Conference: 2024 Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities in Neutrons in Structural Biology

2024年“结构生物学中中子的挑战和机遇”研讨会将重点关注利用中子获得生物分子中跨长度尺度的结构信息：从单个氢/氘原子的原子水平到分子水平，在分子水平上，可以使用小角度中子散射来绘制大型生物组件。研讨会将安排有蛋白质结构和功能知识但没有或有限的中子科学经验的研究生和博士后研究人员介绍中子大分子晶体学和小角中子散射。研讨会将促进结构生物学中下一代中子散射科学家之间的网络交流。与会者将参加讲座，专注于中子技术在结构生物学中的应用。研讨会将提供一个独特的计划，旨在挑战参与者成为中子生物科学的领导者。该研讨会将面向来自不同背景的刚接触中子散射或经验有限的研究生。其目的是通过与hbcu的合作者合作，增加来自学术界代表性不足群体的科学家的参与，扩大和多样化中子散射用户美国社区。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 2024 Workshop on "Challenges and Opportunities in Neutrons in Structural Biology" will focus on the use of neutrons to gain structural information across length scales in biological molecules: from the atomic level of individual hydrogen/deuterium atoms to the molecular level, where large biological assemblies can be mapped using small angle neutron scattering. The workshop will be structured to introduce graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with knowledge of protein structure and function but no or limited experience of neutron sciences to neutron macro-molecular crystallography and small angle neutron scattering. The workshop will facilitate networking among the next generation of neutron-scattering scientists in structural biology. The attendees will attend lectures focusing exclusively on neutron techniques applied in structural biology. The workshop will offer a unique program that is designed to challenge the participants to become leaders in neutron biological sciences.The workshop will target graduate students from diverse backgrounds new to or with limited experience in neutron scattering. The aim is to increase participation from scientists from underrepresented groups in academia to broaden and diversify the neutron-scattering user US community by engaging collaborators at HBCUs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.