From lc from bluehaze.com.au Mon Mar 10 23:19:55 2008 From: lc from bluehaze.com.au (lc@bluehaze.com.au) Date: Mon Mar 10 23:20:09 2008 Subject: [Protein-crystallography] Registration update for 2008 Kyoto IUCr Crystallographic Computing School Message-ID: Kyoto Crystallographic Computing School - Sharing our knowledge Registration and program information now available (details below) Kansai Seminar House, Kyoto, Japan Monday 18th - Saturday 23rd August 2008 (just prior to the Osaka IUCr 2008 congress) http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/ccom/kyoto2008/ School Organisers: Prof Anthony Spek (Utrecht), Prof. Min Yao (Sapporo), Dr Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve (Berkeley), Dr Harry Powell (Cambridge), Prof. Atsushi Nakagawa (Osaka), Lachlan Cranswick (Chalk River) ----------------------- Introduction: During the first conference on crystallographic computing held at the Pennsylvania State College, USA in 1950, Ray Pepinsky's noted that solving the major computing problems would 'require many minds. Our aim here is to share what we know - to cross-pollinate our minds.' With this in mind, the school aims are to have the crystallographic computing experts of the present, help train and inspire a generation of experts for the future. This will be achieved by the use of an excellent (and full) program of lectures and tutorials. http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/ccom/kyoto2008/program.html ----------------------- The Venue The 2008 Crystallographic Computing School will be held at the Kansai Seminar house; at the town of Kyoto. Kyoto is the cultural center of Japan with its long history. The modern city treasures its heritage with its 1600 Buddhist temples, 400 Shinto shrines, and its exquisite gardens. Kyoto is also a center of Japanese tradition. The Kansai Seminar House was originally derived from a movement initiated in Germany by the Christian Churches soon after World War II. The influence reached Japan in the 1960's and the Kansai Seminar House was founded in Shugakuin, Kyoto in 1967. Contributions came from the Christian Academy Movement of Germany, churches affiliated with NCC- USA, and Japan. http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/ccom/kyoto2008/venue.html ----------------------- Registration Costs (and accommodation) Thanks to the generosity of current conference sponsors, the following registrations costs apply (the school is limited to a total of 80 students, so it would be best to register earlier, not later): http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/ccom/kyoto2008/registration.html * 70,000 JPY which includes the cost of Shared style accomodation (Western or Japanese) at the Kansai Seminar House and all meals, arriving on Monday the 18th of August (depending on exchange rate, this is around USD$650 or ~445 Euros) * 81,150 JPY which includes the cost of Shared style accomodation (Western or Japanese) at the Kansai Seminar House and all meals, arriving on the day before on Sunday the 17th of August (depending on exchange rate, this is around USD$760 or ~520 Euros) * 40,000 JPY for registrants taking external hotel accommodation (includes cost of breakfast, lunches and dinners). (depending on exchange rate, this is around USD$380 or ~255 Euros) * Accompanying Person : 16,000 JPY (Outside Accomodation but with evening meals at the Kansai Seminar House). (depending on exchange rate, this is around USD$150 or ~100 Euros) ------------------------ Current Sponsors: IUCr2008 Osaka: http://www.iucr2008.jp/ Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre: http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/ CCP4: http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/ Hampton Research: http://www.hamptonresearch.com/ Infocom: http://www.infocom.co.jp/bio/ Phenix: http://www.hamptonresearch.com/ Rigaku: http://www.rigaku.com/ ----------------------- Promotional Poster: (please feel free to print this out and pin up on your department notice-board) http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/ccom/kyoto2008/files/kyoto2008.pdf ------------------------ ----------------------- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Contact outside working hours / Coordonnees en dehors des heures de travail: NEW E-mail / courriel: lc *at* bluehaze.com.au Home Tel: (613) 584-4226 ; Cell/mobile: (613) 401-6254 WWW: http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/ P.O. Box 2057, Deep River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0 From andy from molsoft.com Fri Mar 21 12:43:07 2008 From: andy from molsoft.com (Andrew Orry) Date: Sun Mar 23 10:05:02 2008 Subject: [Protein-crystallography] MolSoft ICM Workshop - "Protein Structure and Drug Discovery" May 1-2 2008 Message-ID: <47E3F3AB.2030908@molsoft.com> MolSoft ICM Workshop: "Protein Structure and Drug Discovery" May 1-2 2008 La Jolla CA. Please accept this invitation to attend MolSoft's (www.molsoft.com) Protein Structure and Drug Design Workshop on May 1st to 2nd 2008 in La Jolla California USA. See www.molsoft.com/training.html for more information and a registration form. Our workshops are suitable for chemists and biologists who would like to learn more about computational drug discovery and bioinformatics. No prior knowledge in this field is required to participate. All workshops are presented by Prof. Ruben Abagyan (The Scripps Research Institute) and Dr. Maxim Totrov (MolSoft) and occasional guest speakers. 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