BioSAXS practical course 2026

Dates: September 8 – 9, 2026

Venue: Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Research centre Biocev, Prumyslova 595, 25250 Vestec near Prague, Czech Republic 

Aim: Small angle X-ray scattering is a powerful method for in solution characterization of macromolecular structures. The course will provide practical experience with the data collection and processing. The data processing will focus on usage of ATSAS software package. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops. 

Application: Please, apply at the following link: https://forms.biocev.org/index.php/918993?lang=en
The number of participants is limited. 

Application deadline: September 2, 2026

Cost: Attendance is free of charge 

Preliminary programme

September 8, 12:15 – 17:00 
Introduction to SAXS  (Tomáš Klumpler, invited)
Practical demonstration at the instrument + tour of Centre of Molecular Structure (Jan Stránský)
Basic data processing (Tomáš Klumpler, invited; Jan Stránský)

September 9, 9:00 – 16:00 
Ab initio modelling (Tomáš Klumpler, invited)
Atomic model evaluation (Jan Stránský)
Rigid body modelling (Tomáš Klumpler, invited)
Data/results deposition to SASbdb (Jan Stránský)