Fifth International Workshop on X-ray Radiation Damage to Biological Crystalline Samples:
Registration and Abstract submission will close on the 31st January 2008 at: http://user.web.psi.ch/rd5/ <http://user.web.psi.ch/rd5/> for the Fifth International Workshop on X-ray Radiation Damage to Biological Crystalline Samples which will be held at the Swiss Light Source from 13:00 March 3rd to 13:00 March 5th 2008. This series of workshops was originally concerned with the effects of radiation damage during investigation of protein structures by X-ray crystallography. Other techniques of structural biology are now being included to ensure greater information exchange. The workshop will therefore be of interest to all those using ionising radiation to examine biological structures at the molecular and cellular level. It will consist of around 25 talks of 25-30 minutes each. Some Abstracts will be selected for aural presentation - please indicate if you would like to be considered for this on the registration form. The current confirmed programme is: *Welcome.* Clemens Schulze-Briese (SLS) *Introduction/Overview* Elspeth Garman (Oxford University, UK) *1. Progress in the understanding of radiation damage in PX *Chairperson: Clemens Schulze-Briese (SLS, Switzerland) Eddie Snell (Hauptmann Woodward, Buffalo, USA) Martin Weik. (IBS, Grenoble) Hiroshi Aoyama (Osaka University, Japan) Paul Tucker (EMBL, Hamburg) Elspeth Garman (Oxford University, UK) *2. Reducing or mitigating radiation damage? *Chairperson: Gerd Rosenbaum (University of Georgia, USA) Colin Nave (DLS, UK) Kunio Hirata (SPring-8, Hyogo, Japan) Vincent Olieric (SLS, Switzerland). Nukri Sanishvili (APS, Chicago, USA) Nobutaka Shimizu (SPring-8, Hyogo, Japan) Sascha Gutmann & Alke Meents (SLS, Switzerland) *3. Correcting for the effects of radiation damage *Chairperson: Sean McSweeney (ESRF, Grenoble) Gerard Bricogne (Global Phasing, Cambridge, UK) Gleb Bourenkov (EMBL, Hamburg, Germany) / Sasha Popov (ESRF, Grenoble, France) James Holton (ANL, Berkeley, USA) *4. Radiation chemistry and radiolysis of biological molecules *Chairperson: Ian Carmichael (Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, USA) Krzysztof Bobrowski (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland). Philip Hogg (UNSW Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). *5. Spectroscopies for studying radiation damage processes. *Chairperson: Arwen Pearson (Leeds University, UK) Robin Owen (SLS, Villigen, Switzerland) Philippe Carpentier (IBS, Grenoble, France) *6. Radiation damage in Electron Microscopy and Electron Crystallography *Chairperson: Colin Nave (DLS, UK) Raimond Ravelli (Leiden University Medical Centre) *7. Radiation damage in XAS, SAXS and X-ray microscopy *Chairperson: Raimond Ravelli (Leiden University Medical Centre) Pierre Kennepohl (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) Britt Hedman (SSRL, Stanford, USA). *Summary: *Sean McSweeney (ESRF, Grenoble) The organizers are Clemens Schulze-Briese, Elspeth Garman, Colin Nave, Sean McSweeney, Raimond Ravelli, Gerd Rosenbaum and Soichi Wakatsuki. <DIV><FONT size="1" color="gray">This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom </FONT></DIV>
