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Time-resolved macromolecular serial crystallography – Course and Conference Office

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Time-resolved macromolecular serial crystallography

Overview

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Course overview

Time-resolved macromolecular serial crystallography has become increasingly accessible in recent years thanks to the availability of XFELs and dedicated synchrotron beamlines for serial crystallography, especially in Europe. This range of X-ray sources, as well as advances in sample delivery methods and data processing now allow time-resolved crystallography experiments over 15 orders of magnitude (from fs-s) which investigate the atomic details of the biochemical reactions that are crucial for life. The data we can now obtain provide the fundamental basis for next generation drug discovery, biotechnology, and medicine.


However, despite the widening availability of the needed infrastructure for these experiments, the successful design, execution, and analysis of time-resolved serial crystallography experiments requires in-depth understanding of a multi-disciplinary experimental setup and skills well beyond those taught in standard crystallographic training programmes. Therefore, to ensure that these emerging scientific possibilities are exploited efficiently, it is crucial to offer appropriate training to the next generation of scientists. This course aims to address exactly this gap, and follows a successful first edition in 2024; which happened in Grenoble. After attending this course, participants will be able to design and successfully perform time-resolved serial crystallography experiments relevant for their own scientific projects.

What past participants say about the course

“The course clarified several scientific gaps in the serial crystallography field. I feel much more confident and secure to design experiments and discuss the technique requirements.” – Hevila Brognaro, University of Hamburg, Germany

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Date: 6 - 10 Jul 2026

Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre


Organisers:

  • Shibom Basu
    EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
    • Cecilia Casadei
      Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

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