From erin from aaisolutions.com Wed Apr 9 10:58:55 2008 From: erin from aaisolutions.com (Erin) Date: Sun Apr 13 08:33:07 2008 Subject: [Protein-crystallography] Two-detector Rigaku Crystallography System Available! Message-ID: Hello all, Apologies for the off-topic post. We have a great Rigaku crystallography system available now and would love to find a new home for it. The system includes an R-Axis IV++ detector, and R-Axis detector, an RU-H3R generator, X-Stream 2000 Cryogenics System, Haskris chiller, Osmic Mirror Plus/Plus and two workstations with software. We provide complete system check-out and warranty. Originally this system was over $640,000....we are offering it at $225,000 or BEST OFFER. We will try to work within your budget. Please contact me for photos and specs, and feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you for your time, Erin Curry Alliance Analytical 1460 O'Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 324-2569 direct erin@aaisolutions.com www.aaisolutions.com From tucker from embl-hamburg.de Tue Apr 15 17:01:00 2008 From: tucker from embl-hamburg.de (Paul Tucker) Date: Wed Apr 16 09:24:51 2008 Subject: [Protein-crystallography] From Paul Tucker Message-ID: <8F302BB1-CA45-4F4F-8146-ED9C1E346AE3@embl-hamburg.de> Registrations are now being accepted for the *VIZIER / SPINE2 Workshop on ?Structural Virology* taking place from 14th - 16th July 2008, in Vienna, Austria This workshop will cover recent advances in our understanding of viral entry, assembly, replication and pathogenesis principally, but not exclusively, based upon information derived from structural studies. The planned sessions are on viral assembly, double-stranded RNA viruses, the flavivirus replication machinery, the coronavirus replication machinery, virus/host interactions including aspects of viral entry, negative strand RNA viruses and viruses of prokaryotes and archea. In addition to the invited speakers, oral presentations will be selected from the submitted abstracts. The sessions are not exclusive and any topic relevant to the structural biology of viruses will be considered for a poster or oral presentation. For this reason early registration and abstract submission is strongly encouraged. The workshop is part of the training and dissemination activities of the Vizier and Spine2Complexes projects. The Department of Biomolecular Structural Chemistry, Max F. Perutz Labs at University of Vienna is a Training and Dissemination Centre for the EU 6th Framework VIZIER project (http://www.vizier-europe.org ). * INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE*: * Virus assembly*: Alasdair Steven (NIAMS) *Double-stranded RNA viruses*: Jon Grimes (Oxford), B.V.V. Prasad (Baylor College of Medicine) *Flavivirus replication machinery*: Martino Bolognesi (Milano), Bruno Canard (Marseilles), Hongmin Li (NY State Dept. of Health) *Coronavirus replication machinery*: Rolf Hilgenfeld (Lubeck) *Viral entry/Virus host interactions*: Felix Rey (Institute Pasteur), Katsumi Maenaka (Fukuoka), Winfried Weissenhorn (Grenoble) *Negative strand RNA viruses*: Rob Ruigrok (IVMS Grenoble), Stephen Graham (Oxford), Zihe Rao (Tsinghua) *Viruses infecting bacteria and archea*: Herman van Tilbeurgh (Orsay), Denis Bamford (Helsinki) The number of participants is limited to 100, the applicants will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. More information on this Workshop (all details, description, registration) are available at: http://www.projects.mfpl.ac.at/structural-virology/ ******Deadline for abstract submission and registration is 15th June 2008. We strongly encourage you to register soon, even if you do not have all registration details in hand, and BOOK a hotel ASAP! Vienna is a busy city in summer. You can complete/confirm your registration afterwards, until the registration deadline June 15th, 2008, using the link that will be sent to you via e-mail. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be interested. Paul Tucker ************************************************************************ Dr. Paul A. Tucker Group Leader EMBL Hamburg Outstation Tel: +49 40 89902129 c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85 FAX: +49 40 89902149 D22603 Hamburg Email tucker@embl-hamburg.de Germany ************************************************************************ From sticher from bioc.unizh.ch Fri Apr 18 08:05:18 2008 From: sticher from bioc.unizh.ch (Patrick Sticher) Date: Fri Apr 18 08:05:31 2008 Subject: [Protein-crystallography] 6th International NCCR Symposium on New Trends in Structural Biology Message-ID: <48089C8E.4050004@bioc.unizh.ch> Dear colleagues, please be informed that the registration slot for the 6th International NCCR Symposium on New Trends in Structural Biology 8 + 9 September 2008, University of Z?rich, Lecture Hall KOH-B10, Z?rich, Switzerland is now open. Online registration is possible directly from the symposium website: www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/symposium2008.asp where you will also find further information about this event. Confirmed plenary lecturer to date: Stephen C. Kowalczykowski, Keiichi Namba, Poul Nissen, Andrej Sali, Titia Sixma, Jeffrey Skolnick, A. Joshua Wand Please do not hesitate to contact me anytime if you need further information (sticher@bioc.uzh.ch). With best regards, Patrick Sticher The NCCR Structural Biology is a research initiative of the Swiss Science Foundation. Its research encompasses the fields of recombinant protein technologies, macromolecular structure determination and computational biomolecular sciences with a special focus on membrane proteins and supramolecular assemblies/interactions. 19 research groups from Swiss Universities and Research Institutions participate in this network. www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/ _________________________________ Dr. Patrick Sticher Moser NCCR Scientific Officer Institute of Biochemistry University of Z?rich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH - 8057 Z?rich Phone +41 / (0)44 / 635 54 84 Fax +41 / (0)44 / 635 59 08 From sticher from bioc.unizh.ch Fri Apr 25 09:28:17 2008 From: sticher from bioc.unizh.ch (Patrick Sticher) Date: Fri Apr 25 09:31:42 2008 Subject: [Protein-crystallography] First Announcement - Practical Course in 2D Membrane Protein Crystallization and Observation Message-ID: <4811EA81.1000406@bioc.unizh.ch> Dear colleagues, I would like to inform you about following course: 7th NCCR Practical Course and EMBN Summer School PRACTICAL COURSE IN 2D MEMBRANE PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION AND OBSERVATION October 20 - 24, 2008, Basel Switzerland Topics include membrane protein expression, solubilization and purification | detergent properties and interactions with lipids and proteins | functional analysis of membrane proteins | 2D-crystallization of membrane proteins | electron microscopy of 2D crystals | image processing | application of other visualization techniques: AFM, IR-spectroscopy, solid-state NMR | The course is directed primarily to PhD students and postdocs with some previous experience in the structural biology of membrane proteins or related fields. The number of participants will be limited to 25. This course is supported by the European Union Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses Program, and the Swiss NCCR Structural Biology. Junior scientists wishing to attend this course may apply for an EU Marie Curie Fellowship covering course fees and accommodation costs, and providing support towards travel costs. For further information, please see to the course website www.structuralbiology.uzh.ch/membranecourse2008.asp Online registration will be possible end of May. With best regards, Patrick Sticher _________________________________ Dr. Patrick Sticher Moser NCCR Scientific Officer Institute of Biochemistry University of Z?rich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH - 8057 Z?rich Phone +41 / (0)44 / 635 54 84 Fax +41 / (0)44 / 635 59 08 Mail sticher@bioc.uzh.ch