The 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, in conjunction with the American Association for Crystal Growth, will be held May 22 - 27, at the Buffalo Convention Center in Buffalo, New York. The meeting will begin with workshops on Saturday, followed by lectures and poster sessions from Sunday to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The opening reception will be held at the Adam's Mark Hotel on Saturday, May 22 at 7:00 p.m. The annual Young Scientists SIG Mixer will be held at the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery on Monday, May 24 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery will reopen following renovations the week of the ACA meeting with an exhibit, Monet at Giverny: Masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan. The ACA has reserved the gallery Tuesday evening, May 25. Included in the $25.00 price of the ticket is transportation, drinks and hors d'oeuvres at the gallery. The banquet will be held in the Statler Golden Ballroom across the street from the convention center and will include an open bar before and after the event and wine with the meal. Banquet tickets will cost $20 for registered students and $40 for all others; this is separate from the registration fee. Please indicate your choice of fish or beef for dinner on the registration form.
Hotel
A block of sleeping
rooms at a special conference rate of $99.00 have been reserved
for meeting participants at the newly renovated Adam's Mark Hotel
on the waterfront. Located at 120 Church St., the hotel is distinguished
by 471 guest rooms and luxurious suites, indoor pool and health
club, and complimentary ramp parking for overnight guests. Entertainment
includes Justine's for fine dining; the Café for casual
all-day dining and Le Club with dancing to live music and DJ selections.
The Adam's Mark is located a few blocks from the Buffalo Convention Center where all scientific sessions will be held. It is a 5 minute walk from the hotel to the convention center. Busses will be available for transport to and from the convention center in the morning and afternoon. Please submit the hotel reservation request form well before May 3, to secure your room at the special conference rate. Forms are available on the ACA Web Site.
Buffalo
Convention Center
All scientific
sessions, lectures, and poster presentations will be held in the
Buffalo Convention Center. The center is located in the heart
of downtown Buffalo. Nearby restaurants and shopping are easily
accessible via the above ground free section of the rapid transit
system.
Show Hours (tentative)
| Saturday, May 22 | Setup | 8:00am - 5:00pm |
| Sunday, May 23 | Show | 10:00am - 7:30pm |
| Monday, May 24 | Show | 10:00am - 7:30pm |
| Tuesday, May 25 | Show | 10:00am - 7:30pm |
| Wednesday, May 26 | Show | 10:00am - 3:30pm |
| Thursday, May 27 | Dismantle | by 10:00pm |
Technical Sessions
Transactions Symposium
Two Decades of Synchrotron Radiation Research
Workshops
Area Detector Technology
Solving Structures with SnB
Amorphous Materials SIG Sessions
Dynamics at and Below the THz
Alternate Methods of Structural Characterization
Structural Transitions and Poly(a)morphism
Biological Macromolecules SIG Sessions
Structural Genomics and Data Mining
Glycoproteins and Glycobiology
The Structure and Function of Large Macromolecular Complexes
Computational Methods in Macromolecular Crystallography
Optimizing Expression & Purification for Macromolecular Crystallization
Hot New Structures
Structures and Mechanism of Enzymes
Combining Crystallography with Other Biophysical Techniques
General Interest SIG Sessions
Theory
Experiment
Off-the-Wall
Materials Sciences SIG Sessions
Applications of Resonant Scattering to Materials Science
Structure Solution using Powder Data
Neutron Diffraction SIG Session
Analysis of Neutron Data of Short Range Ordered Materials
Service Crystallography SIG Sessions
Teaching Crystallography to Non-Crystallographers
When the Single Crystal Diffraction Experiment Leaves Questions
Small Molecules SIG Session
Data Collection Techniques for Small Molecules using CCD Detectors
Synchrotron Radiation SIG Session
X-ray Data Collection at 3rd Generation Synchrotron Sources
Macromolecular Crystallization Sessions
Solution Properties and Molecular Interactions
Crystal Nucleation
Crystallization Mechanisms
Crystallization of Nucleic Acids
Membrane Proteins and 2D Crystallization
Crystallization of Macromolecular Assemblies
Crystallization Techniques
Screening and Optimization
ACA Exhibit
Registration Form
Please reserve exhibit space at the 1999 ACA Exhibit Show.
Our booth preference(s) are as follows:
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Please do not allocate space adjacent
to
these possible exhibitors:
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Contact Person ____________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________
City ___________________ State/Prov. ______ Zip/Postal ________
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Phone __________________________ Fax ______________________
E-Mail __________________________ Web Site _________________
Description of exhibit for listing in
the Exhibitor Show Guide (100 words or less).
Please type or print.
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Please enclose deposit (25% of total
booth cost) made payable to the
American Institute of Physics. The balance is due April 1, 1999.
No space will be allocated without receipt of deposit.
ACA Corporate Members are entitled to
a 10% discount on one booth
All booths are 9 x 10 - $1000 each
Number of booths requested _____
Total cost of booth(s) $__________
Amount enclosed $__________
Amount due before April 1, 1999 $__________
Please mail or fax registation form to:
Bob Finnegan
Advertising and Exhibits
American Inst. of Physics
500 Sunnyside Blvd.
Woodbury NY 11797
phone (516) 576-2430
fax (516) 576-2481
1999 Exhibitors (as of March
28)
Area Detector Systems Corp.
Blake Industries
Bruker AXS, Inc.
Charles Supper Company
Compaq Computer
Cryo Industries of America
Cyberlab, Inc.
ESM Software
Hampton Research
ICDD
IUCr
J. Schneider Elektrotechnik GmbH
MAR USA
Microsource Division
Molecular Structure Corp.
NASA Biotechnology Program
Nonius Company
Osmic, Inc.
Oxford Cryosystems
Oxford Instruments
PE Biosystems
Protein Data Bank
Protein Solutions, Inc.
Vivascience, Inc.
Wyatt Technology
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ACA Exhibitors
Area Detector Systems, Corp.
Bede Scientific Inc.
Beevers Minature Models Unit
Biospace International, Inc.
Biosym Technologies
Blake Industries, Inc.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bruker AXS, Inc.
Compaq Computer Corp.
Cryo Industries of America
Crystal Logic, Inc.
Cyberlab, Inc.
Diversified Scientific, Inc.
B.A. Frenz & Associates
Fuji Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.
Hampton Research
Hecus M. Braun-Graz
INEL
Kratos Analytical Inc.
Mac Science Co., Ltd.
MAR USA, Inc./X-Ray Research Gmbh
Microsource
Molecular Simulations, Inc.
Molecular Structure Corp.
NASA Biotechnology Program
Nat'l Center for Biotechnology Information
Nonius Company
Osmic, Inc.
Oxford Cryosystems
Oxford Instruments
PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc.
Philips Electronic Instruments
Polycrystal Book Service
Princeton Instruments, Inc.
Protein Solutions, Inc.
Scientific Information Service, Inc.
Sietronics Mfg. Pty. Ltd.
Silicon Graphics
Charles Supper Company, Inc.
Wyatt Technology
