To Structural Biologists from
Mediterranean and Middle East countries,
and other interested individuals,
We are currently compiling a list of scientists who will be interested
in
taking an active role in shaping and defining the Structural
Molecular
Biology (SMB) unit at SESAME (http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/sesame/).
The
first meeting of the SMB sub-committee is tentatively planned for 6-7
of
April in Athens, Greece. Please send your note of interest to
Gitay.Kryger@Weizmann.ac.il
as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Prof. Herman Winick,
Co-chair, SESAME Scientific Committee
SSRL/SLAC,
Stanford, CA, USA
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Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:07:29 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Meeting of SESAME Structural Biology Scientific Group; April 6-7,2000
March 1, 2000
To: Scientists from the Mediterranean and Middle-East countries interested
in a beam line and associated instrumentation for a Structural Molecular
Biology (SMB) program in SESAME, the planned synchrotron for the region.
From: Herman Winick (Cochair, SESAME Scientific Committee)
Gitay Kryger (Contact person for SESAME SMB Scientific Subgroup)
Ercan Alp (Cochair, SESAME Scientific Committee)
Peter Kuhn (Advisor to SESAME SMB Scientific Subgroup)
Subject: SMB Scientific Subgroup Meeting on April 6-7, 2000
in Athens, Greece
Dear Colleague;
The SESAME Scientific Committee and Structural Molecular Biology (SMB)
Scientific Subgroup is asking for your professional input and contribution
to the definition of the goals and opportunities for a world-class
resource in structural biology for the Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern region
based at SESAME.
As you probably know, the SESAME project is gaining considerable momentum.
Details of recent progress can be seen on the SESAME web site which can be
reached at http://weizmann.ac.il/home/sesame/. We also enclose below the
direct addresses for some recent articles about SESAME, copies of which
are also on the web.
To date there has been only one meeting relevant to the development of the
SESAME scientific program. This was the meeting of the SESAME Scientific
Committee in Berlin in August, 1999. At that meeting several scientific
programs and associated beam lines were defined, among which was the
program on Structural Molecular Biology. Many consider SMB to be the
most important application to be developed on SESAME. Gitay Kryger of
the Weizmann Institute of Science, an experienced crystallographer, has
agreed to be the Contact Person for the SMB Scientific Subgroup.
In recent discussions among Alp (Cochair, SESAME Scientific Committee),
Kryger (Contact for SESAME SMB Scientific Subgroup), Kuhn (Advisor to
SESAME SMB Scientific Subgroup), Winick (Cochair, SESAME Scientific
Committee) and others, we have come to the conclusion that it is important
to hold a meeting of a small number of scientists to start the work on
developing an SMB program on SESAME. We propose to hold this meeting on
April 6-7, 2000. One of the reasons for this date is that it comes just
before the next meeting of the SESAME International Interim Council which
will be held at CERN in Geneva Switzerland on April 10-11, 2000.
It is best for our meeting to be held in a member country that is not
offering to host SESAME. We are fortunate that Costas Papanicolas,
Cochair of the SESAME Technical Committee, has offered to host this
meeting in Athens and provide a location and secretarial support. He will
provide us with details about the exact location for the meeting and
suggestions for hotel accommodations in the near future. He urges that
participants make early reservations due to the elections in Greece on
April 9.
During this meeting you will learn about the world-class scientific
potential of an SMB resource center at SESAME. We hope that you will
participate in this meeting and present a brief overview of the current
status and your vision for the future of SMB in your country in particular
and the region in general. Based on this input, we can proceed together
to develop the SMB program at SESAME.
We plan to start with a few introductory talks the first morning. The
remainder of the time will be spend in discussions about the status of SMB
related activities and visions in the Middle East, training programs,
workshops, advisory committees, connections with other labs, etc. These
discussions will be organized by Gitay Kryger and Peter Kuhn. We will
also hear about a possible beam line that might be partly or fully funded
as a cooperative activity on SESAME by Greece and Turkey. We plan to
produce a document describing the steps needed and resources required for
the planned SMB program.
Introductory talks and possible speakers:
1. Update on the status of SESAME (Winick)
2. Overview talks by scientists from the region (You, the participant)
3. Overview of the requirements for an SMB program (Kryger, Kuhn)
4. Beam lines for SMB (Alp)
We are sending this note to those in or from the Mediterranean and Middle
East region of whom we are aware and who we believe have scientific
interest in Structural Molecular Biology. We also ask those on this
distribution to pass this message on to others who may be interested.
We are requesting financial support for this meeting from UNESCO, but we
do not yet know if such funds will be available. We therefore ask that
you seek funds from your own institution or government to attend this
meeting. We hope to have at least one participant from each SESAME member
country.
Considering the short time before the meeting, please get back to us (to
Gitay.Kryger@Weismann.ac.il and winick@slac.stanford.edu) as soon as
possible, letting us know if you would like to attend. As soon as you
know if your attendance is contingent on UNESCO travel support, let us
know that.
We look forward to hearing from you within the next few days, with at
least a preliminary indication of interest. Your suggestions and comments
on the preliminary program are also welcome.
Sincerely,
Herman Winick, Gitay Kryger
Ercan Alp, Peter Kuhn,
References:
1. For general information and references, please refer to the official
web-site of SESAME at http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/sesame/
2. Articles in the Press:
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/sesame/PR_frame.html
3. Structural Biology Center (SMB) at SESAME
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/sesame/BESSY-SMB-center.html
4. SESAME project, progress update
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/sesame/update_0100.html
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