Forthcoming meetings

The BCA Summer School is a combined taught and practical course intended primarily for students and researchers new to crystallography. It is held in the University of Oxford's Biochemistry Department and St. Edmund Hall from 5th - 10th September 2010. Its aim is to provide comprehensive training in the theory and practise of crystallography, and to promote the exchange of experience and best practise within the British crystallographic community. The meeting covers the gamut of modern crystallographic theory and practice, from lattices, through phasing, to maximum likelihood and refinement. The focus is very much on relating theory to practise. The practical aspect of the workshop takes the form of intensively supervised computer tutorials. Although CCP4 programs will primarily be used in these tutorials, the aim will be to approach crystallographic questions in a software-agnostic manner.

Visit the webpage http://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/aspsite/index.asp?pageid=698 for more information.

   APPLICATIONS OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Diamond Light Source

Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

3-4 November 2010

The Industrial Group autumn meeting this year will take place at the Diamond Light Source.  Set over two days at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus there will be a variety of lectures by Diamond beamline scientists as well as academic and industrial application scientists.  Confirmed speakers include Bill David (ISIS), Chris Frampton (Pharmorphix), Gemma Newby (ESRF),   Emyr MacDonald (Cardiff) and Dave Rugg (Rolls-Royce. There will also be an opportunity to tour inside the Diamond ring and to see selected beamlines during the meeting.   

Registration for this event is now open and places are limited so sign up now!

Link to meeting page and registration....

The 13th Intensive Teaching School in X-ray Structure Analysis will take place in Durham from March 26th until April 3rd 2011. This is a biennial school and demand for places is expected to be high. Find out more at the School's homepage: http://www.dur.ac.uk/durham.x-ray-school/

The 2011 Spring Meeting of the British Crystallographic Association will be held at the Keele University between 11^th and 14^th April 2011.

The programme and theme of the meeting are currently under development, and more information will appear here during Summer 2010. The Programme Chair is Dr Arwen Pearson.