Two-Day Phenix Users Workshop, June 27 and 28, 2024

The Integrated Structural Biology Core (ISBC) facility of the Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (CBSD) at the University of Montana has arranged for a workshop with members of the Phenix development team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This workshop will focus on using the Phenix software suite to solve and refine both X-ray and cryoEM structures. The workshop will also have sessions on ligand docking and refinement of structures that contain small molecule ligands.  The workshop will be a mixture of lectures and tutorials led by members of the Phenix development team and will also provide time for one-on-one training with members of the Phenix development team. You may download a detailed schedule for the workshop here. The workshop will be held in Skaggs 169 at the south end of the University of Montana campus in Missoula, MT. The Skaggs 169 lecture hall is designed so that attendees will be able to easily use Phenix software installed on their laptops during the tutorial sections of the workshop. 

We have arranged for dorm rooms for the nights of June 26 and 27. Dorm rooms must be requested by June 13. Dorm rooms can be requested when you register. The registration deadline is 2 pm on Thursday June 13. The registration form is here.

Workshops provided by the Phenix development team are funded by NIGMS grant R24GM141254

Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

We at the Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (CBSD) apply the methods and concepts of biophysics, structural biology and mathematics to understand the mechanistic basis of biological processes in health and disease. Our faculty is drawn from the basic and biomedical sciences in the Colleges of Humanities and Sciences and the College of Health. Disciplines represented by Center faculty range from cellular biology, pharmacology, neurobiology, biochemistry and synthetic chemistry to computational research in chemistry and biology. The mission of the Center is to foster biophysically informed research throughout the University of Montana (UM) research community. We do so by supporting core research facilities for macromolecular and small molecule X-ray crystallography, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, BioSpectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Computation that provide the instruments and expertise in these biophysical methods to UM faculty. As part of this mission, the CBSD sponsors seminars showcasing the research of nationally recognized scientists as well as our own talented faculty, fellows and students. CBSD also hosts an Annual CBSD Research Symposium.

The work of the CBSD is supported by the National Institutes of General Medical Science IdeA program, as a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE). Together with institutional funds and indirect cost returns generated by faculty who submit research grants through the Center, the CoBRE award supported the research of Project Investigators and provided startup funds for new faculty in UM basic and biomedical sciences departments during phases 1 and 2 of NIH CoBRE funding. During phase 3 NIH CoBRE funding, our emphasis in on further developing and sustaining our core facilities. CoBRE funds also support Pilot Projects to jump-start innovative research programs to help investigators realize future extramural funding. CBSD institutional funds provide support for graduate students in the Molecular and Biomedical Sciences (MBS) Graduate programs. A future CBSD initiative will provide Teaching and Research Assistantships to promote inter-program collaboration at UM.

We invite you to explore our core facilities and seminars, meet our leadership,  investigators, pilot project leaders, core facility directors and the members of the internal advisory committee and external advisory committee who guide our progress, and our capable administrative staff who provide financial management, grant support and programmatic assistance to the Center and its faculty.

Bruce Bowler, Director

The CBSD is supported by NIGMS grant: P30GM140963