Dear All,
>From May-14 to May-18, 2018 we are organizing an Open-Sesame and Instruct-ERIC >workshop: “Remote X-ray data collection from European synchrotrons at the >Weizmann Institute of Science”, Rehovot, Israel. The program of this workshop >has been updated, please check at >http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/RXDC2018/program-outline . This workshop is organized in the context of the EU projects Open SESAME and Instruct-ERIC, together with DLS (Diamond, Oxford, UK), and ESRF (Grenoble, France) and the support of FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies). The protocols for using ISPyB, remote data collection and data processing at DLS and ESRF will be discussed, demonstrated and used. The workshop will consist of lectures, tutorials, demonstrations and hands-on remote data collection sessions at DLS and ESRF using either test crystals or student crystals. Experts are on-site for carrying out the remote data collection sessions as well as to demonstrate how to use the pipelines on data processing and structure determination calculations available at the ESRF and DLS. Additionally, computing facilities and experts are available for on site data processing and structure improvement/structure validation calculations. These topics will also be introduced by targeted presentations and tutorials as outlined in the updated program outline. The remote data collection at ESRF and DLS is scheduled for the 2nd and 4th day of the workshop, respectively. All information on the workshop and on the application details are available at http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/RXDC2018 . There is no registration fee, and the workshop will cover the costs of room & board, at the Weizmann Institute, for participants. Travel fellowships are available, please request such support in the motivation letter. The workshop will be limited to a maximum of 25 participants, and the deadline for registration is 11.03.2018. For those unable to make it in person, the meeting will be streamed on the internet via Zoom Video Conferencing. Details of the url will be sent out and posted on the Conference web site prior to the start of the workshop. This workshop is particularly targeted for PhD students and postdocs having projects aimed at 3D structure determination using biomacromolecular crystals, working at institutes that are members of SESAME and/or working at institutes of Instruct-ERIC countries relatively far from European Synchrotrons, as well as for students from non-EU countries working at EU-institutes who need to apply for visa, restricting efficient access to perform on-site data collection. Students are encouraged to send crystals in advance, which will then subsequently be shipped to DLS or ESRF and used as examples for remote data collection. On behalf of the organizers, Joel L. Sussman and Rik Wierenga Website of the workshop: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/RXDC2018
