Symposium on Neutron Protein Crystallography (NPC)
Current Status and Future Prospect
(Updated on December 23, 2007)
Date and Place
| Date: | August 21-22, 2008 |
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| Place: | JAEA Ricotti, Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture |
Symposium Chairs
- Nobuo Niimura (Ibaraki University)
- Ryota Kuroki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
- Alberto Podjarny (Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire)
Scope
- Hot topics, recent results of NPC
- Current status of new neutron sources, J-PARC, SNS, ISIS and others
- Techniques and Instrumentation such as fully deuterated proteins, crystallization of proteins, software of joint refinement of neutron and X-ray data, direct phasing of neutron data and so on
- Future prospects of NPC
Program (tentative)
August 21
- 9:00-12:00 − Facility Report
- Japan (BIX-3/4, JAEA)
- Japan (iBIX, J-PARC)
- France (LADI-3, ILL)
- USA (PCS, LANSCE)
- USA (MaNDi, SNS)
- UK (TS-II, ISIS)
- 13:30-14:15 − Neutron Protein Crystallography (1)
- Invited Talks (45 min ×4)
- 16:30-18:00 − Poster Session
- 18:30-20:00 − Banquet
August 22
- 9:00-12:15 − Neutron Protein Crystallography (2)
- Contributed Talks (30 min ×6)
- 13:30-15:00 − Neutron Protein Crystallography (3)
- Invited Talks (45 min ×2)
- 15:00-17:00 − J-PARC Tour
- 17:15 − Closing
Call for papers
Authors are requested to submit one-page abstract to the organizing committee by May 31, 2008 through this website.
Registration
Information on registration will be available through this website. Registration fee for the symposium participation is ¥2,000.
Banquet
Symposium banquet with charge of ¥3,000 will also be held at Ricotti.
Transportation
There is a direct limousine bus service available from the Narita International Airport to the Tokai Station and Mito Station.
Accommodation
The information of hotels will be announced on this website so that the participants could make hotel reservation through it.
Visas
Persons coming from certain countries must have visas issued by Japanese Consulate/Embassy in their countries. If you need an official invitation letter to get a visa, please get in touch with the conference secretariat at the latest.
Important Dates
| Deadline for abstract submission: | May 31, 2008 |
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| Deadline for registrationn: | June 30, 2008 |
| Symposium dates: | August 21-22, 2008 |
Committee
International Advisory Committee
not yet decided
Program & Organization Committee
not yet decided
Tentative Contact
Nobuo Niimura (Ibaraki University)
Tel & FAX: +81-294-38-5254
