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Crystallography School 2013 </b>at the Institut Pasteur de
Montevideo (Uruguay). All details can be found at <a
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Crystallography
School 2013: From data processing to structure refinement and
beyond"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9th-17th, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Institut Pasteur de Montevideo (Montevideo), Uruguay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to provide theoretical background and hands-on abilities in the
use of computational tools to exploit X ray diffraction data.
Through lectures, tutorials and hands-on trouble-shooting, the
students will be trained in state-of-the-art macromolecular
crystallography. Particular emphasis will be given to data
processing, phasing/structure determination and model
refinement/validation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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workshop will feature authors and experts of many modern
crystallographic software packages. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD" lang="EN-US">This
workshop represents the continuation within the series started
in 2010 (<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pasteur.edu.uy/mxcourse">http://www.pasteur.edu.uy/mxcourse</a>)
on Macromolecular Crystallography. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD" lang="EN-US">In
this opportunity it is being co-organized by the Center for
Structural Biology of the Mercosur CeBEM (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.cebem.org.ar">www.cebem.org.ar</a>),
jointly with the Collaborative Computational Project Number 4
(CCP4 – UK <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ccp4.ac.uk">www.ccp4.ac.uk</a>). Support from
the Institut Pasteur International Network, the International
Union of Crystallography and Institut Pasteur de Montevideo is
also greatly acknowledged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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students, postdoctoral researchers and young scientists are
encouraged to apply. Only 20 applicants will be selected for
participation. Participants of the workshop are strongly
encouraged to bring their own problem data sets so they can be
used during the workshop’s hands-on sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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for accommodation, per diem and local transportation will be
provided to all participants from abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to cover travel expenses will be considered on a case-by-case
basis. Specific requests should be well-grounded as we will only
be able to select a limited number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">deadline is February 10,
2013</b>. Application form, the program, contact info and
other details can be found at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pasteur.edu.uy/mx2013">www.pasteur.edu.uy/mx2013</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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address further inquiries to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<span
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"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ES-TRAD"
lang="EN-US">Ronan Keegan and Alejandro Buschiazzo</span><br>
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Alejandro Buschiazzo, PhD
Research Scientist
Unit of Protein Crystallography
Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Mataojo 2020
Montevideo 11400
URUGUAY
Phone: +598 25220910 int. 120
Fax: +598 25224185
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pasteur.edu.uy/pxf">http://www.pasteur.edu.uy/pxf</a></pre>
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