Due to the rapidly escalating health concerns relating to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID 19) disease, the Brazil School will not take place in 2020.
School Programme
Main Lecture Topics
- • The Fourier transform in 1D - 2D - 3D
- • Properties of the Fourier transform
- • Specimen preparation for single-particle cryo-EM
- • (Automatic) Particle selection
- • Optimizing the EM data collection
- • CTF correction
- • Filtering and data normalization
- • Alignment using correlation functions
- • Multi-reference alignments
- • Multivariate statistics and classification
- • Angular reconstitution
- • Three-dimensional reconstruction
- • Projection matching
- • Alignment refinements
- • 3D refinements
- • 3D resolution criteria
- • 3D fitting of known X-ray structures (Chimera, Coot)
- • Refining towards different 3D structures simultaneously ("4D" analysis)
- • Using image processing software (IMAGIC, Frealign)
- • Parallel processing
Participant's Talks
- Presenting the own project
Daily School Schedule
- • Two or three morning lectures
- • Hands-on single particle analysis
- • Lunch
- • Open afternoons / Time for additional workshops
- • Evening lectures / Hands-on processing
- • Dinner
- • Open program after dinner
Leisure Programme
- • Swimming Pool
- • Tours and trips
- • Rafting, horse riding, sports
- • Churasco evenings
- • Caipirinha night
- • More...