This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program
under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Grant Agreement No. 637295
This cross-disciplinary Marie Curie Innovative Training Network builds upon the transformative opportunities created by existing X-ray sources and new sources soon to be operative in Europe.
These opportunities include using ultrafast X-ray sources to extract time-dependent structural information from proteins; and revolutionary possibilities created by X-ray Free Electron Laser radiation for an entirely new regime of pre-damage serial femtosecond crystallography.
No lag should exist between building new sources and training the next generation of scientists well versed in using these facilities.
Our research training will yield new scientific insights on fundamental properties of protein structure and dynamics: one of the most challenging problems in structural biology; and technological advancements in diverse fields from pharmacology to nanotechnology.
X-PROBE CREATES CLOSE INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGISTS, PHYSICAL CHEMISTS, BEAMLINE ENGINEERS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, AND INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS.
WE BELIEVE IN YOUNG RESEARCHERS
The rapidly changing state-of-the-art demands that young researchers are trained to meet these new experimental, technical and analysis challenges at the forefront of structural biology and photochemistry. X-probe’s interdisciplinary and intersectorial training network incorporates four leading European X-ray facilities (ESRF, MAXIV Laboratory, European XFEL, SwissFEL); three academic laboratories at the forefront developing X-ray tools to probe protein dynamics; and both large and small industrial partners.
X-probe is a cross-disciplinary and intersectorial Marie Curie Initial Training Network that aims to train ESRs in the cutting edge interface between structural biology and X-ray physics.
We aim to develop a synergistic approach with technologically advanced enterprises to allow ESRs to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for society and their own benefit. Our goal is for the trained ESRs to be able to contribute both in the public and private sector to produce innovative research and to put it to use for the benefit of society.
This cross-disciplinary Marie Curie Innovative Training Network builds upon the transformative opportunities created by existing X-ray sources and new sources soon to be operative in Europe. These opportunities include using ultrafast X-ray sources to extract time-dependent structural information from proteins; and revolutionary possibilities created by X-ray Free Electron Laser radiation for an entirely new regime of pre-damage serial femtosecond crystallography.
X-probe creates close interdisciplinary collaboration between structural biologists, physical chemists, beamline engineers, software developers, and industrial partners.
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