[3dem] CEMOVIS/frozen-hydrated sections course announcement

[benoit.zuber at ana.unibe.ch]

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce

the 3rd UB Practical Course on Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Vitreous
Sections (CEMOVIS, a.k.a cryoEM of frozen-hydrated sections)

2-4 July 2013 / 9-11 July 2013

Organiser : Benoît Zuber
Instructors: Benoît Zuber, Daniel Studer, Ioan Iacovache

The objective of the course is to teach participants the practical skills
necessary to successfully apply CEMOVIS (a.k.a. Frozen-hydrated sections)
in their laboratories. Our latest tricks making CEMOVIS quite easy will be
demonstrated. Essential background theory of CEMOVIS will be given and
most of the time will be spent practicing high-pressure freezing,
cryo-sectioning, and low-dose TEM imaging of vitreous sections. 1
high-pressure freezing machine, 3 state-of-the-art cryo-ultramicrotomes
and 1 cryo-electron microscope will be dedicated to the course. The 3-day
course is given twice for two different groups of maximum 4 participants
each so that every participant can be actively practicing during the whole
course. 

All the participants of the previous previous courses have been successful
in producing, collecting and imaging vitreous sections.
 
The course is intended for scientists whose research projects will benefit
from the use of CEMOVIS. Experience in either cryo-electron microscopy or
ultramicrotomy of resin-embedded specimens is a prerequisite.

Information and registration:
http://www.ana.unibe.ch/events/cemovis/index.html

Registration deadline: 17.03.2013

Yours faithfully
Benoît Zuber

-- 
Prof. Benoît Zuber
Institute of Anatomy
University of Bern
Baltzerstrasse 2
3000 Bern 9
Switzerland
benoit.zuber at ana.unibe.ch
+41 31 631 84 40