SMB Summer School 2012

Program

Monday, July 16, 2012
8:30 AM Welcome and Refreshments
Morning Session: Introduction to SSRL SMB
9:00 - 11:15 AM Introduction: Overview of Structural Molecular Biology
Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation
Beam Line Optics
Britt Hedman
James Safranek
Dan Harrington
11:15 AM Introduction to Macromolecular Crystallography (MC) Katherine Kantardjieff
12:00 - 1 PM Lunch Break
Afternoon Session: Macromolecular Crystallography
1-2:30 PM MC data collection
MC structure solution and refinement
Clyde Smith
Pavel Afonine
2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 5 PM Introduction to SAXS
SAXS solution scattering
SAXS complex systems
Thomas Weiss
Kelly Lee
Gerard Wong
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
8:30 AM Refreshments
Morning Session
9:00 -11:15 AM Introduction to XAS and EXAFS
XAS Applications
EXAFS Applications
Simon George
Robert Szilagyi
Tim Stemmler
11:15 AM Introduction to imaging Sam Webb
12-1 PM Lunch
Afternoon Session
1-2:30 PM Imaging Applications 1
Imaging Applications 2
Ann Lam
Tracy Punshon
2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM Introduction to X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES)
XES Applications 1
XES Applications 2
Uwe Bergmann
Jan Kern
Tsu-Chien Weng
5 PM BBQ
Wednesday - Thursday, July 18-19, 2012 Rotating Practical Sessions - 1/2 day per topic
9:00 AM Refreshments
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM At SSRL Beam Lines
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 5 PM At SSRL Beam Lines
Friday, July 20, 2012
9:00 AM Refreshments
9:30 AM - 12 PM Advanced sessions in each topic
Additional talks
Data Processing and Analysis
12 PM - 1 PM Wrap-up and departure
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