Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the 16th annual CCP4/APS crystallographic school “From data collection to structure refinement and beyond” will be held on October 28th to November 4th, 2024 at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), near Chicago, Illinois, USA.

All details can be found at the school website. This will be the first workshop after the APS shutdown.

The school comprises three parts: two virtual introduction days, a data collection workshop (Beamline status permitting) and crystallographic computing workshop. The data collection workshop includes beamline training, data collection on GM/CA@APS beamlines 23ID-D and 23ID-B equipped with Pilatus3 6M and Eiger 16M detectors respectively, and data processing. For data collection, only the participants’ crystals will be used. Th crystallographic computation workshop will feature many modern crystallographic software packages taught by authors and other experts. In addition there will be introductory lectures and tutorials for Cryo-EM. The daily schedule will be organized in three sections – lectures, tutorials, and hands-on (interactive trouble-shooting of the technical difficulties the participants face in their projects). We have had considerable success resolving these problems in past years, attested by resulting publications (see http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-school/publications.php). A draft program can be found at the School website.

Applicants: The workshop strongly encourages students who need expert help with difficulties/challenges in their own projects. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty, along with commercial/industrial researchers are encouraged to apply. Only about 20 applicants will be selected for participation.

Application: Application deadline is August 31st, 2024. To apply, visit https://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2024/application.php

Fees: There is a \$500 participation fee for the selected academic students and \$1500 for industrial researchers. No credit card will be required for registration, students who are selected to participate will be contacted to pay. The students will be responsible for their transportation and lodging. The workshop organizers can assist in making lodging reservations at the Argonne Guest House. The workshop will cover all other expenses (including meals).

We hope to see you at the school.

Charles, Andrey, Garib and Qingping