The NSLS-II MX beamlines at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) are organizing
a workshop entitled "Current and Future Trends in Macromolecular
Crystallography Experiments: Focus on Automation, High Data Rate Analysis and
User Interfaces".
The format of the workshop is online (using Zoom) and is scheduled to take
place on March 16, March 17 and March 18 from 12:00 PM (ET) to 6:00 PM (ET) for
all three days. There is no fee to participate in the workshop. For each
session, there will be up to 9 presentations and 2 discussion sessions. We
would like to encourage participation from synchrotron facilities worldwide.
The website (workshop and registration details) will be advertised in the
second circular to be expected by mid-February after final DOE approval.
Description of the workshop:
Synchrotron Radiation Macromolecular Crystallography has been on
the forefront of biological studies requiring access to structural information.
It has seen several major updates and new developments ranging from sample
standards, robotic sample changers, micro-focus beamlines, pixel array
detectors to distributed and automated data processing, and the list goes on.
In the last few years, several major facilities began operation and a few more
were upgraded to what is the state of the art today. Along these upgrades, all
facilities have updated and upgraded equipment, high performance computing and
the associated software to allow researchers to continue pursuing the most
impactful areas of life science research. In the coming years, more facilities
will be upgraded, including two in the US.
All of these advances are required for groups from academia and industry to
increase their rate of discovery, relying on either the brightest beams to
tackle the most challenging projects, or on higher levels of automation, so
that researchers can not only achieve more, but most importantly can invest
valuable time in tackling the difficult projects and rely on automation for
their other projects.
In this workshop, we will have presentations dealing with sample automation and
standards (March 16; chair Jean Jakoncic), about high data rate MX analysis
(March 17; chair Dale Kreitler), and on user interfaces and remote access
(March 18; chair Martin Fuchs). In all sessions, we will emphasize the current
state of the art and planned upgrades. Ideally, we would like the spirit of the
workshop to be cooperative, even sparking collaborations to elaborate common
solutions to deal with common problems.
We encourage our colleagues working at Synchrotron facilities worldwide to
register as presenters and welcome all to participate in the discussions.
If you are interested in contributing at any of the 3 sessions, please send
requests to: nsls-ii_mx_2...@bnl.gov<mailto:nsls-ii_mx_2...@bnl.gov>
Jean Jakoncic, on behalf of the organizing committee (Jean Jakoncic, Dale
Kreitler, Martin Fuchs, Herbert Bernstein).
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