Support

BioXFEL members Henry Chapman (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), James Fraser(University of California, San Francisco) and Guillermo Calero (University of Pittsburgh) have been invited to participate in the Challenges in Structural Biology Conference at Janelia Research Campus. 

Advances in light sources and other instrumentation over the last 20 years have pushed the limits of what can be studied by various structural biology methods. Larger, much more challenging molecular ensembles have been studied at unprecedented resolutions, and with ever-smaller and challenging specimens. Hardware and computational developments, particularly in data reduction and modeling, contribute critically to this work. The main goal of this meeting is to highlight the current challenges in structural biology and to stimulate cooperation between theory and experiment.

Topics Covered

• Sample preparation, crystal growth, data collection, processing, and structural dynamics 
• Nanocrystallography including XFELs and MicroED
• Single particle electron cryomicroscopy and complementary methods.

Dates: October 15 - 18, 2017

Location: Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia

Registration: Deadline May 31st, 2017

For registration and more information see here.