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EMBO Practical Course on Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules - Programme
Day 1 : Basics of small angle scattering (Friday, 29 Oct)
  09.00 - 09.15  
  Introduction - D. Svergun  
  09.15 - 10.30  
  The basics of X-ray scattering - M. Koch  
  10.30 - 11.00    Coffee break  
  11.00 - 12.00  
  Scattering of neutrons (basics) - R. Willumeit  
  12.00 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00 - 17.00  
  Safety training and visiting synchrotron beamlines at HASYLAB  
  17.00 - 17.30    Coffee break  
  17.30 - 19.30  
  Students presentations (15 min each)  
  20.00 - 22.00    Welcome dinner  
 
Day 2 : Data processing (Saturday, 30 Oct)
  09.00 - 09.45  
  X-ray instrumentation and detectors - Y. Amemiya  
  09.45 - 10.30  
  From the sample to an (exploitable) scattering pattern - P. Vachette  
  10.30 - 11.00    Coffee break  
  11.00 - 12.00  
  Students presentations (15 min each)  
  12.30 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00 - 15.00  
  Students presentations (15 min each)  
  15.00 - 17.00  
  Data reduction and processing tutorial - M. Roessle, P. Konarev  
  17.00 - 17.30    Coffee break  
  17.30 - 19.00  
  Students presentations (15 min each)  
  19.00 - 20.00  
  Data processing practical (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33  
  20.00    Dinner on DESY site  
 
Day 3 : Ab initio methods (Sunday, 31 Oct)
  09.00 - 09.45  
  Introduction to ab initio methods - D. Svergun  
  09.45 - 10.30  
  Uniqueness of shape determination - V. Volkov  
  10.30 - 11.00    Coffee break  
  11.00 - 12.00  
  Programs SASHA/DAMMIN tutorial - V. Volkov, M. Petoukhov  
  12.30 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00 - 15.30  
  Program GASBOR tutorial - M. Petoukhov  
  15.30 - 16.30  
  Shape determination: applications to proteins - K. Brown  
  16.30 - 17.00    Coffee break  
  17.00 - 20.00  
  Ab initio practical (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33  
  20.00    Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 4 : Use of high resolution models (Monday, 1 Nov)
  09.00 - 09.50  
  Overview of methods using atomic models - D. Svergun  
  09.50 - 10.30  
  DARA database tutorial - A. Sokolova  
  10.30 - 11.00    Coffee break  
  11.00 - 12.00  
  Addition of missing fragments and domain structure analysis - M. Petoukhov  
  12.30 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00 - 15.00  
  MASSHA program tutorial - P. Konarev  
  15.00 - 16.00  
  CREDO program suite tutorial - M. Petoukhov  
  16.00 - 17.00  
  Rigid body refinement: applications to proteins - M. Vanoni  
  17.00 - 17.30    Coffee break  
  17.30 - 20.00  
  Modelling practical (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33  
  20.00    Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 5 : Related methods (Tuesday, 2 Nov)
  09.00 - 09.50  
  Use of SAS with biophysical methods - O. Byron  
  09.50 - 10.40  
  Molecular envelope and low-resolution crystallography - H. Tsuruta  
  10.40 - 11.10    Coffee break  
  11.10 - 12.00  
  SANS and Low Resolution Crystallography - P. Timmins  
  12.30 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00  
  Free afternoon / Social event  
  20.00    Dinner on the DESY site (provided for those with no other plans)  
 
Day 6 : Mixtures and interacting systems (Wednesday, 3 Nov)
  09.00 - 10.40  
  Form and structure factors, interactions, modeling - J. Skov Pedersen  
  10.40 - 11.10    Coffee break  
  11.10 - 12.00  
  Time-resolved x-ray scattering on biological assemblies - H. Tsuruta  
  12.30 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00 - 15.00  
  Programs SVDPLOT / OLIGOMER tuturial - V. Volkov, A. Sokolova  
  15.00 - 15.45  
  SAXS from lipid systems - R. Willumeit  
  15.45 - 17.00  
  Program MIXTURE tutorial - P. Konarev, V. Volkov  
  17.00 - 17.30    Coffee break  
  17.30 - 20.00  
  Practical session (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33  
  20.00    Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 7 : General discussion I (Thursday, 4 Nov)
  09.00 - 09.45  
  New sources and challenges - Y. Amemiya  
  09.45 - 10.30  
  Novel biological SAXS experiments - M. Roessle  
  10.30 - 11.00    Coffee break  
  11.00 - 12.00  
  Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)  
  12.30 - 13.30    Lunch on the DESY site  
  14.00 - 17.00  
  Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)  
  17.00 - 17.30    Coffee break  
  17.30 - 20.00  
  Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)  
  20.00    Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 8 : General discussion II (Friday, 5 Nov)
  09.00 - 11.00  
  Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)  
  11.00 - 11.30    Coffee break  
  11.30  
  Concluding remarks - Departure