The next Inside Diamond open day will feature stalls and activities, a short introduction to Diamond and a tour of the machine. We expect the visit will last around two and a half hours. Booking for open days opens 6-8 weeks in advance of the event. Click here for more details.
| Wednesday 4th September | |
| 09:30 | Registration & coffee, Diamond Atrium |
| 10:00 | Welcome & facility update |
| 11:15 | Move to workshops |
| OPENING | |
| 11:30 | MX update Martin Walsh, Diamond |
| 11:45 | VMX update Thomas Sorensen, Diamond |
| 12:00 | TBC |
| 12:15 | Lunch, R22 Restaurant |
| 12:45 | Poster session, Diamond Atrium |
| SESSION ONE - SOFTWARE AT DIAMOND | |
| 13:30 | The new GDA GUI, current implementation and future functionality Paul Hathaway, Diamond |
| The Diamond MX Software experience | |
| Developments and future directions in beamtime data processing and structure solution Graeme Winter, Diamond | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break, Diamond Atrium |
| SESSION TWO - NEW CAPABILITIES FOR MX AT DIAMOND | |
| 15:30 | Going faster at Diamond: MX data collection with the new generation Pilatus 3 detector Neil Paterson, Diamond |
| Chemical Biology at I04-1: Medium Throughput Fragment Screening by X-rays Frank von Delft, Diamond | |
| Biocontainment on Diamond MX beamlines: X-ray crystallography studies on human prion protein Becky Conners, Bristol, & Katherine McAuley, Diamond | |
| 17:00 | Move to the Pickavance Lecture Theatre |
| 17:15 | Poster prizes, Pickavance Lecture Theatre |
| 17:30 | Keynote speech by Professor John Jenkin, Pickavance Lecture Theatre |
| 18:30 | Drinks reception, R22 Coffee Lounge |
| 19:00 | Conference dinner, R22 Restaurant |
| Thursday 5th September | |
| SESSION THREE - THE LONG-WAVELENGTH MX BEAMLINE AT DIAMOND | |
| 9:00 | Beamline I23 status Armin Wagner, Diamond |
| Sample cooling in vacuum Vitaliy Mykhaylyk, Diamond | |
| Sample handling and transfer using humidity control Ramona Duman, Diamond | |
| 10:30 | Coffee break, Diamond Atrium |
| SESSION FOUR - MX USER DISCUSSION | |
| 11:00 | Discussion session organised by the MX representatives on the Diamond User Committee (DUC) Chaired by: David Lawson, Norwich, & John McGeehan, Portsmouth |
| 12:30 | Lunch, R22 Restaurant |
| SESSION FIVE - THE MEMBRANE PROTEIN LABORATORY AT DIAMOND | |
| 13:30 | Using high-throughput in situ plate screening to evaluate the effect of dehydration on membrane protein crystals Isabel de Moraes, Imperial |
| Data selection, combination and filtering with BLEND James Foadi, Diamond | |
| In situ data collection and merging of multiple crystal data on a membrane protein case Yilmaz Alguel, Imperial | |
| 15:00 | Finish |
| MEETING CLOSE | |
See outline programme for an overview of the entire meeting schedule.
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