Practical integrative structural biology

Registration includes:

• Single room on-site accommodation at DESY will be offered to the participants, which is within a few minutes walk from the Petra III seminar room.
• Course materials
• All meals are included

Payment

Payments will be accepted via bank transfer only. The details will be sent to accepted participants by e-mail.

Selection criteria

The course aims mainly at researchers in the early stage of their careers (Ph.D. students and early postdocs).

Preference will also be given to applicants who:

i) are entering the field of integrative structural biology
ii) plan to integrate multiple structural techniques within their own projects or plan to develop integrative modeling methods
iii) work on projects that will clearly benefit from an integrative approach
iv) are familiar with working in Unix-based environment and molecular visualization tools (PyMol, UCSF Chimera)

This will be assessed based on the submitted abstract, motivation letter, and a letter of reference from your current supervisor.

Applicants are asked to provide a maximum 300 word abstract describing the applicant's current or planned project in integrative structure biology, a 1-page letter (Arial 11 pt) describing their motivation for the course, and a brief reference letter from the current supervisors.

Abstract guidelines

Applicants are asked to provide a maximum 300 word abstract describing the applicant's current or planned project in integrative structure biology, 1-page letter describing their motivation for the course, and a brief reference letter from the current supervisors. The applicants should address the above selection criteria in their applications.

Poster specifications

A0 paper size

Travel grants and registration fee waivers

A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.

Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.

Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. More information is available on the EMBO Travel Grants' page.

Special travel grants and registration fee waivers

A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for scientists working in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey. Grants are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.

A maximum of 700 Euros per participant are available to cover registration fees, travel, and accommodation (no additional subsistence costs can be covered). To apply, please indicate the itemized amount requested in the travel grants section of the registration form.

Child care grant

EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional child care costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the child care grant and specify the sum that you will need.