[RASMB] ANNOUNCE: 2010 UltraScan Workshop

[Borries Demeler]

Dear Colleagues,

Please mark your calendar: 
the date for the 2010 Analytical Ultracentrifugation/UltraScan workshop
has been set for June 4th - June 8th at the University of Texas Health
Science Center in historic San Antonio.

Additional information and a registration form can be found online at:

	http://www.ultrascan.uthscsa.edu (Click on the "Workshop" button).

Course Contents:

This course will focus on experimental design and analysis of analytical
ultracentrifugation (AUC) experiments. The goal of this workshop is to
provide participants with a solid background in hydrodynamics, and to
provide hands-on training with the UltraScan software. The emphasis will
be on problem-solving approaches in AUC, to teach optimal experimental
design of AUC experiments, and to use UltraScan to analyze data with
high-resolution methods and learn how to interpret the results.

The following sessions are scheduled:

Session 1:     Theory and Background
Sessions 2-5:  Hands-on Software Training with UltraScan and SOMO
Session 6:     Data Presentation
Session 7:     AUC Mini Symposium - Confirmed Speaker List:

                      * Thomas Laue, University of New Hampshire
                      * Helmut Cölfen, Max Planck Institute Berlin
                      * Glen Ramsay, Aviv Biomedical, NJ
                      * Bruce Dubbs, Dan Zollars, UTHSCSA 

Session 8:	   Global Data Analysis
Session 9:	   Instrument Maintenance and Error Diagnostics 

Instructors:

Borries Demeler, PhD (Course Director)
Associate Professor
UTHSCSA, Dept. of Biochemistry

Mattia Rocco, PhD
Head, Biopolymers and Proteomics lab
National Institute for Cancer Research (IST)
Genova, Italy

Virgil Schirf, MS
UTHSCSA, Dept. of Biochemistry
Technical Director, Center for Analytical Ultracentrifugation of
Macromolecular Assemblies.

Emre Brookes, PhD
Assistant Professor
UTHSCSA, Dept. of Biochemistry

A block of rooms has been reserved at a reduced rate at the Medical Center
TownPlace Suites Hotel. Reservations must be made before May 14th
to qualify for the discounted rate.

We look forward to see you in San Antonio!

Regards, -Borries
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Borries Demeler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dept. of Biochemistry, MC 7760
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3901
Voice: 210-567-6592, Fax: 210-567-1136, Email: demeler at biochem.uthscsa.edu