Estimados socios y compañeros,

Adjunto os hago llegar información sobre MCS2016, que tendrá lugar en el
Instituto de Química-Física Rocasolano-CSIC, Madrid, del 25 al 29 de Mayo de
2016, por si fuera de vuestro interés.

Aprovecho también para recordaos que el curso esta patrocinado por nuestro
grupo y que muy probablemente dispodremos de tres becas de 200 euros para
estudiantes asociados al GE3C.

Un cordial saludo,

Armando Albert

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the

Seventh edition of the Macromolecular Crystallography School 2016, to be held at the Institute Química-Física Rocasolano- CSIC (Madrid, Spain).

Dates: May 25 – 29, 2016

Invited speakers and tutors:

Paul Adams, Berkeley, USA
Pavel Afonine, Berkeley, USA
Armando Albert, Madrid, Spain
Kay Diederichs, Konstanz, Germany
Paul Emsley, Cambridge, UK
Carmelo Giacovazzo, Bari, Italy
Xavier Gomis-Ruth, Barcelona, Spain
Juan Hermoso, Madrid, Spain
Eugene Krissinel, Oxford, UK
Rob Nicholls, Cambridge, UK
Maria Solá, Barcelona, Spain
Isabel Usón, Barcelona, Spain

Please find the program of the Workshop, the application form and further information, at http://www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es/MCS2016/

Applicants:
The workshop has been designed for postgraduate, postdoctoral and research scientists that deal with macromolecular crystallography but need further knowledge on the routine uses, the state of the art and fundamentals that underlie the modern techniques for macromolecular crystallography. The topics will cover crystallographic computing and fundamentals using XDS, CCP4 and Phenix, as well as the state of the art on topics such as the strategies for protein production, phasing with ARCCIMBOLDO, SHELX and SIR2014, modeling with COOT and low resolution techniques. MCS2016 will provide five days of lectures and workshops. The course is designed for 25 highly motivated students.

Requests to participate must be sent by a free-formated E-mail, before March 28, 2016 to the following address: cursos@fgua.es, indicating the motivation to participate and experience on macromolecular crystallography and including a letter of recommendation from PhD Director (only for PhD students).
Accepted participants will be notified by e-mail before April 4, 2016.
Organizers:
Armando Albert (xalbert@iqfr.csic.es ), Juan Hermoso (xjuan@iqfr.csic.es) and Isabel Usón (iufcri@ibmb.csic.es)