[RASMB] UltraScan Workshop Announcement

[Borries Demeler]

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Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce the 13th annual Analytical Ultracentrifugation
and UltraScan workshop scheduled for April 9th - 13th, 2015 at the
University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

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        Solution Studies of Biological Macromolecules:

          From Experimental Design to Data Analysis
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Additional information and a registration form can be found online at:

	http://www.ultrascan.uthscsa.edu/workshop.php

The registration deadline is Friday, March 27th, 2015.
We have 20 seats available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Course Contents:

The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with a solid
background in hydrodynamics, and to provide hands-on training with
the UltraScan-III software for high-resolution AUC experimental data
analysis.  We will focus on sample composition analysis, characterization
of reversible oligomerization, hetero-association, fragment/small
molecule binding studies, and nanoparticle characterization. 

In addition to AUC analysis we will also teach a session on hydrodynamic 
bead modeling and SAXS/SANS analysis with the US-SOMO module.

The following sessions are scheduled:

Session 1:	Theory, Background, Experimental Design
Session 2:	Analytical Ultracentrifugation Data Analysis with US-III AUC
Session 3:	SOMO Bead modeling and molecular dynamics with US-III SOMO
Session 4:	SAXS/SANS analysis with US-III SOMO 
Session 5:	Instrument Maintenance and Error Diagnostics

Instructors:

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

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

Mattia Rocco, PhD
IST Genova, Italy

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

Gary Gorbet
Senior Programmer
UTHSCSA, Dept. or Biochemistry

We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio! 
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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