Sixth International Conference on Biophysics and Synchrotron Radiation (BSR 98) held at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

第六届国际生物物理学和同步辐射大会将于1998年8月4日至8日在阿贡国家实验室先进光子源举行。会议将包括特邀演讲，广泛的海报会议，学生和博士后的评审性“热点”演讲，非正式的“与专家见面”会议，以及参观APS。科学专题包括：大分子结晶学，特别强调同步加速器结晶学在细胞生物学问题上的应用；非晶态系统，如溶液、纤维和膜的X射线散射；从硬X射线到光谱的紫外区和红外区的光谱；显微镜；医学成像；仪器和实验技术；以及同步辐射对生物物理的影响(过去、现在和未来)。这些领域一直在非常迅速地扩大，这既是对早期科学成就的回应，也是对法国格勒诺布尔欧洲同步加速器辐射设施、先进光子源本身和日本正在建设的春季8号设施新的第三代同步加速器源的可用的回应。工业的浓厚兴趣也推动了这种扩张，主要是来自制药和生物技术行业。这次会议可能会吸引多达650人参加，从研究生到诺贝尔奖获得者不等。

The Sixth International Conference on Biophysics and Synchrotron Radiation will be held at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, from August 4-8, 1998. The conference will feature invited talks, extensive poster sessions, juried "Hot Topics" talks by students and postdocs, informal "Meet the Experts" sessions, and a tour of the APS. Scientific topics include macromolecular crystallography, with a particular emphasis on the applications of synchrotron-based crystallography to problems in cell biology; X-ray scattering from non crystalline systems such as solutions, fibers and membranes; spectroscopies ranging from the hard X-ray to the UV and IR regions of the spectrum; microscopies; medical imaging; apparatus and experimental techniques; and the impact of synchrotron radiation on biophysics (past, present and future). These fields have been expanding very briskly, in response both to earlier scientific successes and to the availability of the new, thirdgeneration synchrotron sources at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, the Advanced Photon Source itself, and the SPring 8 facility under construction in Japan. The expansion is also fueled by strong industrial interest, principally from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The conference is likely to attract up to 650 participants, ranging from beginning graduate students to Nobel Laureates.