[3dem] Call for abstracts for the session "Radiation damage in X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM"

[Dominika Borek]

Dear All,

The deadline for submitting an abstract to the American Crystallographic 
Association Meeting (https://www.aca2019mtg.com/) that will take place 
July 20-24 2019 in Cincinnati/Northern KY has been extended to April 12 
(Friday this week).

Cryo-EM methods are featured at many sessions in the ACA meeting 
program, including "Radiation Damage in X-ray Crystallography and 
Cryo-EM" (session 4.1.2), which Gerd Rosenbaum and I are organizing. If 
you are researching any aspect of radiation damage, please consider 
submitting an abstract to this session at: 
https://acaonline.secure-platform.com/a/

I've copied and pasted below a description of what we are looking for, 
but this isn't a comprehensive list, so don't be shy about sending in 
your abstract.

Best regards,

Dominika Borek

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Are you wondering why or how your samples keeping dying when you are 
just innocently trying to solve a structure so that you can complete 
your Ph.D. or finally publish that important paper? If so, the session 
"Radiation Damage in X-ray Crystallography and Cryo-EM" is for you!

What is radiation dose? What are dose-rate effects and why should you 
care about them? How should you collect data to minimize radiation 
damage in X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM? How does radiation damage 
manifest in a structure? Can radiation damage be useful? These and other 
questions will be answered during this session.

If you plan to participate and have a questions that you wish to be 
answered during this session, do not hesitate to email these questions 
to the chairs: Dominika Borek (Dominika.Borek at UTSouthwestern.edu>) and 
Gerd Rosenbaum (rosenbaum at anl.gov).
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Dominika Borek, Ph.D.
Department of Biophysics | UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd. ND10.214E | Dallas, TX 75390-8816
214-645-9577 (phone) | 214-645-6353 (fax)