About the Workshop

X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) is a new type of X-ray source with two distinct features that have never been possible in the past: extreme brilliance and femtosecond (fs) time resolution. It is billions of times brighter than the latest synchrotron source, which is in turn a billion times brighter than the sun. The XFEL pulses on femtosecond time scale, like a fast shutter that can catch femtosecond or slower events. The brilliance and laser coherence enable researchers to image biological molecules that cannot be grown into large crystals, as well as room-temperature living systems, and with a potential to image single molecules in the near future. The femtosecond pulses allow investigators to monitor molecular changes on the time scale of reaction intermediates - roughly 2 to 3 orders of magnitude better resolution than at a synchrotron. It also holds the potential of single molecule imagine at ambient temperature. Since the first XFEL beam became operational in 2009 in the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) near Stanford University, it has generated a significant impact on science (see the attached selected papers from Speakers). The speakers are the leaders in application of XFEL for biological and biomedical research.

Organizing committee

Yun-Xing Wang,
Di Xia

Tentative Agenda Morning Session chair: Yun-Xing Wang (NCI) 9:00 - 9:10 AM Opening Remarks - Dr. Michael Gottesman (NIH) 9:10 - 9:40 AM Mike Dunne (LCLS/Stanford) 9:40 - 10:10 AM John Spence (ASU) 10:10 - 10:40 AM Henry Chapman (University of Hamburg/CFEL) 10:40 - 11:10 AM Marius Schmidt (UWM)   11:10 - 11:40PM Jason Stagno (NCI) 12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Afternoon Session Chair: Di Xia (NCI) 1:00 - 1:30 PM Ilme Schlicting (Max Planck Institute) 1:30 - 2:00PM Vadim Cherezov (USC) 2:00 - 3:30PM Petra Fromme (ASU) 3:30 - 3:10PM Closing Remarks- Joel Schneider (NCI) 4:00 - 5:00PM Round table discussion "Attendees will be responsible for meals and/or light refreshments on their own at their own cost. The government and/or government contractors are not involved in providing or facilitating the provision of food and/or light refreshments."

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