Instruct: Focus on Spain
Spain has been in close contact with Instruct since the early stages of the preparatory phase of this Infrastructure. Membership of Instruct with full rights came only with the signing of the International Consortium Agreement at the First Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Meeting in Heidelberg in May 2013. In the relative short period since the
Instruct call for Research and Development pilot projects is now open (June 6th – July 11th)
A maximum of 20,000€ per project will be awarded to support a limited number of pilot studies proposed by researchers from Instruct member countries (BE, CZ, DE, ES, FR, IL, IT, NL, PT, SE, UK). Projects should propose basic or applied research which is preliminary in nature. The intent of this support is to help
Electron Microscopy and X-ray Tomography Training Schools.Madrid, January 13th-17th
In the frame of three European projects, the Instruct ESFRI project on Structural Biology, the Biostruct-X project and the COST Action MP1207, the Instruct Image Processing Center at CNB-CSIC is planning training schools on 3D Reconstruction in Electron Microscopy and Soft X-ray Microscopy for January 2014. The course will focus on image processing topics, introducing
Workshop on Algorithms for 3D Reconstruction in Soft X-Ray Microscopy. Madrid, January 20th-21st
An intensive meeting devoted to discuss the image processing challenges raised by recent advances in Soft X-ray tomography of cellular materials at cryogenic temperatures. The topics to be discussed include Image Formation, Depth of Field and Zone Plates, Contrast Enhancement, information Recovery and Tomographic Algorithms.
2nd Call for proposals to access the full set of Instruct facilities
2nd “Call for proposals utilising Instruct-funded structural biology techniques” (March 5th – April 11th). Proposals for funded access to the full set of Instruct facilities are now invited. Access to the Instruct Centre technologies is FREE to scientists from Instruct member countries.
I2PC welcomes its Strategic Advisory Board
Today, March 18th, we are receiving the Strategic Advisory Board on its visit to the I2PC
Xmipp Workshop in Paris, November 7th-8th
The Workshop covers the details of the Xmipp software package, that is used for reconstructing 3D maps from sets of individual particle images. The majority of the workshop consists of hands-on sessions designed to familiarize the attendees with the public-domain Xmipp software. Registration and further details
Spain joins Instruct
In the last two years Instruct has given academic and commercial scientists across Europe access to a full portfolio of integrated technologies, thanks to the collaboration of fifteen of Europe’s leading structural biology research institutes. Today, June 3rd, Instruct is pleased to welcome Spain as a new Instruct member state. Spain joins nine countries that
Instruct Initiative users meeting, Valencia 2013
As we previously announced in this web site, Spain formally joined Instruct at a signing ceremony coinciding with the First Biennial Structural Biology Meeting in Heidelberg on the 24th of May 2013. This meeting will take place as a session of the XIII International Congress of the Spanish Biophysical Society in Valencia (Spain) next week
I2PC is attending the First Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Meeting held in Heidelberg, May 22nd-24th
Some pictures from the first and second days of the First Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference held in Heidelberg.
Xmipp Workshop in Martinsried, March 12nd-13rd
The Workshop covers the details of the Xmipp software package that is used for reconstructing 3D maps from a set of randomly oriented particle images. The majority of the workshop consists of hands-on sessions designed to familiarize the attendees with the public-domain Xmipp software. More information
CTF Estimation Challenge
The CTF Estimation Challenge will be run from March 1st to July 15th as a collaboration between researchers, rather than a competition. Each challenger commits to submitting a manuscript to the next I2PC workshop summarizing the method used and results, and later to sharing the results with the community, such that we can foster a