Week | Lecture | Activity | Writeup |
1 | 1. Safety lecture 2. X-ray scattering and diffraction |
1. Demonstration (by TA) of crystallization setup 2. Prepare buffers and protein samples |
Submit GUP and ESAF applications |
2 | Theory of macromolecular crystallization | Set up crystal trays (recipes and screens) | Describe crystallization setup (4 paragraphs and table) |
3 | Theory of fiber crystallography | Prepare fiber samples | Describe fiber sample setup (4 paragraphs and table) |
4 | Fiber and single-crystal diffraction | Fiber diffraction data processing | Describe fiber data processing (5 paragraphs incl. table) |
5 | Onsite Data Collection at the APS | Describe experiments (2 tables and 3 paragraphs) |