Pre-Congress Satellites

Saturday 19 – Monday 21 August 2023

Monash University, Clayton Campus

AUD$165

Registration now open! 

Electron crystallography has seen revolutionary advances in recent times, from protein nano-crystallography to mapping of materials structure at the pico-scale. The main aim of the Electron Crystallography School (ECS2023) will be to educate postgraduate students and early career researchers about the latest progress in electron crystallography.

ECS2023 will focus on two broad topics: 4D-scanning transmission electron microscopy and micro-electron diffraction, via a combination of lectures and software/microscope demos. Please check the School’s website https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/ecs2023/ for more detail.

If you have any questions about the Satellite please contact: Laure Bourgeois, laure.bourgeois@monash.edu

Thursday 17 – Saturday 19 August 2023

The IUCr Commission on XAFS will hold the Q2XAFS 2023 Symposium between Thursday 17 and Friday 18 August 2023, followed by a half day round table discussion on Saturday 19 August as a satellite of the IUCr 2023 Congress.

Information about the last meeting can be found in the following link: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Conference/Q2XAFS2017.html.

For further information and details on how to register for the Q2XAFS 2023 Symposium, please contact Chanh Tran

Monday 21 August from 9am

$60

The workshop will bring together research groups from all over the world who are active in the application and/or the development of crystallographic fragment screening. The community includes scientists from large-scale facilities (synchrotrons), method developers as well as researchers from academia and industry. The goal of the workshop is to disseminate recent advances and applications related to crystallographic fragment screening.

The workshop will serve as a platform to expand relevant topics :

• Fragment screening method development at both synchrotrons and laboratory-based screening facilities
• Application results presented by eminent scientists in the field will be accompanied by computer-based demonstrations in order to familiarize the audience the growing arsenal of new methods.
• Ability for students to present their results/issues to the workshop

This workshop will be complementary to a micro-symposium on fragment-screening within the IUCr-2023 congress.

Find out more: https://www.ansto.gov.au/whats-on/recent-advances-crystallographic-fragment-screening

For further information and details on how to register for the Recent Advances in Crystallographic Fragment Screening Satellite please contact the organisers: Manfred.Weiss@helmholtz-berlin.de, Rachelw@ansto.gov.au, Uwe.mueller@helmholtz-berlin.de, Thomasc@ansto.gov.au

Monday 21 August 2023, 9am - 6pm

Free

La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.

Serial crystallography experiments performed at synchrotron and X-ray Free Electron Laser sources are creating new opportunities to collect data more efficiently and from ever smaller samples. Both chemical and macromolecular crystallography has benefitted significantly from the availability of new facilities and technologies collecting high-quality diffraction data from many small protein crystals. However, the preparation, delivery, and analysis of diffraction data from millions of tiny crystals present a range of challenges. One of the most significant technical hurdles is how to continuously deliver fresh crystals to the X-ray beam.

In this workshop, we will hear from world’s leading scientists showcasing their latest research in chemical and macromolecular serial crystallography. Anyone interested in serial crystallography is welcome to attend and exchange and discuss ideas in this field during the morning session which includes a poster session.

This will be followed by an afternoon ‘hands on’ sample delivery session where participants will get to see firsthand some of the latest developments in sample handling and delivery. This will include demonstrations on sample preparation techniques and setting up different sample delivery systems.

For further information and details on how to register for the serial crystallography meeting please contact c.darmanin@latrobe.edu.au or visit our website

Lead organiser: Connie Darmanin
Co-organisers: Brian Abbey (La Trobe), Richard Bean (EuXFEL), Stephanie Gras, Begona Heras, Adrian Mancuso (Diamond Light Source), Nadia Zatsepin.

Saturday 19 August 2023 – Tuesday 22 August 2023

$340*

The 2023 Crystallographic Computing School is intended for all programmers and method developers in crystallography and will be held at the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne (ANSTO).

All areas of crystallography are included (macromolecular, chemical, material, etc.). Invited are all ages and all levels of experience. A basic knowledge in crystallography and a basic knowledge of programming is expected. We have no preference for selected programming languages.

Register here.

Topics of the program (subject to change):

• Visualizing materials
• Visualizing statistical results
• Visualizing symmetry
• Visualizing macromolecules
• Visualizing structural dynamics
• Visualizing total scattering
• Visualizing intermolecular interactions
• Visualizing crystallography through webpages
• Programming visualization in TOPAS
• Visualizing structure quality

Speakers

Robert Hanson, Rita Giordano, Koichi Momma, Simon Billinge, Alan Coelho, Gemma de la Flor Martin, Christian Jelsch

For more information visit: http://www.cryst.chem.uu.nl/lutz/IUCrSchool2023

*Please note the registration fee includes 3 nights’ accommodation and meals during the workshop days.