This course is aimed at structural biologists with high resolution EM maps
ready for / in the process of modelling building and refinement. This
three day course 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.

The course will be held at the RAL / Diamond campus, Harwell, UK.
Registration is free and we will provide food and two nights accommodation
at the Bear Hotel in nearby Wantage (2nd & 3rd March). 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 50 applicants can register interest.

Applications will close on Tuesday 2nd February and the 20 successful
applicants will be notified the following day.

* Confirmed tutors:

Kevin Cowtan (Buccaneer, York)
Paul Emsley (Coot, MRC-LMB Cambridge)
Agnel Joseph (FlexEM, Birkbeck)
Garib Murshudov (Refmac5, MRC-LMB Cambridge)
Maya Topf (FlexEM, Birkbeck)

The course covers a multidisciplinary approach to study the structure of
challenging proteins, focusing on membrane proteins and large complexes.
The basic principles will be provided for each addressed technique
(Macromolecular Crystallography, Mass Spectrometry and Electron
Microscopy); their applications in biological systems, major benefits
and limitations will also be discussed.

The Workshop is organized with lectures in the mornings followed by
hands-on training. The course is aimed primarily at PhD students and
young Post-Doctoral researchers interested in Structural Biology.
Confirmed speakers are Jose Maria Carazo, Dmitri Svergun and Isabel de
Moraes.

 Participants will be limited to 20. Candidate selection will be based on
a short CV, a motivation letter from the applicant, and a recommendation
letter from the supervisor.

Registration deadline is February 23. Please send your application to
[email protected]. Registration fee is 180Eur including
accommodation.

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FEBS/IUBMB Advanced Lecture Course

Building Better Batteries: Materials, Interfaces and Devices

• Interactions of X-rays with matter and fundamental parameters
• XRS Instrumentation (X-ray sources, optics and detectors)
• Quantification methodology and metrology
• TXRF, GIXRF and related techniques
• Microbeam techniques, confocal XRF and X-Ray imaging
• Mobile and portable XRF
• Synchrotron XRS, XAFS, high resolution XES, and RIXS
• PIXE instrumentation and applications
• Electron induced XRS
• WDXRS
• X-ray diffraction (XRD)
• XRS in Art and Cultural Heritage
• XRS in Advanced Materials and Nanoscience
• XRS in Earth and Environment sciences
• XRS in Industrial Quality and Process Control
• XRS in Life Sciences and Forensics
• Recent Scientific Developments by XRS Instrumentation Manufacturers (reserved to exhibitors)

This meeting will be devoted to recent advances in the operando investigation of reactivity at surfaces from both experimental and theoretical points of view.

The sessions of the workshop will cover various topics, mainly related to operando studies of the structure and the reactivity of a large range of catalytic tailored materials, including model surfaces, well-defined supported nanoparticles and electrochemical systems. The oral presentations and poster sessions will be open to a wide list of experimental techniques including spectroscopy, microscopy, X-ray scattering and scanning probes, new developments of instrumentation, and also to recent advances in the field of theoretical approaches and models of surface science and heterogeneous catalysis.

Confirmed invited speakers:

• Matteo Amati, Elettra Sincrotrone, Trieste, Italy
• Hiroshi Kondoh, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
• Frances M.Ross, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA
• Alexander Schluger, University College London, England
• Oleg Shpyrko, University of California, San Diego, USA

Sessions:

Electrochemistry at the Nanoscale

Electrodeposition and Electrocatalysis

Batteries and Molecular Electronics

Bioelectrochemical Sensors

Topics:

Nanostructured Materials

Nanostructure classes

Nano-materials for Advanced Electronics

Nanocharacterization

Applications

Part of BIOSTEC, the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies

Bioimaging is a term that covers the complex chain of acquiring, processing and visualizing structural or functional images of living objects or systems, including extraction and processing of image-related information. Examples of image modalities used in bioimaging are many, including: X-ray, CT, MRI and fMRI, PET and HRRT PET, SPECT, MEG and so on. Medical imaging and microscope/fluorescence image processing are important parts of bioimaging referring to the techniques and processes used to create images of the human body, anatomical areas, tissues, and so on, down to the molecular level, for clinical purposes, seeking to reveal, diagnose, or examine diseases, or medical science, including the study of normal anatomy and physiology. Image processing methods, such as denoising, segmentation, deconvolution and registration methods, feature recognition and classification represent an indispensable part of bioimaging, as well as related data analysis and statistical tools.

The 2016 Symposium builds on our very successful previous meeting on the same theme in 2014.
The goal of the Symposium is to discuss state of the art image analysis approaches to tackle challenging biological problems and to identify current limitations and remaining problems in the field as currently practiced. The goal will be for developers in this area, both established as well as students/postdocs to discuss the detailed algorithms and methodologies in this field in greater technical detail than is possible at more general meetings like the GRC. The central premise is that gaining a comprehensive and quantitative understanding of highly sophisticated machines, complexes, and organelles of the cell requires the active, timely and coordinated development of complementary image analysis and data mining algorithm and approaches. We have recruited an outstanding panel of speakers (current agenda provided in the web site).

 Sessions

• Handling Compositional and Conformational Variability
  
• High Resolution Subtomogram Averaging and Related Techniques
  
• High Resolution Single Particle Analysis
  
• Resolution Assessment, Model and Map Validation
  
• Data Storage Roundtable
  
• Poster Talks

HERCULES is a European course for PhD students and young researchers using Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation for applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Hard & Soft Condensed Matter.

   The 1-month school includes lectures (60%), hands-on practicals and tutorials at partner institutes (DESY and European XFEL in Hamburg, Ellettra and FERMI in Trieste, ESRF, ILL in Grenoble, Soleil and LLB near Paris, SLS in Switzerland) and Grenoble Laboratories (CEA, CNRS, EMBL, IBS).

   The school includes a common part and two parallel sessions:

• Biomolecular, soft condensed matter structure & dynamics
• Physics and chemistry of condensed matter

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   Why join Hercules ?

• to learn new techniques using neutron and synchrotron radiation
• to expand your theoretical and practical knowledge, not only for your present research but for your scientific career
• to experiment these techniques on world-class instruments & beamlines
• to build a network of relations with fellow young researchers and experienced teachers from all around the World

Deadline for application:Â Â 31 October 2015

Bursaries/reduced costs: a limited number of bursaries will be available either to reduce registration fees or cover travel costs.

Common Lectures:

• Interaction of X-rays and neutrons with matter (absorption, elastic and inelastic interactions, ...)
• Sources (neutron, synchrotron, XFEL)
• Detectors
• Optics &instrumentation
• Diffraction (single crystal, powder..)
• Scattering (elastic, inelastic..)
• Spectroscopy
• Imaging (Absorption, coherent,..)
• etc.
  

Session A: Applications to Biomolecular, Soft Condensed matter, Structure and Dynamics

• Protein structure and dynamics
• Studies in solutions
• Partially ordered systems
• Membranes, fibres and muscles
• Crystallography of viruses and ribosomes
• Structural genomics
• Biomedical applications (imaging, therapy)
• Time-resolved and ultra-fast X-ray science
• Biology with 4th generation sources
• etc.
  

Session B: Applications to Physics and Chemistry of Condensed Matter

• Neutron and X-ray (and UV and IR) spectroscopies
• X-ray reflectivity and diffraction of nano systems
• Single crystal and powder diffraction
• Coherent imaging and tomography
• Neutron and X-ray magnetic scattering
• Polarized X-rays and neutrons
• FEL and ultra fast X-ray science
  
• etc.

New Horizons and emerging biomedical challenges for Biophysics

Standard Registration closes: 1st April 2016 and Abstract submission for contributed talks: 15th March 2016. To register click here.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

There will be dedicated sessions covering cutting edge biophysical approaches to areas of major interest to the wider community. Opportunities are available to secure a platform presentation under the following themes:

• Cryo electron microscopy and X-ray lasers
• NMR of proteins and cells
• Channels and transporters
• Molecular recognition
• Neurodegeneration and ageing
• Advances in computational biophysics
• Single cell biophysics
• Proteins and complexes in human diseases
• Metals in biology
• Synthetic biology: enzymes & organisms
• Biological soft matter including stem cells
• Catalysis
• Drug discovery
• Membrane proteins and complexes

Confirmed speakers include: Sir David Baulcombe, Sir Tom Blundell, Richard Henderson, Dame Pamela Shaw, Sir Munir Pirmohamed, Greg Petsko, Sheena Radford FRS, James Naismith, FRS, Chris Schofield, FRS, Lucia Banci, Ben Bax, Paul O'Neil, Imre Berger, Sriram Subramanian, Richard Strange, Mike White, Liz Carpenter, Yvonne Jones, Masaki Yamamoto, Malcolm Jackson, Richard Garratt, José M Mato, Nigel Scrutton, Robert Eady, Nigel Robinson, Rasmita Raval, Mike Hough, Stefan Marklund, Nigel Minton, Paul Huang, Stefan Przyborski, Violaine See.