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Advanced Methods in Macromolecular Crystallization VII – the 2nd FEBS practical crystallization course in middle EU co-sponsored by INSTRUCT

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Date: 27-Jun-2016 to 02-Jul-2016

Contact: Pavlina Rezacova

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The era of genome sequencing is being followed by large-scale investigations into the function and structure of the gene products. Commonly named "structural genomics", the high-throughput structure determination of proteins encoded by a given genome depends to a large extent on the availability of crystals for X-ray diffraction. However, the crystallization of biological macromolecules is still poorly understood and, as a consequence, success of the common trial-and-error experiments is not predictable. On the other hand, more rational approaches have been developed in the past few years and prospects for the science of crystallogenesis are in fact good.

The practical crystallization course is in fact the seventh run of the FEBS practical courses named “Advanced methods in macromolecular crystallization“, organized since 2004 at the Academic and University Center at Nove Hrady (Czech Republic). The planned course (for undergraduate, postgraduate students and postdocs with an interest in macromolecular crystallization) is rather different from the established courses in protein crystallization. The course is designed to bring over the message of the benefits of more rational approaches to macromolecular crystallization and is aimed at a healthy mixture of advanced discussions of the theory and laboratory experiments. For crystallization experiments, typical recipes using commercial proteins will be used. In addition, students can bring their own proteins and carry out crystallization trials on these during the course. A poster section is planned in order to encourage participants to disscuss their own work.To achieve this goal, we have invited a number of prominent experts in the field as a teachers and tutors.

Proposed deadline for applications: March 30, 2016

Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Ivana Kuta Smatanova (e-mail: ivanaks@seznam.cz)

Co-organizers: Dr. Pavlina Rezacova (e-mail: rezacova@img.cas.cz), Prof. Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz (e-mail: jmgruiz@ugr.es)

For more information about the course, please have a look at the website http://febs.img.cas.cz or contact the organizers.

Download the poster for the event here

Academic and University Center Nove Hrady, Czech Republic

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