Crystallography matters ... more!

The IUCr-UNESCO OpenLab Colombia

Partners of IUCr and UNESCO for OpenLab Colombia: Rigaku | Dectris 

Venue: Laboratorio de Rayos X, Parque Tecnológico Guatiguará (Piedecuesta), Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

This course is open to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and young scientists from universities and government research institutes from Colombia, Venezuela and neighboring countries.

Participation in this OpenLab is limited to 30 students. We will accept applications on a first-come/first-served basis.

Invited Lecturers: Ami Sarjeant (Northwestern Univ.), Eric Reinheimer (Rigaku Corporation).

Instructors: Eric Reinheimer (RIGAKU, EUA), José Antonio Henao (UIS, Colombia), Alexander Briceño (IVIC, Venezuela), Graciela Díaz de Delgado (ULA, Venezuela), Miguel Delgado (ULA, Venezuela)

Practical sessions instructors: Rodolfo Moreno-Fuquén (UdeA, Colombia), Reinaldo Atencio (IVIC, Venezuela), Teresa González (IVIC, Venezuela), Julia Bruno-Colmenárez (IVIC-Zulia, Venezuela), Belkis Ramírez (ULA, Venezuela), Eric Reinheimer (RIGAKU, EUA), José Antonio Henao (UIS, Colombia), Alexander Briceño (IVIC, Venezuela), Graciela Díaz de Delgado (ULA, Venezuela), Miguel Delgado (ULA, Venezuela)

Organizers: José Antonio Henao (UIS-Colombia), Graciela Díaz de Delgado (ULA-Venezuela), Miguel Delgado (ULA-Venezuela), Akihiko Iwata (Rigaku Corporation)

Under the auspices of:

• Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, Universidad Industrial de Santander
• Andina de Tecnologías S.A.S.

Programme

Monday, 27 October

08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:00-10:30 Fundamentals of Crystallography
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Symmetry and space groups
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 The Diffraction phenomenon
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Structure factors and Fourier methods

Tuesday, 28 October

09:00-10:30 Data collection and reduction
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Structure determination methods
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Structure refinement and analysis
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Crystallographic computer programs and databases

Wednesday, 29 October

09:00-10:30 Laboratory and general discussion
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Laboratory and general discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Laboratory and examples
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Laboratory and examples

Thursday, 30 October

09:00-10:30 Practical sessions and examples
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Practical sessions and examples
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Examples (disorder/twinning)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Examples (disorder/twinning)

Friday, 31 October

09:00-10:30 Analysis of results & graphical representation
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Analysis of results / Validation / CIF
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Presentation of results
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:30 Presentation of results and Closing Ceremony