The CCP4-BCA Protein Crystallography Summer School provides comprehensive training in macromolecular crystallography through a combination of lectures, hands-on tutorials and workshops.

Topics span the whole structure determination pipeline, from protein expression and crystallisation through to data processing, model building, refinement and validation. There is also a crystal manipulation and cryo-cooling workshop.

Participants benefit from intensively supervised computer tutorials and are encouraged to bring their own datasets to work on with help from experienced tutors.

The week also offers plenty of opportunities for networking with fellow students, postdocs and crystallographers during breaks and social events.

Key dates:

📅 Application deadline: 19 June 2026
📅 Supervisor references deadline: 26 June 2026
📅 Outcomes announced: 10 July 2026

Further information and applications:
https://www.jic.ac.uk/event/ccp4-bca-protein-crystallography-summer-school-2026/

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Practical on making videos and figures with mol* (https://molstar.org/)by Genevieve Evans @PDBeurope at the last day of the #CCP4 @britcryst #workshop run at @JohnInnesCentre

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Student and speaker geographic distribution at the #CCP4 BCA #crystallography #workshop running at the @JohnInnesCentre in #Norwich UK.

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Light talk 😊 to start the morning on experimental phasing by Airlie McCoy on the #CCP4 BCA #crystallography workshop running at the @JohnInnesCentre in #Norwich UK.

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I was flash cooling* crystals w/ AmSO4 today.
It was so cool to:
1. Do something I love again
2. Know I still got it! 😆

Can’t wait to see if cryo worked and they diffract! #proteincrystallography #PIinthelab

*not frozen. Speak to Elspeth Garman if you don’t know the difference