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This year sees the return of the CCP4 Structural Biology Summer School on macromolecular crystallography (MX), electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM), and associated techniques. The school aims to bring together early-career scientists from the UK, Europe and beyond and train them in the latest advances in structural biology, with a primary focus on MX and cryo-EM.
This school was formerly the CCP4-BCA Summer School, which was run at the University of St. Andrews for many years. It has trained hundreds of crystallographers while also providing them with unforgettable collective memories. The York team aims to capture and continue the essence and tradition of the school, blending it with the best the City of York has to offer.
This year, the programme has been extended from 7 to 9 days in order to include more cryo-EM content: map processing, docking, model building and refinement. Processing steps prior to this (image processing, 2D classification and 3D reconstruction) will not be covered in detail due to time constraints. All aspects of crystallographic structure solution will be covered during the workshop, from data collection through to phasing, refinement, validation and deposition. Please see the preliminary programme for more details.
The school will be based at the University of York's Campus West, with lectures and workshops in the main Biology building, and accommodation in nearby James College.
Spaces are limited. The applicant will have to demonstrate the need for this sort of specialist training, and be prepared to submit the e-mail address of a supervisor who will write a letter of recommendation in support of their application. Applications open soon, more information here
