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Workshop 20018

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLteVxMX-rlQuI_D5X1ZZoWg_LqzyvNbKu

Aims

The workshop on membrane protein 2D crystallization and electron crystallography is aimed at PhD students, PostDocs, and beyond, who are interested in the structure determination of membrane proteins (or other 2D protein crystal arrays) by electron crystallography. Topics

This workshop has two major aims:

  1. Training: To provide a unique forum to train skilled biochemists and electron microscopists (PhD, Post docs and beyond), in membrane protein 2D crystallization, electron crystallographic data collection and data processing.
  • Membrane protein solubilisation and crystallization
  • Sample preparation for electron microscopy
  • Cryo-EM data collection (imaging and electron diffraction)
  • Data processing with the MRC, IPLT and 2dx software packages
  • Data evaluation and model building
  1. Advancing the technology: To bring together many of the leading groups in electron crystallography to forge innovative collaborations for new technology development.

Workshop format

The workshop will feature lectures in the morning, practicals in the afternoon, student poster session before dinner, and science talks in the evening. Computer practicals will use machines in a local computer room. However, students are also invited to bring their own laptop computer (Linux or OSX), where we can try to install the image processing software packages and run the processing on your own computers during the workshop. Dates

Workshop Lectures: September 8-12, 2008 (Monday-Friday) Arrival: Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Departure: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008

Program

The workshop will be divided into four blocks: Lectures (morning), hands-on practicals (afternoon), poster sessions (before dinner), and research talks (evening). See also here

Workshop Organizer

Bryant Gipson, UC Davis, CA. Phone: +1 (530) 754 8285

Scientific Organizers

Ben Hankamer, University of Queensland, Australia.

Thomas Walz, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Henning Stahlberg, University of California at Davis, CA, USA

Speakers (all confirmed)

  • Anchi Cheng, Scripps, CA, USA
  • Andreas Engel, Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland
  • Andreas Schenk, Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland
  • Ansgar Philippsen, Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland
  • Ben Hankamer, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Bob Glaeser, UC Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Bryant Gipson, UC Davis, CA, USA
  • Catherine Venien-Bryan, Oxford University, UK
  • Daniel Levy, Paris, France
  • Dieter Typke, UC Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Nobuhiko Gyobu, AIST, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hans Hebert, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  • Henning Stahlberg, UC Davis, CA, USA
  • Herve Remigy, Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland
  • Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia, CUNY, NY, USA
  • Ken Downing, LBNL, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Michael Landsberg, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Nigel Browning, LLNL, CA, USA
  • Thomas Walz, Harvard Med. School, MA, USA
  • Werner Kuehlbrandt, MPI Frankfurt, Germany
  • Xiangyan Zeng, UC Davis, CA, USA
  • Yifan Cheng, UC San Francisco, CA, USA

program-2.pdf

Handouts

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Sponsors

We are greatful to generous support from

  • FEI
  • GATAN
  • JEOL
  • NanoTechnology Systems
  • National Science Foundation
  • Storer Lecture Series
  • TVIPS
  • UC Davis