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The 2007 ACA Summer Course in Small Molecule Crystallography

Summary:

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• Announcement
• Scholarships
• Housing
• Travel
• Additional information
• Course curriculum and schedule
• The invited faculty

(1) Announcement

This course will be offered at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) campus from July 9th through July 18th, 2007.  IUP is located in the town of Indiana, PA about 80 miles east of Pittsburgh, PA.  A van service will be provided to and from the Pittsburgh Airport on Sunday July 8th and Wednesday July 18th.  Each day there will be three lectures in the morning on single crystal and powder diffraction methods, followed by afternoon and evening workshops and computer tutorials covering topics ranging from problem solving to crystal structure determination.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their own single crystal or powder samples for X-ray data collection and are expected to have at least an undergraduate science degree (we have had successful students from biology, chemistry, geoscience, physics and materials science).  No prior experience of X-ray crystallography will be assumed, but attendees are advised to read in advance “Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer”, by Jenny P. Glusker and Kenneth N. Trueblood, Oxford Univ. Press (1985).

The organizers aim for a total of 25 attendees, who in past years have come from academia (students and faculty), government and corporate institutions, both in the U.S. and from abroad.  We encourage applications from Latin America. Tuition and board (single occupancy, including breakfast and lunch) will be $650 ($1000 for those from Corporate Laboratories).  See below: (2) Scholarships.  

Instruments available on site will be three Bruker-Nonius diffractometers (a CAD4 and D8 Advance at IUP and an APEX II instrument with CCD detector located at the Duquesne University electronically linked to the Lab at IUP).  In previous years, Rigaku and Bruker have set-up state-of-the-art instrumentation for use during the course including a Rigaku Miniflex powder diffractometer, Rigaku SPIDER and SCXmini benchtop single crystal instruments and a Bruker APEX II single crystal instrument.  The computer labs will have ample space and each attendee will have access to an individual computer.  The computers will have access to the Bruker and Rigaku version of SHELX, the Cambridge structural data base, GSAS/EXPGUI and the Crystmol software packages. 

The Course registration form can be obtained from this web site  (http://www.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/).  Completed forms must be received before June 1st, 2007 by Prof. Bryan Craven, Chemistry Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, USA (or sent electronically to Prof. Charles H. Lake at lake@iup.edu).  Further information can be obtained from craven@icubed.com  or lake@iup.edu.

The organizers of this ACA Course shall observe the basic policy of nondiscrimination and affirm the rights of scientists throughout the world to adhere or to associate with international scientific activity without restrictions based on nationality, race, color, age, religion, political philosophy, ethnic origin, citizenship, language, or sex, in accordance with the Statutes on the International Council of Scientific Unions.  At this Course, no barriers will exist which would prevent the participation of bona fide scientists.

(2) Scholarships.

Up to twelve graduate student scholarships will be offered.  These will consist of a waiver of tuition and campus housing costs (double occupancy, breakfast and lunch).  The scholarships will be awarded based on the student’s (1) scientific ability, (2) expected benefits from the course and (3) skills in English.  We aim to provide at least two scholarships specifically for Latin American graduate students.

 (3) Housing.

Campus housing will be available at IUP in Campus Towers on Maple St, near the corner with Wayne Ave (see map below). Housing will consist of IUP graduate student apartments. Attendees who are awarded scholarships will be lodged in double-occupancy, that is, in an apartment with a bedroom having twin beds.  Check-in will begin at 1:00 PM on Sunday July 8th.

All apartments are air-conditioned and possess a living room, one bedroom and a bathroom. They have a refrigerator and stove and the usual furniture. Attendees who plan to use the kitchen facilities will need to bring utensils, plates, etc.  The beds will have linen but it is recommended that attendees should bring extra blankets, a towel and a pillow (students have complained in previous years that IUP pillows are not very comfortable!); also bring an alarm clock.  Attendees who are awarded scholarships will not be charged for housing. On arrival (Sunday afternoon, July 8th) attendees can park next to the Towers.  Temporary permits for parking elsewhere will be issued later.  A supermarket and the restaurants of downtown Indiana are within walking distance.

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