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
 (William Heller) 5