Announcing the

Gordon Research Conference on Diffraction Methods in Structural Biology
July 11-16, 2004 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Co-Chairs: Tom Terwilliger & Paul Adams


The 2004 Gordon Research Conference on Diffraction Methods in Structural Biology will be a highly interactive meeting focusing on advances in methodology for macromolecular X-ray crystallography and other diffraction applications, with highlights of particularly significant structural results. All participants will be expected to contribute extensively to discussion, to present either a talk or a poster, and to attend the entire conference.

For complete program details see the GRC web site at:
http://www.grc.org/programs/2004/diffrac.htm

Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can apply at the main GRC web site at http://www.grc.org and follow the links to "Attending a conference" and then "online application". Once you are accepted into the conference you can register.

Looking forward to a great conference!

-Tom Terwilliger and Paul Adams





2004 Gordon Research Conference on Diffraction Methods in Structural Biology
July 11-16, 2004 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Confirmed session topics, session leaders, and speakers:


Molecular complexes and membrane proteins (A. Jones, session leader / J. Tesmer / S. Iwata / W. Hendrickson)

Pushing the limits of synchrotron techniques (E. Garman, session leader / K. Moffat / A. Podjarny / G. Schertler / A. Soares)

Long-wavelengths for phasing (A. Leslie, session leader / M. Weis / Z. Dauter / B.-C. Wang / R. Ravelli )

Techniques for medium-resolution structure determination (Paul Adams, session leader / S. Ludtke / A. Brunger / K. Bakolitsa / M. Rossmann)

Phasing and density modification (E. Dodson, session leader / R. Read / P. Emsley / G. Bricogne)

Model building and refinement (V. Lamzin, session leader / A. Perrakis / T. Ioerger / G. Murshudov)

Ab initio methods (V. Lunin, session leader / P. Gros / S. Urzhumtsev)

Data and structure analysis (Gerard Kleywegt, session leader / T. Yeates / T. Schneider / J. Richardson)

Software development and substructure determination (T. Schneider, session leader / R. Grosse-Kunstleve / Z. Otwinowski / C. Weeks / C. Giacovazzo / G. Sheldrick)

Dynamics and disorder (W. Hendrickson, session leader / J. Sussman / W. Weis / G. Phillips)