National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai (NFPSS), Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Computational Project #4 (CCP4), ShanghaiTech University and Chinese Crystallographic Society(CCrS) with assistance from Ruslan Sanishvili of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) are organizing the School in Macromolecular Crystallography and Cryo Electron Microscopy: From Data Collection to Structure Refinement and Beyond.

The school will take place from September 18 to September 29, 2025.

Purpose of the course and intended audience

The course is intended mainly for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the area of structural biology. In some cases, assistant professor level applicants can be accepted as well. School is not meant as an introductory level course in macromolecular structure determination. It is designed more for applicants with reasonable expertise in crystallography or cryo electron microscopy. The purpose of the school is to address specific problems that the applicants face while collecting data or solving and refining structures. Applicants with samples for data collection or with already collected data will be given strong consideration, although these are not mandatory requirements.

Several of the leading software developers from around the world will present lectures and tutorials on their software and will also be available to help with problems during hands-on sessions of the workshop.

Format

Typically, there will be lectures before lunch, which can be attended by all interested. This will be followed by tutorials after lunch and problem-solving sessions in the late afternoon and evening. Due to the limitations on number of tutors, computers, and the size of the computer room, only 25 applicants will be selected for tutorial and problem-solving sessions. For more details, please refer to the detailed program.

Posters

The participants will have an opportunity to display posters on their projects. Posters are not mandatory, but they will facilitate more productive discussions with experts.

Posters should not exceed 80 cm (width) x 120 cm (height) in size and should be produced with big enough fonts to be easily readable from a 1-meter distance.

Poster boards and mounting material will be provided on-site by the organizers.

Applications can be submitted electronically and will be accepted until September 8, 2025. 25 Applicants will be selected for tutorials and problem-solving sessions. However, all interested applicants can attend the lecture sessions.