The series of SMARTER meetings aims to bring together scientists in the areas of computation, diffraction, and NMR spectroscopy to promote combining various techniques and develop smarter approaches for structure determination of complex inorganic, organic and biological materials.

Registration and more information about the meeting can be found here:Â Â https://smarter6.ki.si/index.php/smarter6/

Registration opens in Spring 2018.Â

The American Crystallographic Association is excited to announce the 68th Annual Meeting to be held from July 20 to 24, 2018 in beautiful downtown Toronto, Canada.

The conference will take place at the Sheraton City Centre Hotel and will offer many opportunities to network, learn and collaborate with fellow scientists, students and professionals.Â

Join your fellow colleagues for the Opening Reception featuring keynote speaker John Polanyi, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, visit the expansive Exhibit Show and stay to attend the Closing Banquet.

There will be special sessions this year dedicated to remembering our colleagues Dick Marsh and Philip Coppens. The Transactions Symposium will feature the topic "Shining a Light on Structure-Based Drug Design" and there will be a special session on Crystallization on the International Space Station.

The ACA's Annual Meeting presents a wonderful opportunity for students and young scientists to network and integrate into the crystallographic community and will feature a 3-Minute Thesis session, a Networking Mixer and a Career Development session.

This is the inaugural School on Quantum Crystallography at Erice. Quantum Crystallography refers to the combination of crystallographic information from diffraction or other scattering techniques with quantum mechanical theory. It is also an extension of quantum chemistry to periodic systems.

The School attempts to give a snapshot of this evolving field, complete with workshops demonstrating state-of-the art software. Topics will include: the beginnings of the Quantum Crystallography in the measurement of the electron charge or spin density; the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem and the importance of the X-ray diffraction experiment; multipole-based models for the charge density; polarizable-density models; momentum based experiments and orbital density expansions; joint refinement of charge, spin, and momentum density.

Registration is open (will close on 30 November 2017)

Structural Biology to Enhance High-Impact Research in Health and Disease

Intended for advanced PhD students, postdocs and young scientists

Theoretical and in-depth tutorial training on state-of-the-art methods in macromolecular crystallography

Main topics

• Diffraction data processing
• Phasing and structure determination
• Model refinement and validationÂ

Preliminary list of speakers

• Alejandro Buschiazzo
• Kay Diederichs
• Paul Emsley
• Richard Garratt
• Eugene Krissinel
• Andrey Lebedev
• Garib Murshudov
• Clemens Vonrhein
  

Satellite School of the 24th IUCr Congress 2017

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

ISBC2017 will provide five days of lectures and practical demonstrations related to the crystallization of biological macromolecules, biominerals and biomimetic materials, with one full day devoted to case studies on the crystallization of membrane proteins, viruses and large macromolecular complexes.

ISBC Granada 2017 will focus on the fundamentals of crystallization from solution and its applications for the crystallization of biological materials.

• Nucleation: Classical and non-classical approaches
• Crystal growth kinetics and mechanisms
• Properties of macromolecular solutions (DLS/SAXS)
• Screening: The search for crystallization conditions
• Crystallization techniques: Batch, Vapour and Counter Diffusion, How do they work?
• Crystallization and diffusion transport: gels, microfluidics and microgravity
• Crystallization of large crystals for Neutron diffraction
• In vivo crystallization of tiny crystals for XFEL
• Polymorphism in protein crystals
• Robotics and crystallization
• Case studies in Membrane Protein Crystallization
  
• Lipid cubic phase, bicelles and detergents
• Case studies in crystallization of Large Macromolecular Complexes
• In vitro and in vivo studies of Biomineralization processes

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)

The Summer School To.Sca.Lake 2.0: Total Scattering for Nanotechnology on the Como Lake offers an extended overview on Total Scattering Techniques (from X-rays to visible light) for Nanotechnology, complemented by lectures on synthesis and applications of advanced nanomaterials. Theoretical, experimental and modeling aspects of Wide and Small Angle scattering methods will be integrated by hands-on tutorials on well renowned programs for DSE and PDF Analysis (Debussy and PDFGui) and Demo sessions on SAXS and Light Scattering. The Workshop is open to all aspiring scholars and scientists in any area related to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and it is especially addressed to PhD students and young postdocs. The aim of the school is to deepen into both theoretical and applied frontier developments in these fields.

High-throughput structure analysis - from routine chemical problems to advanced applications

The confirmed speakers and tutors include:
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Jerry L. Atwood (Columbia, USA)
Leonard J. Barbour (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Julia BÄ...kowicz (WrocÅ‚aw, Poland)
Rocco Caliandro (Bari, Italy)
Marijana Đaković (Zagreb, Croatia)
Howard Flack (Geneva, Switzerland)
Maria Gdaniec (Poznań, Poland)
Marek Główka (Łódź, Poland)
Mariusz Jaskólski (Poznań, Poland)
Katarzyna N. Jarzembska (Warsaw, Poland)
Radosław Kamiński (Warsaw, Poland)
Andrzej Katrusiak (Poznań, Poland)
Claude Lecomte (Nancy, France)
Klaus Merz (Bochum, Germany)
Lukáš Palatinus (Prague, Czech Republic)
Paul R. Raithby (Bath, UK)
Anthony L. Spek (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Wojciech Wolf (Łódź, Poland)
Krzysztof Woźniak (Warsaw, Poland)
Omar Yaghi (Berkeley, US)