The Pittsburgh Diffraction Society

$The Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference$

The 67th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference will be held from October 28th - 31st, 2009 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

The Sidhu Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Fields of Crystallography or Diffraction by a Scientist within Six Years of Her / His Ph.D.

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The Pittsburgh Diffraction Society (PDS) is a not-for-profit organization which promotes fundamental and applied diffraction and crystallographic research and the exchange of ideas and information concerning such research. The PDS was founded by Professor Surain S. Sidhu who organized the first Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference in 1943. Since that time the PDS has sponsored an annual conference which is held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania every other year. Professor Sidhu is remembered and honored through the Sidhu Award, given to an outstanding scientist who is within six years of having earned the Ph.D. or its equivalent. Other awards sponsored by the PDS to support and encourage young scientists include the George Jeffrey Award, which provides travel assistance for students attending the triennial Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, and the Chung Soo Yoo Award given to the best student presenter at the annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference.

The 67th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference will be held from October 28th - 31st, 2009 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Program topics this year include RNA Crystallography, Protein Small Angle X-ray Diffraction, Crystallization of Protein-Protein Complexes, Small Molecule Neutron Diffraction and X-ray diffraction in Material Science. In addition, a new feature of the conference is the Pittsburgh Diffraction Society Future Leaders Symposium, which will highlight outstanding research carried out by graduate and undergraduate students. The conference will be preceded by a hands-on workshop on sulfur-SAD phasing organized by B.C. Wang on October 27th.