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EMBO Practical Course on Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules - Programme
Day 1: Basics of small-angle scattering (Monday, 23 Oct)
  09:00 - 09:15  
Introduction - D. Svergun
  09:15 - 10:30  
Scattering of X-rays (basics) - P. Vachette
  10:30 - 11:00Coffee break  
  11:00 - 12:00  
Scattering of neutrons (basics) - J. Trewhella
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00 - 17:00  
Safety training and visiting synchrotron beamlines at HASYLAB
  17:00 - 17:30Coffee break  
  17:30 - 19:30  
Students presentations (15 min each)
  20:00 - 22:00Welcome dinner  
 
Day 2: Data processing (Tuesday, 24 Oct)
  09:00 - 09:45  
Data reduction and processing - M. Roessle
  09:45 - 10:30  
Students presentations (15 min each)
  10:30 - 11:00Coffee break  
  11:00 - 12:00  
Students presentations (15 min each)
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00 - 15:00  
Students presentations (15 min each)
  15:00 - 17:00  
Data reduction and processing tutorial - P. Konarev, M. Petoukhov
  17:00 - 17:30Coffee break  
  17:30 - 19:00  
Students presentations (15 min each)
  19:00 - 20:00  
Data processing practical (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33
  20:00Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 3: Ab initio methods (Wednesday, 25 Oct)
  09:00 - 10:00  
Ab initio methods: how they work - D. Svergun
  10:00 - 10:30Coffee break  
  10:30 - 12:00  
Programs DAMMIN/MONSA tutorial - M. Petoukhov
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00 - 15:30  
Program GASBOR tutorial - M. Petoukhov
  15:30 - 16:30  
Shape determination: applications to proteins - M. Vanoni
  16:30 - 17:00Coffee break  
  17:00 - 20:00  
Ab initio practical (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33
  20:00Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 4: Rigid body refinement (Thursday, 26 Oct)
  09:00 - 10:00  
Rigid body refinement (basics) - D. Svergun
  10:00 - 10:30Coffee break  
  10:30 - 12:00  
MASSHA program tutorial - P. Konarev
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00 - 14:45  
Joint use of NMR and SAS - M. Sattler
  14:45 - 16:00  
SASREF/BUNCH programs tutorial - M. Petoukhov
  16:00 - 17:00  
Rigid body refinement: applications to proteins - M. Vanoni
  17:00 - 17:30Coffee break  
  17:30 - 20:00  
Modelling practical (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33
  20:00Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 5: Related methods (Friday, 27 Oct)
  09:00 - 09:50  
Use of SAS with biophysical methods - O. Byron
  09:50 - 10:40  
Use of SAS with low-resolution crystallography - H. Tsuruta
  10:40 - 11:10Coffee break  
  11:10 - 12:00  
Use of SAS with electron microscopy - W. Wriggers
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00Free afternoon / Social event  
  20:00Dinner on the DESY site (provided for those with no other plans)  
 
Day 6: Mixtures and interacting systems (Saturday, 28 Oct)
  09.00 - 10:15  
Form and structure factors, interactions, modeling - J. S. Pedersen
  10:15 - 10:45Coffee break  
  10:45 - 11:45  
Time-resolved X-ray scattering - T. Fujisawa
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00 - 15:00  
Programs SVDPLOT/OLIGOMER tutorial - P. Konarev
  15:00 - 15:45  
SAXS from lipid systems - R. Willumeit
  15:45 - 17:00  
Program MIXTURE tutorial - P. Konarev
  17:00 - 17:30Coffee break  
  17:30 - 20:00  
Practical session (EMBL seminar room/library), measurements at X33
  20:00Dinner on the DESY site  
 
Day 7: Future outlook and general discussion (Sunday, 29 Oct)
  09:00 - 09:45  
SAXS: new sources and challenges - M. Roessle
  09:45 - 10:30  
SANS: contrast variation and specific deuteration - P. Timmins
  10:30 - 11:00Coffee break  
  11:00 - 12:00  
Practical session (EMBL seminar room/library)
  12:30 - 13:30Lunch on the DESY site  
  14:00 - 17:00  
Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)
  17:00 - 17:30Coffee break  
  17:30 - 20:00  
Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)
  20:00Course Dinner  
 
Day 8: General discussion II (Monday, 30 Oct)
  09.00 - 10.30  
Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)
  10.30 - 11.00Coffee break  
  11:00 - 12:00  
Participating students: presentation of results (20 min each)
  12:00 - 13:00  
Results of SASQuest competition, concluding remarks
  13.00 - 14.00Lunch on the DESY site  
  Departure