Exploring All Facets of the Inorganic Chemistry of Life

Natural and Synthetic Photoreceptor Systems: From Microbes to Man

How to Solve Biologically-Inspired, Metal-Related Problems

From Photobiological Phenomena to Mechanistically Inspired Synthetic Photobiology

Molecular Clusters from Bimolecular Complexes to the Onset of Bulk Matter

New Developments in Unraveling Cluster Nucleation and Structure

This meeting focuses on the most recent advances dedicated to the description of small to very large aggregates of atoms and molecules. It gathers young experimentalists and theoreticians interested in the study of the growing properties and the structure of such aggregates.

Folding: The Landscapes of Natural and Synthetic Life

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Sessions:

Electrochemistry at the Nanoscale

Electrodeposition and Electrocatalysis

Batteries and Molecular Electronics

Bioelectrochemical Sensors

FPSchool aims to contribute to the training of scientists in treatment of X-ray and neutron diffraction data.The school is based on intensive hands-on sessions using the computer programs of the FullProf Suite.

The lectures and tutorials will provide the essential tools necessary for an efficient use of the FullProf Suite at an intermediate level. In addition to general applications, the new features on material science data analysis and magnetic structure determination and refinement will be given particular attention.

Topics:

Nanostructured Materials

Nanostructure classes

Nano-materials for Advanced Electronics

Nanocharacterization

Applications

DPG Frühjahrstagung (Spring Meeting) of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) with the divisions and working groups:

• Biological Physics
• Chemical and Polymer Physics
• Dielectric Solids
• Thin Films
• Dynamics and Statistical Physics
• Semiconductor Physics
• Magnetism
• Metal and Material Physics
• and the working group Metal and Material Physics
• Mikroprobes
• Surface Science
• Physics of Socio-Economic Systems
• Low Temperature Physics
• Environmental Physics
• Vacuum Science and Technology
• Crystallography
• Working Group Equal Opportunities
• Working Group Industry and Business
• Working Group Energy
• Working Group Information
• Working Group young DPG
• Working Group Physics and Disarmament

International School and Conference on Biological Materials Science

Topics will encompass the formation mechanisms as well as the characterization of complex-shaped and hierarchically structured multifunctional materials present in living nature. Based on this, a further key topic will be the consideration of these architectures as archetypes for the generation of novel functional materials with an expanded property spectrum. We invite you to submit your contributions with regard to materials synthesis and design inspired by biological principles and structures. The conference will address Bio-inspired materials based on organic and/or inorganic phases including their mechanical, optical, electronic and magnetic properties as well as actuated systems. Further discussions will be dedicated to materials, which display their function in contact with biological systems, e.g. tissues. Moreover, theoretical modelling of the formation, structure and properties of biological and bio-inspired materials will play a main role.

Winter School of the Priority Program 1569 (SPP 1569) supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG). In addition to this satellite meeting also contributions of the SPP 1569 are included into the poster sessions of the conference.

The key objective of the SPP 1569 is to explore the principles of gene-regulated biomineralization for the production of multifunctional inorganic materials. The scientific aim is the application of biomolecules for the in vitro generation of inorganic functional materials as well as the biomineralization of these materials by living organisms in vivo. By using this route, materials with an enhanced property spectrum, which is not available via conventional processing techniques, shall be gained at ambient conditions by molecular architecture. The main objective is to generate materials with improved properties and novel property combinations by the conjunction of inorganic and organic components. Contact Juliane Kränzl spp1569@imw.uni-stuttgart.de

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 Crystallization: Focus on Micro and Nano Crystals and High Throughput Methods Course will take place at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. This hands-on crystallization training program will address basic concepts in macromolecular crystal growth and sample mounting for X-ray diffraction data collection as well as novel applications to macromolecular crystallography experiments at synchrotrons and XFEL's. Attendees will be learning frontier crystallization, sample preparation and manipulation methods for home source, synchrotron and XFEL diffraction experiments including injector and high-throughput goniometer-based approaches. The Course covers introductory lectures and hands-on tutorials, and includes discussions and informal meetings with the tutors. All students are encouraged to bring their own specimens.

The course fee is $450 ($100 registration fee plus $350 social fee to cover all meals).

• Intended for advanced PhD students, postdocs and young scientists
• Theoretical and in-depth tutorial training on state-of-the-art methods in macromolecular crystallography

• 25 available places for selected students
• Grants available with all expenses covered
• APPLICATIONS until January 20th, 2016 at http://www.ifsc.usp.br/mx2016

Main Topics

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

Speakers and Tutors

• Alejandro Buschiazzo Montevideo, Uruguay
  
• Kay Diederichs Konstanz, Germany
  
• Paul Emsley Cambridge, UK
  
• Richard Garratt São Carlos, Brasil
  
• Ronan Keegan Oxford, UK
  
• Eugene Krissinel Oxford, UK
  
• Joana Pereira Hamburg, Germany
  
• Andrey Lebedev Oxford, UK
  
• Andrew Leslie Cambridge, UK
  
• Garib Murshudov Cambridge, UK
  
• David Waterman Oxford, UK
  
• Pavol Skubak Leiden, The Netherlands
  
• Randy Read Cambridge, UK
  
• Andrea Thorn Cambridge, UK
  
• Isabel Uson Barcelona, Spain