Programme Overview

• Sunday 2nd December: Registration and introductory talks and student poster session
• Monday 3rd December: Preparations for beamtime and data collection at beamline Â
• Tuesday 4th December: Data processing theory and data processingÂ
• Wednesday 5th December:Â Experimental phasing talks and tutorialsÂ
• Thursday 6th December: Experimental phasing talks and tutorials
• Friday 7th December: Molecular replacement talks and tutorials
• Saturday 8th December:Â Model building and refinement talks and tutorials
• Sunday 9th December: Model validation, Q&A, followed by the workshop dinner
  

The closing date is 7th October.

This workshop will cover data collection, processing and structure solution. Details are available at http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/Japan-2018 , with more to follow. Registration is on the same site.

Registration will close on 24 August.

Topics will include XDS (Kay Diederichs), DIALS (Graeme Winter), the CCP4 suite (Charles Ballard and others), PDB_REDO (Robbie Joosten), COOT and others. The format will cover data collection, lectures, tutorials and problem solving, so students are encourages to bring their own data to work on.

The primary objective of the school is to give a hands-on training to participants on PDF data acquisition, reduction, and analysis covering all required steps from measurement to the final model. Data acquisition training will be conducted at the newly constructed PDF and XPD beamlines at NSLS-II. All participants are expected to being their own laptop computers for data analysis; the latest python based software package, xPDFsuite, will be used for data processing and modelling.

Registration fee: $225 - this will cover the cost of the xPDFsuite software and meals. A limited number of rooms in BNL dormitories are available for a discounted price.

Registration deadline: 30th June 2018.

This school, supported by NNSP and SwedNess, is aimed as an introduction for early career researchers to a range of topics concerning neutron scattering.

The topics to be covered will include the principles of scattering and neutron instrumentation, diffraction, reflectivity and the multiple types of scattering techniques.Â

In addition there will be lectures which will highlight the use of neutrons in industrial and various scientific research fields, including at the ESS.

Nordic/Baltic participants will not be charged for attendance to the school or accommodation, and transportation costs will be reimbursed. Participants with affiliation outside of the Nordic and Baltic region will have to cover transport and accommodation costs. Â

Aimed at students outside the Physical Sciences, there is a introductory course on the mathematics and physics tool required for the school - this will be held on 8th and 9th September.

Registration deadline: 1st August 2018

This course provides the theoretical and practical training covering cryo-EM techniques from sample preparation, data collection to image processing.

The course is aimed at PhD students and PostDocs who already have experience in cryo-EM and who wish to learn cryo-EM image processing theory and practice with the aim of applying and developing these techniques in the future.

This five-day intensive course will act as an introduction to neutron scattering aimed at postgraduate students and early-career researchers, and will focus on fundamental scattering theory and hands-on data analysis. The techniques to be covered include diffraction, small angle scattering, quasielastic neutron scattering, and inelastic neutron scattering. The conference will be held at the new China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS), about 60 miles north of Hong-Kong, which produced its first neutrons in 2017.Â

The registration fee for the course is $3000 HKD ($400 USD), which will include food and accommodation costs. Travel expenses will not be covered.Â

Limited scholarships are available.

For more information, please visit:Â https://projects.croucher.org.hk/summer-courses/neutron-scattering-a-powerful-method-for-materials-research-2

Application deadline: 25th May 2018

The seventh Basel Workshop on Tomography and Subtomogram Averaging with Dynamo, which will take place at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.

The workshop will provide hands-on training on all practical aspects of subtomogram averaging, encompassing all stages of the pipeline: tomogram visualization and archiving, particle picking in different geometries, averaging, refinement and classification. In addition to these core contents on subtomo processing, this year we will conduct a longer workshop, covering also generic data analysis tasks in cryo electron tomography, as alignment of tilt series, tomogram reconstruction, advanced scripting and management of large data sets.

After seven successful schools in this series, the 8th Brazil School for Single Particle Cryo-EM will take place Sep 27th - Oct 9th 2018
This single-particle data processing school is an intensive hands-on course/workshop, in which theory and practice are tightly intertwined. The spectrum of topics covered suits attendees that are new to the field as well as those for whom the technique is already of growing importance in their research and who wish to acquire an in-depth understanding of the methodology. Topics range from data collection and three-dimensional reconstruction techniques to the final interpretation of the cryo-EM maps by (flexible) fitting of X-ray structures. The last days of the meeting will be devoted to advanced topics such as dealing with heterogeneous data sets ("4D" cryo electron microscopy) and high-resolution refinements.Â
The attendees are expected to bring along a modern notebook computer onto which all necessary software will be installed. Most processing will take place in the context of the IMAGIC software system but other software packages such as Frealign will also be used. Cryo-EM data sets will be distributed for processing during the course. The participants may bring their own data sets for processing and discussion.Â
It is planned to stay at the 2016 school venue which was located in the country side of Mairiporã at the border of the Rio Juqueri (state of São Paulo).Â

This workshop is designed to teach users of crystallographic structure solution software how to interpret diffuse scattering and to simulate disordered crystal structures. Defects are quite common in crystals and are responsible for a number of properties such as ionic conductivity, electronic properties etc., so an understanding of these defects and how they affect the diffraction of the sample is important.Â

The workshop is limited to 30 attendees.Â

Please contact Reinhard Neder if you wish to attend.Â

For further details on the workshop program and accommodation, please visit the workshop website.Â

The course is aimed at young scientists working in the field of structural biology including biochemists, biophysicists, and those specializing in macromolecular crystallography, electron microscopy, NMR or bioinformatics. Small angle scattering of X-rays and neutrons (SAXS/SANS) allows one to study native particles and complexes and to monitor structural changes in response to variations in external conditions (temperature, pH, salinity, ligands). The method provides low resolution macromolecular shapes ab initio and is readily combined with other structural, biochemical and computational techniques in hybrid approaches.
The course participants will have the possibility to learn the basics of SAXS/SANS, sample preparation, experiment design, data interpretation and will get hands-on experience with the latest modelling programs. The participants are encouraged to bring their own samples to perform synchrotron solution scattering experiments on-site; the results will be used for practical tutorials and discussed on the last day of the course.

The course is limited to 26 participants. Application deadline is 31st August 2018.

For more information and registration, please visit:Â http://meetings.embo.org/event/18-sas#Register

The second MMTF workshop.

This workshop is sponsored by the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. Air travel and 4-day lodging can be provided for non-commercial participants, including a limited number of international participants. Applicants will be selected based on the best fit to the program on a rolling basis.

This 3-day hands-on workshop and hackathon introduces you to:

• Application of state-of-the-art Big Data technologies to Structural
• Bioinformatics
• Data mining and machine learning
• 2D/3D visualization and deployment in Jupyter Notebooks

The first two days of the workshop combine lectures, hands-on applications, and programming sessions. On the third day, participants apply the new technologies to their own projects. This workshop is aimed at graduate students, postdocs, staff, faculty, industrial researchers, and scientific software developers. Experience with Python is required.

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).

Workshop organizers aim to explore ways to advance our understanding of Earth’s complex co-evolving geosphere and biosphere through the collection, analysis, and visualization of large and growing data resources. Thanks to years of intensive efforts in developing the Keck- and Sloan-supported Deep-Time Data Infrastructure (http://dtdi.carnegiescience.edu), which analyzes, quantifies, and visualizes Earth history as a system of patterned co-evolving networks, researchers are poised to make transformational advances in understanding the planet’s evolution.

The 4D Workshop for Deep-Time Data Driven Discovery will be convened as prelude to a potential long-term program to invent, modify, and apply emerging methods of data analysis and visualization to elucidate the planet’s past, present, and future. Earth’s evolution has been an intertwined succession of increasingly complex physical, chemical, and biological events. Keys to discovery lie in the continued integration, development, and exploitation of data, facilities, and expertise. The 4D Workshop will gather bio-, geo-, and data experts from around the world to explore pathways to a deeper understanding of the origins and evolution of our home and ourselves.

Discover and Explore the Future of Pharma.

The gathering will address Pharmaceutical Research in the area of Pharmaceutical manufacturing, while laying emphasis on innovative methodologies in pharmaceutical and food manufacturing. Pharma Europe 2018 will be the best venue for Research Associate, Research Scientist, Directors, CEO’s of Pharmaceutical Organizations, Supply Chain companies, Bio-informatics Professionals,  Noble laureates in Health Care and Medicine, Quality Assurance Specialist, Market research Analyst, Associate Product Manager, Product Manager, Strategy Director, Business Development Manager, Pharmacists, Deans, Students, Professors, Researchers, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Universities and Medical Colleges.

Pharma Europe 2018 Conference will encourage Young Researcher’s Forum, scientists and the researchers in their early stage of career graph to widely discuss their outcome so as to enrich and develop the idea. The ‘Best Poster Award’ is meant to encourage students in taking active part in the International Science platform to sharpen their skills and knowledgebase.

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The important tracks that are part of Pharma Europe 2018 includes Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Sciences, Drugs and Regulations, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Types of Pharmaceutical Formulations, Nanotechnology, Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Pre-formulation Studies, Bio-Pharmaceutics, Bioinformatics, Genetics & Genetic Engineering, Pharmaceutical Packaging, Radiopharmaceuticals, Pharma Companies, Hospital Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy, Ethics in Pharmacy, Pharma Consulting & Services

The Abstracts that are accepted for presentations are published in the proceedings of the Journals like Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs: Open Access, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Journal of Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery Research.

The workshop is limited to 25 participants, and everybody who is interested is welcome to apply. Is it to be held at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).

The workshop program will be suitable for last-year PhD students, as well as postdoctoral researchers and young scientists in their first years of research.

Several of the leading protein crystallography software developers from around the world will present lectures and tutorials and will also be available to help participants with their crystallographic problems, such as processing own data and solving structures during hands-on sessions of the workshop.

The closing date for application is 31.12.2017

The European XFEL saw its first user experiments in September 2017. This exciting new light source promises to open up new types of experiments for structural biology with XFELs. EuXFEL is different from previous XFELs like LCLS and SACLA in that it provides extremely high pulse repetition rate and a unique pulse train structure. The high repetition rate of some 27000 pulses per second (compared to 120 Hz at LCLS) enables rapid data collection for serial crystallography and single molecule diffraction experiments. This means new data collection strategies are needed to deal with the rapid data acquisition, data reduction, high bandwidth and storage requirements for data processing.

BioXFEL is hosting a new workshop in our popular XFEL Data Analysis series of workshops focused exclusively on data collection and analysis at the EuXFEL. This workshop will feature discussions on:

• production and properties of X-rays
• beamlines and their capabilities
• sample environment
• sample delivery strategies
• new opportunities in single particle imaging, solution scattering, and serial crystallography
• new types of detectors and data reduction strategies
• data analysis, access, and curation

Registration is built in to the 5th Annual BioXFEL International Conference registration form. You may register for the workshop only if you wish. Â The workshop registration fee is $125.

School on structure determination using single crystal X-ray diffraction including crystal selection and mounting, data collection and processing, structure determination and refinement, structural analysis, cif file construction and structural reporting.

Escuela de determinación estructural usando difracción de rayos X de monocristal, incluyendo selección de cristales, montaje, colección y procesamiento de datos, determinación y refinamiento estructural, análisis estructural, construcción del archivo cif y reporte de la estructura.