Neutron Diffraction Workshop

A fourth workshop entitled "Neutron Diffraction Studies of Macromolecules", organized by Gerry Bunick (bunick@bio.ornl.gov), Leif Hanson (hansonl@bio.lsd.ornl.gov), and John Helliwell (john.helliwell@man.ac.uk) will be held Saturday, July 21, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. The workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $60 for registered students and $70 for all others.

The prospect is at hand for an exciting new era in biological neutron diffraction studies at steady state and spallation neutron sources worldwide. This is the result of new and upgraded neutron sources, advances in neutron detectors, and better understanding of the process of crystal growth. This confluence of events will provide both opportunities to grow large crystals on the International Space Station, and to collect data at steady state and spallation neutron sources such as ILL, JAERI, ISIS, LANSCE PCS, SNS, and the proposed ESS. The role of this workshop is to acquaint a new generation of protein crystallographers with the merits of neutron diffraction studies of macromolecules. Beyond providing a scientific case for neutron diffraction, presentations will include tutorials on large crystal growth, deuteration and perdeuteration of proteins and crystals, neutron data collection and refinement strategies, cooling of large crystals for low temperature data collection, and potential funding sources for neutron crystallography projects.

This workshop was not included on the original registration form. An updated form is available.