BIOCRYS 2008 Course

Fundamentals of Modern Methods in Biocrystallography - 'What you always wanted to know about crystallography but never dared to ask'

http://biocrys.itqb.unl.pt

4th - 11th October 2008 at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal.

The topics of the second edition of this course have run from fundamentals such as symmetry, point groups and crystal systems, basic diffraction physics, reciprocal space and the Ewalds sphere, radiation damage, data processing, structure factors, Patterson function to modern methodologies including molecular replacement, SAD, MAD, MIR and maximum likelihood phasing, density modification, refinement, model building, twinning and structure validation.

The course was organized with lectures in the mornings and interactive practical and tutorials in the afternoons. Evening lectures on current topics were presented by the invited speakers.

Instructors and speakers (confirmed): M. Archer, I. Bento, N. Berrow,
G. Bunkoczi, M. Coll, K. Cowtan,
Z. Dauter, D. de Sanctis, P. Donner, C. Frazão, E. Garman, C. Hermes,
E. Hough, G. Leonhard, A. Leslie, P. Matias, A. Perrakis, T.
Schneider, C. Vonrhein.

36 participants were selected with preference to scientists at the beginning of their crystallographic career and to those from Europe.

Program

For more information visit the course web page http://biocrys.itqb.unl.pt