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An
Advanced Practical Course in NMR Techniques for Membrane Proteins
Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory
11th
- 14th May, 2009
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An
Advanced Practical Course in NMR Techniques for Membrane Proteins
Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory
11th
- 14th May, 2009
Programme: This
Advanced Practical Course, which is being organised by Tony Watts (University
of Oxford), is being held at the Science
& Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near
Didcot, on behalf of E-Mep-Lab project. It will consist of a mixture of
lectures, practical demonstrations and guided tours of local facilities. The Course will be suitable for
graduate students and post-doctoral scientists working, or about to work, in
the field of biological NMR.
Lecturers and Demonstrators
will include: Anja Böckmann (IBCP-CNRS, Lyon,
France), Clemens Glaubitz (J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt,
Germany), Victoria A. Higman (Leibniz-Institut fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie,
Berlin, Germany & University of Bristol, UK), Alain Milon (University of
Toulouse, France), David Middleton (University of Liverpool, UK), Niels Chr.
Nielsen (University of Aarhus, Denmark), Hartmut Oschkinat (Leibniz-Institut
fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany).
E-MeP is
a funded EC FP6 integrated project of researchers from 17 institutes to build a
sustainable European membrane protein structural genomics research area through
its research activities, dissemination of expertise, and by directly addressing
the current shortage of appropriately-trained young scientists in cooperation
with the training programme E-MeP-Lab.
Its research will develop new technologies to solve the bottlenecks that
preclude the determination, at high throughput, of high-resolution structures
of membrane proteins and their complexes by integrating the activities of world
leaders in membrane protein structural biology.
For
the first time Europe's membrane protein structural biology community will
converge as teachers and demonstrators in a Master Class and five Advanced
Practical Courses in the best equipped laboratories in their fields in Europe.
This research field is important because membrane proteins comprise the major
target group of modern structural genomics, with approximately 70% of human
targets for therapeutic intervention being from this class. The E-MeP-Lab
project provides funds to exploit this confluence of talent.
Timetable: Registration will be in the early
afternoon on Monday 11th May 2009 and the first session will be in the mid to
late afternoon. The Course will
end after lunch on Thursday 14th May 2009.
Registration fee: There
will be no registration fee for this meeting. The organizers will cover all
reasonable costs for selected participants from E-MeP-Lab funds. Travel bursaries will be available.
Applications: Space is restricted to a maximum of 30 resident
participants. Applications
(attaching details of estimated advance purchase economy travel costs,
supporting letter from applicant's supervisor and a brief cv) should be made to
elizabeth.mitchell@bioch.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is
Thursday March 26th and successful applicants will be notified by Friday 3rd
April, 2009.
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