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Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East

Host Institute
Al-Balqa Applied University

Second Workshop on Structural Molecular Biology (SMB) at SESAME

Cyprus University, Nicosia, Cyprus 6-7 December, 2000

Report on the 2nd SESAME Workshop on
Structural Molecular Biology (SMB)
Meeting held in Nicosia, Cyprus
December 6-7, 2000
Under the Auspices of the SESAME Scientific Committee
(Ercan Alp & Herman Winick - Cochairs)
Date of this Report: March 1, 2001
Support Provided by
UNESCO
The Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
The Cyprus Planning Bureau
The University of Cyprus
The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics

1.	Introduction
2.	Executive Summary
3.	Description of SMB related activities in the Region 3.1 Greece - Metaxia Vlassi 3.2 Morocco - Abdelaziz Soukri 3.3 Palestinian Authority - Said Assaf, Nael Hasan
4.	Other activities and Plans related to SMB 4.1 Workshop/School on Bioinformatics Structural Modeling - Zehra Sayers 4.2 SMB Wkshp for Scientists in Algeria, Morocco, & Tunisia - Abdelaziz Soukri 4.3 Scientific Collaborations on Protein Structure 4.4 Invitation to Work at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 4.5 Invitation to Israeli Crystallography Association Annual Meeting
5.	An SMB Institute at the SESAME site Pierre Rizkallah and Metaxia Vlassi
6.	Proposed Biological Institute in the Palestinian Authority 6.1 Comment; Ercan Alp & Herman Winick
7.	Synchrotron Radiation Techniques and Applications
	7.1 Biological & Medical App. of Synchrotron IR Microspectroscopy - Lisa Miller
	7.2 Small Angle x-ray Scattering - Boris Batterman & Zehra Sayers
	7.3 X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy - James Penner-Hahn
	7.4 Macromolecular Crystallography - Peter Kuhn
	7.5 Biological Studies with EXAFS and IR Techniques - Irit Sagi
8.	Performance of SESAME for SMB - Herman Winick
	Appendices
	A-Charge to the Workshop - Peter Kuhn
	B-Workshop Participants
	C-Workshop Announcement and Application Form
	D-Workshop Agenda
	E-First Announcement: Workshop/School on Bioinformatics & Structural Modeling