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

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.

The school will be held in Utting/Ammersee and Garching/Munich, Germany, in cooperation with the Röntgen-Ã...ngström-Cluster (http://www.rontgen-angstrom.eu) and the BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany).

The Winter School will provide a systematic overview of the application of neutrons and synchrotron radiation to the structural analysis of materials. The school starts with the fundamentals of synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering. The focus is subsequently shifted towards neutron techniques and their application to specific problems in materials science. Different classes of modern functional materials are presented and it will be shown how neutron scattering, on the one hand, and synchrotron radiation, on the other hand, can be used to explore the microscopic mechanisms that are responsible for their properties. While fundamental aspects are dominating, application related phenomena will be covered as well.
After a two-day theoretical course in Utting/Ammersee the participants will spend two days at the FRM II in Garching (near Munich) doing practicals. The fifth day of the school offers further talks and a final discussion. All relevant experimental methods will be covered.

Registration deadline has been extended to December 8th, 2016

FEZA school will be organized on July 8-9 in a mountain resort close to Sofia. The program of the school will include lectures of leading experts on various aspects of zeolite science and practice.

• Two days school after the FEZA conference in Plovdiv (ca 1 h drive from Sofia)
• 7 lectures
• Poster session
• Round table discussion

The transport will be provided by the organizing committee

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)

The aim of Winter School is to introduce the theory and practice of high resolution electron microscopy to scientists currently using transmission electron microscopes for materials science studies. It is expected that people taking the course will have some familiarity with basic crystallography, diffraction contrast and routine microscope operation. Interactive lectures and laboratories will cover:

• Fundamentals of HREM
• Imaging Theory
• Transfer Functions in HREM
• Electron Diffraction
• Small Probe Formation
• Fundamentals of STEM
• Practical HREM/STEM Operation
• Techniques for Image Calculation
• Image Processing Techniques
• Convergent Beam Microdiffraction
• Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy
• Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
• Focused Ion Beam (FIB) methods
• In-Situ Technique

The course will use a variety of transmission electron microscopes. Demonstrations of environmental electron microscopy, focused ion beam methods and techniques of specimen preparation are included.

Materials Genome Meets High Magnetic Fields

The goal of this school is to show how widely-available simulation tools can be applied to the analysis and interpretation of neutron scattering data. The school will last for three days and will concern mainly the practical aspects of running and analysing simulations so that, numerical and experimental data can be directly compared and simulations can then be investigated in atomic detail.

The focus will be on the use of Molecular Dynamics and lattice dynamics simulations to explore diffusive processes on the time scales covered by low energy neutron scattering spectrometers, phonon dispersion curves and vibrational densities of states that are typically measured with low energy and inelastic neutron scattering spectrometers.

The school is designed for providing practical training, so the number of participants is limited to 40. In order to select candidates, we ask applicants to state briefly their scientific fields of interest, why they would like to attend the school and previous experience with computer simulations.

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This year’s workshop will focus on the following areas:

• Molecular Dynamics
• Lattice Dynamics
• First-Principles Simulations
• Hands on Tutorials

Invited speakers include:

• Gerald Kneller, CNRS, France
• Matt Probert, University of York, UK
• Nicholas Hine, University of Warwick, UK

Fees: £100
This fee will cover the accommodation and meal expenses.

DMG / DGK Doctoral Course
Basics and Application of Rietveld

Course Description

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

Over the last 50 years, crystallography has developed from a method capable of determining the structures of isolated, soluble proteins to one able to provide detailed information on mechanisms of action of integral membrane proteins, whole viruses and the complex nano-machines that are central to cellular function. To discover how biology works researchers are now combining the power of crystallography with multiple other methods, spanning from the atomic to cellular scale, and including revolutionary developments in electron cryo-microscopy and tomography. This Course will celebrate its milestone as the 50th in the crystallography series started by Dorothy Hodgkin by focusing on integration:

1. of different techniques,
2. of molecular and cellular approaches and
3. of the crystallographic community, including diversity.

discussion of topics ranging from sample preparation to data analysis software. To commemorate the achievements of the Erice crystallography school over the past 50 years, the course will feature several sessions that reflect on the past and look to the future to highlight the factors that create an inclusive discipline.

APPLICATIONS

Interested candidates should register by 30th November 2016 using the form available in the school website (crystalerice.org).
Applicants may be able to apply for partial financial support. Please visit cristalerice to view the full eligibility criteria.

CURRENT LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

• Nenad Ban (ETH Zurich):Â Protein synthesis by large cellular assemblies
• David Barford (LMB Cambridge): The anaphase-promoting complex
• Pamela Bjorkman (Caltec):Â Â Immune recognition of viral pathogens
• Tom Blundell (Cambridge University):Â Â TBD and "Celebrating the 50th International School of Crystallography"
• Bridget Carragher (NYSBC):Â Intro to Cryo-EM
• Wah Chiu (Baylor College of Medicine):Â Electron cryo-microscopy of biological nanomachines
• Elena Conti (MPI for Biochemistry):Â RNA metabolism
• Piet Gros (Utrecht University): The complement system
• Sun Hur (Harvard University):Â Signal transduction by immune receptors
• Yvonne Jones (University of Oxford):Â Cell surface signaling assemblies
• Werner Kühlbrandt (MPI for Biophysics): Membrane proteins: Structure and mechanisms
• John Kuriyan, (UC Berkeley):Â Cellular signal transduction
• Debora Marks(Harvard University):Â TBD
• Jenny Martin (Griffith University):Â Antimicrobial drug design
• Naoko Mizuno (MPI for Biochemistry):Â TBD
• Poul Nissen (Aarhus University):Â Membrane transporters in the brain
• Lori Passmore (LMB Cambridge):Â TBD
• Michael Rossmann (Purdue University):Â The structure of the Zika virus
• Michael Rout (The Rockefeller University:Â The nuclear pore complex
• Giovanna Scapin (Merck & Co):Â Â Structural Biology in Drug Discovery
• Irmi Sinning (Heidelberg University):Â Protein targeting and membrane protein biogenesis
• Titia Sixma (NKI Amsterdam):Â Molecular mechanisms in carcinogenesis
• David Stuart (University of Oxford):Â Virus structure and vaccine design
• Sriram Subramaniam (NCI Bethesda):Â Â Â High resolution electron microscopy
• Alessandro Vannini (ICR London):Â Â TBD
• Antoine van Oijnen (University of Wollongong):Â Single molecule biophysics
• Wei Yang (NIDDK Bethesda):Â Â Â Â DNA repair, replication and recombination
• Xiaodong Zhang (Imperial College London):Â Â Â DNA processing and damage response

WORKSHOPS

• Riccardo Pellarin (Pasteur Institute): Integrative Modeling Platform
• Cornelius Gati (MRC): RELION
• Randy Read (MRC): Validation/errors
• Paul Emsley (MRC) :COOT
• Debbie Marks & Chris Sanders (Harvard): EV fold
• Airlie McCoy (MRC): Solution and refinement of large complexes/low resolution systems
• Ardan Patwardhan (EBI/PDBe): EMDB/EMPIAR:Â linking structural information from molecules to cells

The School provides neutron and muon beam research training for newcomers through overall perspective of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and more. In addition to lectures, the course provides practical sessions of hands-on experiments and data analysis. All neutron and muon techniques are generally covered.

The school program consists of three days of lectures giving a theoretical introduction to the fundamentals of neutron scattering and the principles of various neutron scattering techniques. After the lectures, there will be three and a half days of hands-on experiments on seven different neutron scattering instruments.

Furthermore, there will be a students' poster session which will give the students the opportunity to present their work and discuss with the HZB scientists how neutron scattering could benefit their research.

The school will finish with lectures on how to use neutron scattering as a tool for research in the areas of biology, chemistry, engineering and physics etc. This course is part of the curriculum of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences at the Technical University Berlin.

The 2017 EMU (European Mineralogical Union) School

The school will cover different multidisciplinary aspects related to the study of natural fibres and is thus aimed at students with a background in Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Material Science, Medicine, Physics who strive for working in the field of mineral fibre and asbestos and want to acquire both a strong background in this specific area of environmental protection and a multidisciplinary open vision of the asbestos related problems.

The following topics will be covered:

• Crystal structure and crystallography, occurrence of mineral fibres, and natural occurring asbestos
• experimental methods for the investigation of mineral fibres: optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, iron spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation based techniques
• Surface and bio-chemical properties of mineral fibres
• Illustration of asbestos related diseases and bio-chemical mechanism inducing toxicity effects in the human body
• In vitro and in vivo tests to assess cyto/genotoxicity and carcinogenicity of mineral fibre
• Dissolution and biodurability of mineral fibres
• Epidemiological studies of asbestos related diseases
• Genetic factors, mutations and toxicity of mineral fibres

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The novel format of the RACIRI Summer School is driven by scientific frontier themes and challenges in the field of materials sciences with a strong connection to the superb analytical potential at current and future research infrastructures (synchrotron radiation, X-rays and neutrons) in the Baltic region.

The RACIRI Summer School is held every year under a special focus theme. Its venue rotates annually among the three partnering countries.

The first RACIRI Summer School was organized 2013 in Petergof, Russia. Focus theme: "Soft Matter and Nano Composites".

The second RACIRI Summer School was held from 24-31 August 2014 in the Stockholm area, Sweden, under the focus theme "Imaging with X-rays and Neutrons in Life and Materials Sciences".

The third RACIRI Summer School was held during 22-29 August 2015 in Sellin, Island of Rügen, Germany. Its focus theme: "Time-resolved and In-situ Studies of Materials: Basics and Applications".