Fifth International Workshop on X-ray Damage to Biological Crystalline Samples

March 3-5, 2008
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland

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The Fifth International Workshop on X-ray Radiation Damage to Biological Crystalline Samples will be held at the Swiss Light Source from March 3rd to March 5th 2008.

This series of workshops was originally concerned with the effects of radiation damage during investigation of protein structures by X-ray crystallography. Other techniques of structural biology are now being included to ensure greater information exchange. The workshop will therefore be of interest to all those using ionising radiation to examine biological structures at the molecular and cellular level.

Topics under discussion will include:

• Progress in the understanding of radiation damage in PX
• Reducing or mitigating radiation damage
• Correcting for the effects of radiation damage
• Radiation chemistry and radiolysis of biological molecules
• Spectroscopies for studying radiation damage processes
• Radiation damage in EM and EC
• Radiation damage in XAS, SAXS and X-ray microscopy

The organizers are Clemens Schulze-Briese, Elspeth Garman, Colin Nave, Sean McSweeney, Raimond Ravelli, Gerd Rosenbaum and Soichi Wakatsuki.

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