Agenda: September 9-14, 2007

Sunday, September 9
9:30 am	Welcome Morning refreshments
10:00 am	Introduction: Overview of Structural Molecular Biology — Britt Hedman
10:45 am	Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation — James Safranek
11:30 am	Beam Line Optics — Tom Rabedeau
12:15 pm	Lunch
Session 1: XAS Absorption Spectroscopy
1:30 pm	Introduction to X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy — Jim Penner-Hahn
2:30 pm	Experimental Aspects — Simon George
3:30 pm	Afternoon break
4:00 pm	XAS Theory — John Rehr
5:00 pm	XAS Applications — Jim Penner-Hahn
6:00 pm	Session Close
6:30 pm	BBQ Dinner, Redwood Patio
Monday, September 10
8:30 am	Morning refreshments
Session 2: Small Angle X-ray Scattering
9:00 am	Introduction to Small Angle X-ray Scattering — Pappannan Thiyagarajan
10:00 am	SAXS Experimental Aspects — Hiro Tsuruta
11:00 am	Morning break
11:30 am	SAXS Applications 1 — Thomas Irving
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	SAXS Applications 2 — Kelly Lee
Session 3: Macromolecular Crystallography
2:45 pm	PX Crystallization — Irimpan Mathews
3:45 pm	Afternoon break
4:15 pm	PX Diffraction — Katherine Kantardjieff
5:45 pm	Session Close
Tuesday, September 11
8:30 am	Morning refreshments
9:00 am	PX Data Collection — Clyde Smith
10:00 am	PX Structure Determination, Refinement — Peter Zwart
11:00 am	Morning break
Session 4: Interplay of Different Techniques and Related Topics
11:30 am	Advanced Applications of XAS — Vittal Yachandra
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	SAXS in RNA/Protein Folding — Dan Herschlag
2:30 pm	Combined PX and SAXS — John W. Peters
3:30 pm	Afternoon break
4:30 pm	RNA Polymerase — Dave Bushnell
5:30 pm	Session close
Wednesday-Friday: Rotating Practical Sessions One day per topic
9:30 am - 12:30 pm	Practical Session
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Practical Session
Redwood Rooms: PX and SAXS sessions (participants to bring laptops) LOS2: XAS