Shanghai International Crystallographic School
working with Bilbao Crystallographic Server
http://www.cryst.ehu.es

The aim of the school is to provide an introduction to group theoretical methods and tools necessary for appropriate applications of symmetry properties in solid state material science. Special emphasis is given to tutorials on computational crystallography using the Bilbao Crystallographic Server (BCS) (www.cryst.ehu.es) for the study of specific problems in solid state physics, like phase transitions, and their symmetry-mode analysis, comparison between crystal structures, magnetic symmetry and its applications in the description of magnetic structures, etc. The applications of BCS tools to ab initio calculations is specifically discussed for the study of ferroelectric polarization in organic and inorganic crystalline structures, phonon properties and computational materials design by structure prediction.

The school is intended for scientists in Material Science, Solid State Physics and Crystallography in general and specifically for graduate students and young researchers interested in a deep and practical knowledge of group theory and crystallography as applied in material science. The maximum number of participant is limited to 70. Official language of the School is English. Location: The school will take place LeHu Hotel in Shanghai University (Baoshan Campus) http://www.lhljt.shu.edu.cn

Data Collection and Structure Solving: A Practical Course in Macromolecular X-ray Diffraction Measurement

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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)

May 6â€"7, 2017: Optional Pre-Course
May 8â€"12, 2017: Work­shop

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Con­tent Pre-Course

(Optional for expe­ri­enced par­tic­i­pants)

• Intro­duc­tion to elec­tron tomog­ra­phy and Seri­alEM
• Linux
• Data pro­cess­ing with IMOD and eTomo

Con­tent Work­shop

• Immer­sion freez­ing for cryo-electron tomog­ra­phy
• High pres­sure freez­ing and CEMO­VIS
• Cryo-CLEM
• Low-dose data col­lec­tion with Seri­alEM
• Direct elec­tron detec­tors
• Cryo-STEM tomog­ra­phy
• Pro­cess­ing of low-dose tilt series with IMOD
• Mod­el­ling and inter­pre­ta­tion of cryo-electron tomog­ra­phy data
• Subto­mo­gram aver­ag­ing with PEET

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This biannual conference of IntACT (International Association of Computed Tomography) will focus on the use of 3D tomographic methods for (non-clinical) studies of the internal structures of materials and their evolution.

ICTMS 2017 will bring together an international group of scientists, from universities, research organisations and industry, to discuss a broad range of issues related to 3D/4D tomographic imaging of materials and structures.

The call for abstracts will remain open until 28 January 2017.

The main focus of this conference will be recent advances in the following areas:

• Tomography acquisition hardware, software and associated experimental set-ups.
• In situ and in-operandi experiments
• "Standard" and novel modalities of tomographic imaging for material analysis (using diffraction, refraction, absorption... of X-rays, neutrons, electrons...)
• Tomographic reconstruction techniques
• 3D and 4D image analysis to extract pertinent information on internal structures and their evolution
• Case studies including applications to further the understanding of materials, structures and processes.

From data processing to structure refinement and beyond

The workshop will cover the structure solution process, consisting of lectures, tutorials and problem solving sessions. Lectures include Garib Murshudov on refinement, Phil Evans on scaling using aimless and James Parkhurst from the DIALS team. The deadline for application is the 10th of December.

The 22nd meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources (ICANS XXII) will be held on the 27th -31st March 2017 in Oxford, England.

For more details, visit: Â http://icansxxii.iopconfs.org/home

This workshop precedes the Lorne Proteins meeting.

The workshop will include hands-on practicals in addition toproblem-solving-oriented talks from leading software developers in the field, including

• Steven Ludtke, lead developer of the popular, all-purpose EMAN2 suite of programs
• Hans Elmlund, lead developer of the SIMPLE/PRIME suite of programs for ab initio 3Dreconstruction
• Jose Miguel de la Rosa Trevin and Roberto Marabini, developers of the integrative software tool Scipion

The workshop will cover all computational aspects of single-particleanalysis, including 2D analysis, 3D starting model generation,heterogeneity analysis, and high-resolution refinement. You will beintroduced to and get the opportunity to try out the latest developments inthe field.

The meeting will accept 40 students.

From Crystal to Structure

 Sessions will cover:

• Getting the data
• Is there a homologue?
• No model - back to experiments
• Refining and building
• Did you get it right?
• Going forwards

Price: £235
Fee Info: The registration fee covers refreshments, lunch and conference dinner. Early bird registration starts on 5th September and ends on 20 November 2016. After this date registration goes up to £285. Registration will close on 12 December 2016 (or earlier if places sell out).

The NOBUGS (New Opportunities for Better User Group Software) Conference Series has the aim to foster collaboration and exchange between scientists and IT professionals working on software for X-ray, neutron and muon sources around the world. NOBUGS 2016 is organised by the European Spallation Source, University of Copenhagen and MAX IV Laboratory

Hosted by CCP-EM and the Astbury Biostructure Laboratory (University of Leeds, UK) this one day workshop will focus on the RELION software package and is led by its developer Sjors Scheres (MRC-LMB).

The training will involve a hands-on tutorial of RELION 2.0 for cryo-EM single-particle analysis (http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/relion). It will cover the entire process from initial micrograph inspection, CTF estimation, (automated) particle picking, 2D and 3D classification, 3D high-resolution refinement, movie-processing, and map sharpening.

Computational facilities will be provided along with refreshments.

Registration is free but not a guarantee of acceptance. Application for registration will close on Monday 15th August 2016, participants will be selected and we will confirm places no later than Friday 19th August 2016. There are 30 places at the workshop.

The 8th International Conference of the Hellenic Crystallographic Association (HeCrA) and the 11th Conference of the Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (HSCBB) are jointly organized as HeCrA-HSCBB16.Â

HeCrA-HSCBB16 will take place at the Agricultural University of Athens in October 7-9, 2016.Â

The conference will address key questions and issues in molecular structure and interactions. The Conference is the major event both of HeCrA & HSCBB. It is a forum to communicate state-of-the-art research, interact and establish scientific networks and collaborations.

In particular, it will bring together crystallographers with Bioinformaticians and Computational Biologists for the identification of macromolecular targets and small molecules of pharmaceutical and biotechnological interest and study their interactions.

There will be oral and poster presentations in addition to talks from distinguished invited speakers from Greece and the European Union.Â

ECACOMSIG brings together software developers from across all
disciplines of crystallography to meet in an informal and productive
Setting for networking, exchange of ideas and to learn new skills. This
year's school blurs the border between lecturers and attendants: all
participants are invited to offer tutorials. Among them will be George
Sheldrick, developer of SHELX, who offer a tutorial on parallel
computing; Rita Giordano, who will teach on using statistics for for
automatic data evaluation and Jens Luebbe, who will show his brand-new
Laue Script, a visual programming language for small molecule
crystallography.

The Workshop will be held in Freudenstadt in the Black Forest from 25-28
August - attendance is not dependent on registration for ECM30, but a
bus transfer to Basel is included in the registration fee of 165€/190€
(double/single room). The registration includes 3 nights accommodation,
all meals during the workshop and refreshments as well.

Organized by the Diamond Light Source Macromolecular Crystallography group.

The aim is to provide MX users with sufficient training to be able to operate any of the Diamond MX beamlines efficiently and to get the most benefit from their beam-time. The training will involve hands-on sessions on the suite of five operational MX beamlines (http://www.diamond.ac.uk/mx-home/) as well as optional offline software sessions.

20th July afternoon optional session "Hands on software":

• CCP4
• DIALS

21st July, MX beamlines and data room sessions:

• MX software: automation in data analysis
• Mini-Kappa goniometry / Anomalous data collection
• Introduction to VMX-i
• I24 new end station/ In-situ diffraction
• Fragment screening â€" I04-1/Lab36
• Experiment database: new ISPyB

Registration is free-of-charge with lunch provided on the 20th and 21st July, and accommodation and dinner for the night of July 20th.

Fifth Dynamo workshop

The workshop will provide hands-on training on all practical aspects of sub-tomogram averaging, encompassing all stages of the pipeline: tomogram visualization and archiving, particle picking in different geometries, averaging, refinement and classification. No previous experience is required. Computing infrastructure will be provided in place and participants are welcome to bring their own data sets.