The First ASTRID CD Users' Group Meeting
Thursday 29 June 2000 - 13:00 to 16:00, Room 323 Building 525
ISA, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Circular dichroism (CD) is a spectroscopic technique for studying the structures of molecules – particularly those of biological interest. The power of CD lies in the ability to follow folding and unfolding of molecular structure as a function of environment (e.g., pH, temperature, co-factors). The intense brightness and high energy of the synchrotron radiation produced by ASTRID (the electron storage ring at ISA, University of Aarhus) extends the usefulness of conventional CD to dynamical studies (e.g., by stop-flow) with access to lower wavelengths for novel information and better quantitative analyses. ASTRID CD is scheduled to be available for user applications in autumn 2000.
The aim of the meeting is to provide a forum to:
- describe the use of CD, particularly the advantages of ASTRID CD,
- bring together potential users of CD for exchanging research needs and ideas,
- solicit suggestions for improving the user interface and experimental capabilities,
- define a framework for designing experiments and guiding the future of ASTRID CD.
Your input is vital to help us develop a CD research facility suited to your needs!
Meeting time schedule:
13:00 |
What is CD? |
John M. Kenney |
Inst. for Storage Ring Facilities (ISA), University of Aarhus. |
13:10 |
Why ASTRID CD? |
Erik Larsen |
Chemistry Dept., The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen. |
13:30 |
Membrane proteins. |
Bonnie Wallace |
Dept. of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, UK. |
13:50 |
CD parameters. |
Stuart Lunt |
Inst. for Storage Ring Facilities (ISA), University of Aarhus. |
14:00 |
COFFEE |
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14:10 |
Round table discussion: How best to serve the CD user community? |
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15:00 |
Presentation of ASTRID CD: Experimental set up and user interface. |
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Getting to the meeting:
A map locating the physics building where the meeting will take place is on the web page: http://mit.au.dk/en/map/bldg1525.htm
If you arrive by train you can take a taxi or a bus (14, 17, 53, 54, 56, or 58) from Banegårdspladsen in front of the train station to the university.
Already more than 30 people have registered to attend. Please contact John Kenney (below) to get more information, to confirm your attendance or if you wish to be kept informed on ASTRID CD.
John M. Kenney
| ISA | email: | kenney@ifa.au.dk |
| University of Aarhus | telephone: | +45-8942-3721 |
| DK-8000 Aarhus C | FAX: | +45-8612-0740 |
Last Modified 13 June 2009