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ACA Annual Meeting 2008 May 31-June 5, 2008 Knoxville, TN, USA You are cordially invited to attend the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association to be held May 31st through June 5th, in Knoxville Tennessee. The workshops, scientific and poster sessions, as well as the exhibit show will be housed in the Knoxville Convention Center.

Protein Crystallography Europe June 19-20, 2008 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Welcome to the inaugural Protein Crystallography Europe conference and exhibition, to be held in the colourful city of Amsterdam. The conference will be co-located with Virtual Discovery Europe. Registered delegates will also have access to this meeting ensuring a very cost-effective trip. Phone: +44 (0) 1787 315117 Email: paul.raggett@selectbiosciences.com

17th Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting June 19-22, 2008 Ptuj, Slovenia

Gordon Research Conference on Diffraction Methods in Structural Biology 13th-18th July 2008 Lewiston, Maine, USA Come and discuss/keep up with the latest developments in Diffraction Methods at this GRC. The programme can be found on the WWW. Elspeth Garman Phone: 441865275398 Fax: 441865275182 Email: elspeth@biop.ox.ac.uk

IUCr 2008 August 23-31, 2008 Osaka, Japan We cordially invite you to join the 21st Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), which will be held in Osaka, Japan, from August 23 to 31, 2008. The IUCr is the only truly international organization promoting crystallography, and the General Assembly and Congress is held every three years. The Congress is organized jointly by the Crystallographic Society of Japan (CrSJ) and the Science Council of Japan. The Congress intends to provide an excellent opportunity to review the rapid advances in the fields of crystallography, which includes a variety of research fields not only in the basic sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, and mineralogy, but also in the applied sciences such as materials and pharmaceutical sciences. Many distinguished speakers from all regions of the world will be invited to bring us all up-to-date on recent developments through more than 30 plenary lectures and more than 90 microsymposia. There will also be opportunities for participants to make their own works known to a wider audience and to have discussions with other participants through poster presentations. Furthermore, many pre- and post-conferences will be held in cities throughout Japan.

6th International NCCR Symposium on New Trends in Structural Biology September 8-9, 2008 Zurich, Switzerland

5th International Conference on Structural Genomics (ICSG 2008) September 20-24, 2008 Oxford, England The 5th International Conference on Structural Genomics (ICSG 2008) will be held in Oxford, UK on September 20-24th. The biennial Conference is the premier meeting for the Structural Genomics scientific community world-wide and is hosted on behalf of the International Structural Genomics Organization (ISGO) by Professor David Stuart at the University of Oxford, Division of Structural Biology. The Scientific Program will contain main scientific sessions, poster sessions, breakout discussion groups for specific topics and a social program and we expect to attract a worldwide audience of 500 delegates.

9th Intl School on the Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules September 29-October 3, 2008 Como, Italy The school focuses on the application of X-ray crystallographic methods to the study of biological macromolecules, with emphasis on the latest developments. The programme includes lectures on protein expression and purification, crystallisation, data collection and processing, synchrotron sources, phasing, phase improvement, model building, refinement and analysis of structural data. These methods sections will be complemented with seminars about new structures. Participants who are encouraged to present a poster; a number of the oral contributions will be selected from the poster abstracts.

FEBS practical and lecture course "Advanced methods in macromolecular crystallization III" October 3-10, 2008 Nove Hrady, Czech Republic The third run of the FEBS practical and lecture course PLC08-002 named "Advanced methods in macromolecular crystallization III“ will take place at the Academy and University Center at Nove Hrady (Czech Republic) from October 3rd to October 10th, 2008. The course is intended for undergraduate (5th year) and postgraduate students and postdocs with an interest in macromolecular crystallization. The planned course will be quite different from the established courses in protein crystallization. The course is designed to bring over the message of the benefits of more rational approaches to macromolecular crystallization and is aimed at a healthy mixture of advanced discussions of the theory and laboratory experiments. To achieve this goal, we have invited a number of prominent experts in the field as teachers and tutors. Proposed deadline for applications: June 30, 2008 For more information about the course, please have a look at the website http://www.img.cas.cz/igm/cc/ (open from March 2008) or contact the organizers. Ivana Kuta Smatanova e-mail: ivanaks@seznam.cz (ivas@greentech.cz) Pavlina Rezacova e-mail: rezacova@img.cas.cz Rolf Hilgenfeld e-mail: hilgenfeld@biochem.uni-luebeck.de

EMBO World Lecture Course on RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY November 9-14, 2008 Pune, India We would like to announce an EMBO World Lecture Course on RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, which will take place from Nov 09-14, 2008 in the town in Pune in India, on the premises of the National Chemical Laboratory NCL. This course consists of various lectures describing recent methodological developments in the field from crystallization, to diffraction data collection, structure determination and function prediction from structure as well as lectures on recent achievements in biology using X-ray diffraction techniques. Pune is located abour 150 km south of Mumbai (Bombay) on the foothills of the Western valley of Maharashtra in Western India. It is a city of great culture and is rich in tradition and history as well as having a balanced climate. Due to space limitations, we can only accommodate up to 100 participants. Preference will be given to applicants who wish to present their own work. From the submitted abstracts a number of short talks will be selected. Also, the three best posters will be awarded a poster price. REGISTRATION for the course is now open. For more information and registration, please check the course homepage http:/cwp.embo.org/wpc08-02/ or contact the organizers Manfred S. Weiss (msweiss@embl-hamburg.de) Paul A. Tucker (tucker@embl-hamburg.de) Santosh Panjikar (panjikar@embl-hamburg.de) C. G. Suresh (cg.suresh@ncl.res.in) Sanjay N. Nene (sn.nene@ncl.res.in)

West Coast Protein Crystallography Workshop April 5 - 8, 2009 Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA The West Coast Protein Crystallography Workshop (WCPCW), a bi-annual event, has grown in prominence and attendance since its inception about 40 years ago. It has become a preeminent venue for the presentation of useful structure information and developing techniques in the field of macromolecular crystallography. Email: info@wcpcw.org

ACA Annual Meeting 2009 July 25-30, 2009 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association.

ECM-25 August 9-14, 2009 Istanbul, Turkey European Crystallographic Association Meeting. http://www.ecanews.org/