrument technology, sample preparation, image processing, single particle reconstruction, tomography and model building.
 

The meeting also includes the Diamond Light Source Biological Cryo-Imaging User Meeting for eBIC & B24 and two satellite meetings for SPT Labtech & eBIC for Industry.

RapiData 2023 at SSRL is a practical course in macromolecular X-ray diffraction data collection, data processing and structure solution. The aim of the RapiData course is to educate and train young scientists in data collection and processing methods at synchrotron beamlines, using state-of-the-art software and instrumentation.

The course will comprise hands-on experiments at the SSRL beamlines, software tutorials, and lectures on the following topics:

• Specimen preparation, tactics in data collection
• X-ray light sources
• X-ray detectors
• Data reduction
• Structure solving by MAD, SAD and Molecular replacement
• Complementary methods (spectroscopy and small angle scattering)

Lecture 14:Â Parthapratim Munshi:Â "On the Potency of Polymorphic Bioactive Molecules: A Quantum Crystallographic Perspective"

Lecture 15:Â Marcus A. Neumann:Â "Detecting and avoiding disappearing polymorph cases by crystal structure prediction"

The MLZ is delighted to host the Eighth European Conference on Neutron Scattering after successful events atÂ

• Interlaken 1996
• Budapest 1999
• Montpellier 2003
• Lund 2007
• Prag 2011Â
• Zaragoza 2015
• St. Petersburg 2019

The conference is organized on behalf of the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) and is one of the most important scientific events in the field of neutron research.Â

The conference will take place at the TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering and the new Science Congress Center Munich - both located in the immediate vicinity of the MLZ at Garching.Â

After a warm Welcome on March 19th, we are looking forward to four days of thrilling talks, pleasant posters, and decent discussions of the European neutron scattering community between March 20th and 23rd!Â

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The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of all areas of crystallography-related science to share their recent research findings. The conference will also promote the interest and understanding of crystallography with respect to teaching and research in Bangladesh. It is expected that regional and international scientists will join the conference, which will allow Bangladeshi crystallographers to interact and collaborate with foreign participants. The Organizing Committee may arrange one or two sessions in hybrid mode.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 October 2022

Registration deadline: 30 November 2022Â

Flyer of the 7th BCA Conference

Poster of the 7th BCA Conference

This course is largely aimed at structural biologists with high/medium resolution EM maps for modelling building and refinement. This four-day course (6th-9th September) will host some of the leading software developers and provide ample contact time to allow delegates to discuss their data in detail alongside traditional lectures and tutorials. This is a comprehensive course for EM model building covering advanced use of ARP/wARP, Buccaneer, CCP-EM, Coot, FlexEM, ISOLDE, LocScale, MolProbity, Refmac, Privateer and new validation tools. It will cover all aspects of modelling building including: map optimisation, automated model building, medium-resolution refinement, high resolution refinement, interactive refinement, validation and deposition.
 

The course will be held at the RAL / Diamond campus, Harwell, UK, site of the eBIC national facility. Registration fee is £360.00 and we will provide food and three nights accommodation. Delegates are asked to meet their own travel costs.
 

The course is limited to 20 delegates which will be selected from all applicants. A maximum of 40 applicants can register interest.
 

* Confirmed tutors / topics:

Arjen Jakobi, Alok Bharadwaj (TU Delft) : LocScale

Kevin Cowtan, Soon Wen Hoh (University of York) : Buccaneer

Grzegorz Chojnowski (EMBL) : ARP/wARP, findMySequence, checkMySequence

Judit Debreczeni (Astrazeneca), Lucrezia Catapano (MRC-LMB Cambridge) : Coot

Keitaro Yamashita, Rangana Warshamanage, Rob Nicholls (MRC-LMB Cambridge) : REFMAC, Servalcat, EMDA

Maya Topf, Tristan Cragnolini, Aaron Sweeney (CSSB Hamburg) : Flex-EM, TEMPy

Tristan Croll (University of Cambridge) : ISOLDE

Jon Agirre (University of York) : Privateer

Jane Richardson (GCB Duke) : Model validation, Molprobity

Jack Turner (EBI) : EMDB

Mihaly Varadi (EBI) : AlphaFold-DB, 3D-Beacons

* Registration:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cvent.me/42xnY9__;!!Mih3wA!FECYFrFcZ1zLd2iXpFHaabT1MX3mIIYYU37FRgaKyZ-1gwc5YmKLdbLVxho0pkOfgcJ9TDc8lI5N_xwJBS8uaGNczG_kWo5o$

The conference aims to provide a forum to highlight state of the art developments in computational cryoEM and related themes as well as showcasing outstanding recent biological applications. We aim to promote an inclusive, friendly atmosphere welcoming both old and new to the community. Topics include instrument technology, sample preparation, image processing, single particle reconstruction, tomography and model building.
 

The schedule will also include the Diamond Light Source biological cryo-imaging user meeting for eBIC & B24.

MAX IV, the pioneer in multi-bend achromat synchrotron technology, would like to invite the synchrotron and free electron laser (FEL) life science community to Lund to discuss the latest and hottest developments in the field at the 14th BSR.

By 2022, several other synchrotron facilities will also have upgraded their sources or have defined upgrade plans and the organizers feel it would be opportune to discuss and highlight the latest developments and the possibilities for biological experiments at the next generation of synchrotrons and FELS.

Main themes

• Membranes: lipids and proteins
• Synchrotrons and FELS for pandemic research
• Hybrid or correlative approaches to complex biology
• Scientific computing for life sciences
• Coherence approaches
• Environmental and bioeconomy/industrial and pharma
• Tissues and cells
• Dynamics and ultrafast science

The 30th Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society (DGK 30), which will take place in the historical main building of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, will feature presentations and discussions of recent and exciting results of research on crystallographic topics.

• Frontier Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials for High-Tech, Energy, Environment and Bio Applications
• X-ray Powder Diffraction and Beyond: Theory of Scattering and Experimental Techniques
• Fundamentals of the Pair Distribution Function Analysis of Nanomaterials and Applications
• Fundamentals of the Debye Scattering Equation Method and Applications to Nanomaterials
• Small Angle X-ray Scattering Techniques
• Electron Diffraction PDF Analysis
• Static and Dynamic Light Scattering Techniques
• Hands-on Sessions on PDFGUI and Debussy Software
• New Equipment and Tools for Nanomaterial Characterization

The 78th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference, a free virtual event hosted by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory from September 19th to September 21st, 2021, and concurrent with the 2021 SSRL/LCLS Users' Meeting and Workshops.
 

The conference will feature a welcome reception on September 19th (via Kumospace) followed by two full days of lectures, poster presentations and virtual tours to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory facilities.

Session topics include metals in biology, computational methods in structural science, cryoEM of biomolecules and cells, scientific opportunities for remote access to user facilities, neutron diffraction, and powder diffraction in materials science research.

The best graduate student poster presentations at the conference will be awarded with the Chung Soo Yoo Award, established by the Pittsburgh Diffraction Society to honor Dr. Yoo’s memory, and a $400 cash prize. One award will be given to a poster related to biological research and one to a poster related to materials science or chemistry. All graduate students are welcome to submit a poster and be considered for the awards.

Wednesday, 21st July from 3pm to 4.30pm (BST)

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In this workshop you will explore advanced tips and tricks to search and analyse metal-organic structures by:

• Learning advanced searching options in ConQuest.
• Learning how to use subsets in ConQuest.
• Learning how to export and analyse hitlists in Mercury.

The workshop will focus on metal-organic structures, but is open to scientists interested to other structures in the CSD.

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Requirements:

• Feeling comfortable with basics of Mercury visualisation:
  
  • Navigating the Mercury interface.
  • Editing styles, and colours.
  • Displaying packing diagrams.

If not, consider reviewing our self-guided visualisation workshop before the event.Â

• Feeling comfortable with the basics of searching in ConQuest:
  • Navigating the ConQuest interface, and in particular the Build Queries tab options.
  • Drawing substructures in the Draw window.

If not, consider reviewing our self-guided searching workshop before the event.Â

• A current, valid CSD licence - CSD-Core or above.