# Calendar

The calendar below provides information on the course's lecture (L) and lab (Lab) sessions.

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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L1 | Overview, syllabus, textbook |
Lab1 | Lecture on data collection (APEX2), reduction (SAINT and SADABS), analysis (XPREP) Software installation |
L2 | Structure solution (SHELXS) and introduction to XP |
Lab2 | Solving your first structure Learn the use of SHELXS, XP, and SHELXL on a routine case |
L3 | Refinement with SHELXL Hydrogen atoms |
Lab3 | Hydrogen atoms (cont.) | Problems due
L4 | Atom type assignment |
Lab4 | Atom type ambiguities | Problems due
L5 | Disorder |
Lab5 | Refinement of disorder on not so difficult examples | Problems due
L6 | More on disorder |
Lab6 | Refinement of a difficult disordered structure | Problems due
L7 | Pseudo symmetry |
Lab7 | Pseudo symmetry (cont.) | Problems due
L8 | Twinning |
Lab8 | Refinement of merohedral and pseudo-merohedral twins | Problems due
L9 | More on twinning CELL_NOW and TWINABS |
Lab9 | Refinement of non-merohedral twins | Problems due
L10 | Artefacts |
L11 | Structure validation using PLATON |
Lab10 | Using PLATON on our structures | Problems due
L12 | What else is there? |
L13 | Hand out final exam | Take home exam
Lab11 | Discussion | Hand in final