Course Schedule
Schedule in PDF format (as of May 21)
| Monday, June 7: Introduction; Mini-Symposium; SNS CLO C-152 |
| 7:30 |
ORNL/ORAU badge pick-up (Doubletree Hotel lobby, Oak Ridge; Flora Meilleur) |
| 7:45 |
Bus leaves Doubletree hotel for ORNL |
| 8:10-8:45 |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Welcome (Flora Meilleur) |
| 9:00-10:00 |
“Neutrons in Structural Biology; an overview” (Dean Myles, NSSD/ORNL) |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15-11:15 |
“Past, Present and future structure function studies of carbonic anhydrase” (Robert McKenna, University of Florida) |
| 11:15-12:15 |
“A conformational switch auto-regulates the scaffolding protein NHERF1” (Zimei Bu, Fox Chase Cancer Center) |
| 12:15-1:15 |
Lunch and group picture |
| 1:15-2:15 |
“Concerted neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation studies of membrane protein structure and dynamics” (Douglas Tobias, University of California) |
| 2:15-3:15 |
“Emergent structures in models of biological membranes” (Tonya Kuhl, University of California) |
| 3:15-3:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:45-4:45 |
“Small-angle neutron scattering to investigate polyglutamine aggregation in Huntington’s disease” (Chris Stanley, NSSD/ORNL) |
| 4:45-5:00 |
Break |
| 5:00-6:15 |
Poster session |
| 6:15-7:15 |
Poster session / Dinner |
| 7:15 |
Bus leaves ORNL for the Doubletree Hotel (Oak Ridge) |
| Tuesday, June 8: Facility Tours |
| 7:45 |
Bus leaves Doubletree hotel for ORNL |
| 8:10-9:00 |
Continental breakfast / separate students into two groups for visits |
| 9:00-12:00 |
HFIR visit (1/2 group) – SNS visit (1/2 group) |
| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch at SNS – NSSD Visitors program / ORISE program presentation |
| 1:30-4:30 |
HFIR visit (1/2 group) – SNS visit (1/2 group) |
| 5:45 |
Bus leaves ORNL for Doubletree Hotel (Oak Ridge) |
| Dinner on your own |
| Wednesday, June 9: Deuteration; Crystallography; SANS; Reflectometry; Center for Science Education, ORAU |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast (Center for Science Education, ORAU) |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Deuteration (Kevin Weiss) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Crystallography I (Leighton Coates) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Crystallography II (Leighton Coates) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Small Angle Neutron Scattering I (William Heller) |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Small Angle Neutron Scattering II (William Heller) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
"Neutron Reflectivity as a Probe of Biological Surface and Interfacial Structure" (John Ankner) |
| 4:30 - 5:30 |
Tutorial : Refinement; neutron maps interpretation (Steve Tomanicek) |
| 5:30 - 6:30 |
Tutorial : Refinement; neutron maps interpretation (Steve Tomanicek) |
| 6:30 |
Dinner on your own |
| Thursday, June 10: Crystallography III; SANS III; Reflectometry II & III; Dynamics I; SANS Tutorial; Center for Science Education, ORAU |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast (Center for Science Education, ORAU) |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Crystallography III (Flora Meilleur) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Small Angle Neutron Scattering III (William Heller)I |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Dynamics with Neutrons (Jeremy Smith) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
“The Interaction of a Biological Electron Shuttle with Hematite” (Alex Johs) |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
“A Versatile Synthetic Bio-Compatible Polymer Scaffold" (Brad Lokitz) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
Tutorial: SANS data reduction; Guinier fit and pair distribution function P(r) (William Heller) |
| 4:30 - 5:30 |
Tutorial: SANS data reduction; Guinier fit and pair distribution function P(r); proposal writing tips (William Heller) |
| 5:30 - 6:30 |
Beamtime proposal, submission and allocation process (Flora Meilleur) |
| 6:30 |
Dinner on your own |
| Friday, June 11: Reflectometry; Dynamics; Imaging; Center for Science Education, ORAU |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Dynamics II (Ken Herwig) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Dynamics III (Ken Herwig) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
"Preparation of Thin Films by Spin Coating" (Candice Halbert)
"Langmuir, Langmuir-Blodgett, and Langmuir-Shaefer Deposition" (Jim Browning) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Imaging (Hassina Bilheux) |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Imaging (Hassina Bilheux) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
Tutorial: Reflectometry data reduction; scattering profile interpretation (John Ankner) |
| 4:30 - 5:30 |
Tutorial: Reflectometry data reduction; scattering profile interpretation (John Ankner) |
| 5:30 - 6:30 |
Proposal writing (Flora Meilleur) |
| 6:30 |
Closing & Certificate reception |
