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Announcement:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<><o:p></o:p><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b style=""><u>Single</u></b></st1:PlaceName><b
style=""><u> </u></b><st1:PlaceName><b style=""><u>Particle</u></b></st1:PlaceName><b
style=""><u> </u></b><st1:PlaceName><b style=""><u>Cryo-EM</u></b></st1:PlaceName><b
style=""><u> </u></b><st1:PlaceType><b style=""><u>School</u></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b
style=""><u> in </u></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b style=""><u>Brazil</u></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b
style=""><u> :</u></b></>
<><o:p></o:p><b style=""> 18 – </b><st1:date month="8" day="30"
year="2005"><b style="">30 August 2005</b></st1:date><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Santa Rita Single
Particle
School will be an intensive 12 days hands-on course for learning the
processing
of single-particle cryo EM data from A to Z. The attendees can be those
who are
entirely new to the approach, or those for who the technique is of
growing
importance and who wish to acquire an in-depth understanding of the
technique. The
course covers all issues from data collection, through to the
interpretation of the cryo-EM
maps and the fitting of known X-ray structures. <o:p></o:p></p>
<><o:p></o:p>The students are expected to
bring along a modern notebook computer onto which all necessary
software will
be downloaded. Most processing will take place in the context of the
IMAGIC
software system but other software will be available. Various sample
cryo-EM
data sets will be distributed for processing during the course. Data
sets will
range from entirely asymmetric ribosome images to those of icosahedral
virus
capsids. Students may bring along their own data sets for
processing/discussion. <o:p></o:p></>
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The conference site is located
close to the beautiful old city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, in the
interior of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. </>Santa Rita, <>although
in the tropics, has a pleasant ~20º centigrade average temperature in
August (750 m above sea level). <span style=""><br>
Hotel Fazenda Glória</span> has optimal facilities for a school of this
size. <br>
</><><span style="" lang="NL"><o:p><br>
</o:p>For details see the School Website: </span></><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a
href="http://www.cbem.ic.ac.uk/santa_rita/">http://www.cbem.ic.ac.uk/santa_rita/</a><br>
<br>
</span><><span style="" lang="NL">Marin van Heel<o:p></o:p></span></>
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Marin van Heel
Professor of Structural Biology
Imperial College London
Department of Biological Sciences
Biochemistry Building
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AY
UK
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7594 5316
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7594 5317
e_mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:m.vanheel@ic.ac.uk">m.vanheel@ic.ac.uk</a>
and: Osnat Lipson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanheel.office@ic.ac.uk"><vanheel.office@ic.ac.uk></a>
web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cbem.ic.ac.uk">www.cbem.ic.ac.uk</a>
private and/or confidential email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:MGvanHeel@Netscape.net">MGvanHeel@Netscape.net</a>
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