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  [caption id="attachment_494" align="alignright" width="330"] C. Bressler & M. Foerst, two men show at HTCC3.[/caption] The story of HTCC started with HTCC1 held in Šibenik in 2014, continued with the HTCC2 in Poreč 2017, and came to the point of no return with HTCC3 in Bol 2018. Just before the infamous pandemic, we had the HTCC4 – Structural biology workshop. HTCC1 was merely a pilot project, held as a central event to mark the IYCr2014 (International Year of Crystallography) in Croatia. It was envisaged as an overview of contemporary crystallography, from classical problems in chemical crystallography, all the way to macromolecular crystallography and charge density studies. We had the pleasure to enjoy lectures of the late Howard Flack, Elspeth Garman, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke, and Pete Wood from the CCDC. The following years (2015 and 2016) were…

The principal HTCC5 target audiences are, apparently, ambitious structural biologists in the formative phases of their careers (PhD students, postdocs and researchers in the early stages of their autonomous careers). Nevertheless, both biocrystallographers and researchers in in silico simulations dealing with biomacromolecular systems at just any point in their career, who want to improve their knowledge, learn about new developments, slightly change the direction of their research and hence explore the possibilities, are also very welcome, and will take advantage of the workshop. Finally, we also count on researchers from the domains of (bio)chemistry, physics, biology, and life sciences from both industry and academia, who appreciate and know how to take advantage of the structural studies, and want to spice up their research with an additional hint of interdisciplinarity, or…

HTCC5 is entirely dedicated to structural biology. We shall explore structural research of biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, and complexes) from a highly practical perspective, putting special emphasis on crystallization, data processing, and database (PDB and NDB) digging. Our lecturers, hand-picked among the leading experts in their respective fields, will hold lectures, moderate discussions, and answer your questions, all this in a laid-back, academic setting. We have been particularly careful, when reaching out to lecturers, to ensure a perfect balance between academic researchers, university teachers, software developers and dedicated equipment manufacturers with a rich history of practical work in and around macromolecular crystallography. Students, on the other hand, will be encouraged to present their own work, either on a poster or by holding a short discussion triggering presentation (DTP). You…