54th PITTSBURGH DIFFRACTION CONFERENCE
November 7 - 9, 1996
Conference will be held at Mellon Institute, CMU, Pittsburgh
Conference Chair: S. Swaminathan
Symposia:
November 7, 96:- Macromolecular Phasing, Chair: Dr. H. Hauptman
Speakers: H. Hauptman, M. Rossmann, D. Langs, A. Brunger,
C. Weeks, B. C. Wang, W. Furey and others.
November 8, 96:- Cryocrystallography, Chair: Dr. S. Ealick
Speakers will include leaders and experts in the field.
November 9, 96:- Unconventional Hydrogen Bonding,
Co-Chairs: B. M. Craven & G. A. Jeffrey
Speakers: G. A. Jeffrey, B. M. Craven, R. Stewart, D. Mootz,
H. M. Berman, J. Del Bene and others.
This year the Banquet will be held on the evening of November 7 and the Wine
and Cheese Reception on November 8 in the evening. The registration fee is
$55.00 which includes $5.00 for PDS membership. Tickets for the banquet will
be sold separately.
A general poster session chaired by T. Umland will be held in conjunction
with the conference. Graduate students are especially encouraged to present
their work. A $200 prize in memory of Dr. C. S. Yoo will be awarded to
the best poster presentation by a student. Abstracts for the poster session
should be sent to S. Swaminathan, Department of Crystallography,
University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Abstracts must be sent by October 1,1996.
Nominations are requested for the Sidhu award to be presented during the
conference. Nominees should have received their Ph.D. after April 1, 1991
and should have a proven record of innovative work in crystallography.
Nominations should include at least two letters of recommendation along with
the nominee's CV, list of publications and reprints of two or three recent
publications. Send nominations to S. Swaminathan before September 15, 1996.
For further information please contact S. Swaminathan. Phone (412)692-3517;
email: swami at vms.cis.pitt.edu.
or on the Web
http://www.pitt.edu/~geib/pds.html
