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The 2007 ACA Summer Course in Small Molecule Crystallography
(6) Proposed course curriculum and schedule:
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Day |
Morning lectures |
Afternoon/evening |
Sunday, July 8 |
None |
Campus Towers check-in |
Monday, July 9 |
Point groups
Props of X-rays
Databases |
Radiation safety
(a)Sample preparation; (b)Math problems; (c)Symmetry workshop
Evening: Database tutorial |
Tuesday, July 10 |
Cells/lattices
Space groups
Systematic absences |
Repeat (a), (b), (c)
Evening: Diffraction Instrumentation |
Wednesday,
July 11 |
Introduction to X-rays
Reciprocal lattice
Scattering Factors |
Repeat (a), (b), (c)
Evening: SHELX tutorials |
Thursday,
July 12 |
Intro to Powder XRD
Indexing powder data
Rietveld Analysis |
(d) Basic Crystallography. workshop.
Accurate Collection of Diff. Data lecture
Evening: Using Crysfire, GSAS/EXPGUI |
Friday, July 13 |
Single xtl data collectn
Atomic Thermal vibration
Fourier methods |
Repeat (d)
(e) Structure determination workshop
Evening: Rietveld tutorial |
Saturday,
July 14 |
Probability methods
Shake and Bake
Patterson methods |
(f) Probability methods workshop
Evening: course BBQ picnic |
Sunday,
July 15 |
Pittsburgh excursion
(all day) |
Visit X-ray lab, Chem. Dept,
Duquesne University |
Monday,
July 16 |
Least squares refinemt
Error analysis
Neutron Diffraction |
Repeat (d), (e), (f).
Evening: Crystmol and Mercury tutorials |
Tuesday,
July 17 |
Problem Structures
Questions and General Discussion |
Repeat (d), (e), (f). |
Wednesday,
July 18 |
Student reports |
Course concludes 11:00am |
The first one-hour lecture each day begins at 8:30am, the next at 9:30am and the last at 11:00am with a lunch break at 12:30pm. The afternoon/evening workshop sessions begin at 2:00 pm and the evening computer tutorials will be held at 7:00 pm. Some special one-hour lectures will also be given in the afternoon. Attendees will be divided into groups of three for purposes of diffractometer data collection and problem solving. Data collection will begin on Monday, July 9th and will continue throughout the course. Lecture Notes (hard copy & CD-ROM) will be provided as part of the tuition cost.
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(7) The invited faculty.
The following faculty have been invited to contribute to the 2007 ACA course. Their research interests are:
- Jennifer Aitken, Duquesne University. Solid-state chemistry, powder diffraction.
- Nattamai Bhuvanesh, Texas A & M University. Solid-state chemistry,powder diffraction.
- Robert Blessing, Hauptman-Woodward Institute & Univ of New York, Buffalo. Structural biol., Shake n Bake.
- Bryan Craven, Indiana Univ of Penna. (Course co-organizer). Crystallography, charge density, neutron diffraction.
- David Duchamp, formerly Pharmacia Inc., Kalamazoo. Structures of small biomolecules, crystallographic software.
- Steven Geib, University of Pittsburgh. Service crystallography of small molecules.
- Jenny Glusker, The Institute for Cancer Research-Fox Chase, Philadelphia, PA structure solution, structural biology
- Curt Haltiwanger, Cephalon, Inc., West Chester, PA. Single crystal diffractometry and structure determination.
- James Kaduk, BP Corp., Naperville, IL. Crystal structure determination from powder diffraction.
- Wim Klooster, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Single Crystal Neutron Diffraction
- Charles Lake, Indiana Univ of Penna. (Course co-organizer). Inorganic structures, crystallographic teaching.
- Peter Mueller, MIT. Service crystallography of small molecules.
- Hamilton Napolitano, Universidade Estadual de Goias, Brazil. Structures of small bioorganic molecules.
- Robert Stewart, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Theory of X-ray scattering, charge density studies
- Brian Toby, Argonne National Laboratory. Neutron Diffraction, Powder Structure Determination.
- Brian Wargo, Freedom High School, Pittsburgh & graduate student University of Pittsburgh. Powder diffraction tutor.
- John Woolcock, Indiana Univ of Penna. Inorganic structures from crystallography and nmr.
(8) Registration form
ACA Summer Course in Small Molecule Crystallography, July 9th – July 18th, 2007.
Chemistry Dept., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA 15705,
Registration form - Click Here for PDF version.
This completed form must be received by Prof. Bryan Craven by June 1, 2007 at the above address, or electronically by Prof Charles H. Lake at lake@iup.edu. Only the first 25 registrants can be accepted.
Note that the registration fee for the Course is $US250 ($600 for students from Corporate Labs). Campus housing is available for 10 days for an additional cost of $US400 (registration plus housing totals $US650 / $US1000 for Corporate Labs). A check for the total amount (which must be drawn on a U.S. bank) must be received by Profs Craven or Lake at Indiana University of Pennsylvania by July 1st , 2007. The check should be made out to “ACA Summer Course”.
Up to twelve graduate student scholarships will be awarded, each consisting of a waiver of tuition costs and campus housing costs with two meals a day. Applications will be judged on the basis of (1) scientific ability, (2) expected benefit from the course and (3) skills in the English language. Student applicants must enclose with this form a personal statement addressing the above three criteria. Also, the student’s mentor is asked to mail separately to Prof Craven a letter of recommendation written on institutional letterhead.Scholarship awards will be announced by June 8th, 2007
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