Dear all We are pleased to announce a practical workshop for preparation of samples for Cryo-EM which will run from the 9th to 11th January 2017 at eBIC @ Diamond light source. The course is funded by eBIC and the Horizon 2020 project iNEXT (http://www.inext-eu.org ) with the support of FEI.
There are a total of 12 places available to EU based scientists. Full details and how to apply …please see the workshop website : http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Events/2017/EM-Workshop-2017.html Deadline for receipt of applications is 25th November and the successful applicants will be notified by the 1st December 2016. Confirmed Speakers: • Bettina Böttcher, Hans Knoll Institute, Germany • Sarah Butcher, Biocenter, Finland • Felix DeHaas, FEI, Eindhoven • Venkat Dandey, New York Structural Biology Center, USA • Christoph Diebolder, NeCEN, Leiden University • Deryck Mills, Max-Planck Institute, Frankfurt, Germany • Peter Peters, Maastricht University, Netherlands • Chris Russo, MRC Laboratory, UK • Sonja Welsch, FEI, Eindhoven Summary of Schedule: Day One (January 9th) Morning: Lectures (General Intro to cryoEM and Sample Preparation) Afternoon: Hands on sample preparation sessions Day two (January 10th): Morning: Lectures (High Throughput and Technological Advances) Afternoon: Hands on sessions (Vitrobots and Microscope time) Day three (January 11th) Morning: Lectures (Tomography/FIB-SEM/correlative light and EM) Afternoon: Hands on sessions (Microscope time) followed by student presentations All the best, Martin -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom