MacCHESS
is pleased to announce that the BioSAXS Essentials III
Workshop will once again be offered at Cornell University.
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BioSAXS
Essentials III: Getting Started in Biological Small-Angle
X-ray Solution Scattering
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Date:
February
24-26, 2012
Location:
Cornell
High Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, NY
** to be held in the new CHESS eXploration Station
educational Facility
Cost:
$150
Deadline
for Registration: February 10, 2012
MacCHESS
is offering an intensive HOWTO course in BioSAXS. A day of
lectures on basics and software tutorials by experienced
practitioners in the field will be followed by actual data
collection on two MacCHESS beamlines (F2 and G1 stations).
While
the primary purpose of the course is educational, students may
bring a limited number of their own research samples. Prepared
standard protein samples will be available to all students for
practice.
Course
topics:
·
Basic
principles and processing methods
·
Critical
sample preparation tips
·
Evaluating
data quality
·
Computing
envelopes and data modeling
·
Overview
of advanced and emerging methods
·
What
you need to know for publication
Speakers:
R.
Gillilan (MacCHESS)
S.
Nielsen (Danish Technical University)
M.
Moller (University of Copenhagen)
K.
Gupta (UPENN Medical school)
T. Grant
(Hauptman-Woodward Institute)
N. Ando
(MIT)
L.
Pollack (Cornell University)
SPACE
IS LIMITED
REGISTRATION:
http://www.chess.cornell.edu/BioSAXS%20course/Registration/register02242012.html
REQUIRED:
·
Once
registration is complete you must submit a short express-mode
proposal form http://express.chess.cornell.edu/EM_form.php.
·
If
you are bringing your own samples please notate in Section 9
of the proposal form the solution you will be using for your
samples to determine hazards, if any.
·
Additionally
please notate “BioSAXS Essentials Course” in Section 9 of the
form.
·
You
are also required to complete an on-line safety training at
http://www.chess.cornell.edu/onlnequiz/index.htm
(this safety training is necessary in order to use our
facility).
HOTEL:
We have a block of rooms set up at the Best Western
University Inn located just one block from CHESS at 1020 Ellis
Hollow Road, Ithaca, NY. The rate of the room is
$89/night. To make a reservation call the hotel direct
at (607) 272-6100 and ask for the BioSAXS workshop
room block OR the CHESS rate. The Best Western offers a free
shuttle service to and from the Ithaca airport and to Cornell
Campus.
Hope
you can join us. Should you have additional questions, please
call (607) 255-7163.
Richard
Gillilan
Sr
Scientist
MacCHESS
Ithaca,
NY