Launch of the Southampton Diffraction Centre Event

Time:: 14:00 - 17:00
Date:: 16 September 2011
Venue:: Building 85

For more information regarding this event, please telephone Mrs Sarah Milsted on 26722 or email s.j.milsted@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

The Southampton Diffraction Centre will be formally opened on 16th September 2011. For this occasion, an afternoon workshop showcasing the new facilities and their capabilities. These facilities are already enhancing the work of colleagues from across the schools of Chemistry, Medicine and Biological Sciences and we are looking to grow our community of collaborators, particularly in the Life Sciences areas. Our world class facilities represent over £4M of investment in state-of-the-art crystallographic science within the University.

12:00- 13:30 Tours of diffraction laboratory (~20mins in length) please indicate on booking form if you would like to take part in a tour

14:00 Workshop Opens

14:00 - 14:30 Welcoming remarks
Dr Simon Coles (Facility Director) & Dr Ivo Tews
Overview, capability and outlook for the SDC.

14:30-15:50 Practical Demonstrations

Principles of diffraction and sample manipulation
Crystallisation pipeline tour
Presentation, visualization & analysis of results
Complementarity of diffraction, NMR and SAXS

15:50–16:10 Coffee

16:10-17:00 Southampton Success Stories
Dr Peter Roach (Chemistry)
Professor Stephan Gadola (Medicine)