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Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%">We are pleased to announce the <b>11th annual CCP4
crystallographic school </b>“From data collection to
structure refinement and beyond” will be held on June 18-25,
2018 at Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National
Laboratory (ANL), near Chicago, Illinois, USA. All details can
be found at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2018/index.php"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2018/index.php</a>.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%"><b>Dates</b>: June 18 through 25, 2018<br>
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<b>Location</b>: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National
Laboratory, Argonne (Near Chicago), Illinois, USA<br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%">The school comprises two parts: <b>data collection
workshop</b> and <b>crystallographic computing workshop</b>.
Data collection workshop includes beamline training, data
collection on GM/CA@APS beamlines 23ID-D and 23ID-B equipped
with Pilatus3 6M and Eiger 16M detectors respectively, and data
processing. For data collection, only the participants' crystals
will be used. Crystallographic computation workshop will feature
many modern crystallographic software packages taught by authors
and other experts. The daily schedule will be organized in three
sections – lectures, tutorials, and hands-on (interactive
trouble-shooting of the technical difficulties the participants
face in their projects). We have had considerable success
resolving these problems in past years, attested by resulting
publications (see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-school/publications.php"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-school/publications.php</a>).</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%"><b>Applicants</b>: Graduate students, postdoctoral
researchers and young scientists at the assistant professor
level, along with commercial/industrial researchers 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 or crystals so
the problems can be addressed during data collection and/or
computation workshops.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%"><b>Application</b>: Application deadline is <b>Wednesday
May 2nd, 2018</b>. The application form, the program, contact
info and other details can be found at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2018/index.php"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2018/index.php</a></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%"><b>Registration fees</b>: The registration for application
is free but there is $500 participation fee for the selected
academic students and $950 for the industrial researchers. The
link for the on-line payments and instructions will be provided
once the selection process is completed. The students will be
responsible for their transportation and lodging. The workshop
organizers can assist in making the lodging reservations at the
Argonne Guest House. The workshop will cover all other expenses
(including meals).</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%">We hope to see you at the school.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height:
115%">Charles, Garib and Qingping</p>
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