[3dem] Microscopy & Microanalysis 2014: Hartford, CT

[Wright, Elizabeth R.]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to bring to your attention five symposia at the upcoming M&M 2014 meeting, to be held in Hartford, CT on August 3-7, 2014. We would like to encourage you to submit a short paper and join us in Hartford.

This year the M&M conference will begin with a plenary session featuring a talk by Prof. Colin Humphreys, “How Cutting-Edge Atomic Resolution Microscopy Can Help to Solve Some of the World’s Energy Problems". In his presentation Prof. Humphreys will show how atomic resolution electron microscopy and APT can be used to help to solve some of the world’s energy problems and can also enable the commercial exploitation of materials. The second keynote speaker will be Prof. Brian J. Ford with a talk entitled: "Living Images from the Birth of Microscopy". In his presentation, we will see – for the first time – exactly what Leeuwenhoek himself saw in the 1600s. We will follow Hooke as he recognizes the cell and Brown as he identifies the cell nucleus. The images will show us what was seen centuries ago.

The symposia related to structure, ultrastructure, and technology development are:

A3 TEM Phase Contrast Imaging in Biological and Materials Science
Organizers: Michael Marko, Radostin Danev
Conventional TEM phase-contrast imaging limits maximum information transfer to a narrow band of spatial frequencies. This can be avoided by in-focus imaging with a physical phase plate. The theory, construction, and practical use of phase plates will be explored. In biological cryo-TEM, high-contrast, high-resolution imaging at low electron dose is facilitated. In materials science, the combination of a physical phase plate with tunable Cs offers an unparalleled opportunity for characterization of both atomic details and larger structures. The number of laboratories exploring the use of phase-plates is growing, and this will be a timely opportunity to learn from each other.

A16 Correlative Microscopy and Microanalysis from Macro to Pico
Organizers: Brian P. Gorman, Christoper J. Gilpin, Mor Baram
Correlative microscopy is where the same sample is analyzed using two or more techniques that typically differ in scales ranging from the macroscopic to the atomic level. The resulting combined data sets can be used for both materials and life sciences in a variety of circumstances, e.g., localization of rare events, determining if small regions are typical of the bulk, and combining imaging and analytical techniques. Examples include optical imaging before FIB specimen preparation, combined SEM and SPM and fluorescence-labeled imaging before TEM specimen preparation, among others. This symposium solicits presentations of multi-scale imaging, analysis and/or innovative correlative technique or instrumentation development in both the physical and biological sciences.

B2 Microbes and Microbial Communities
Organizers: Elizabeth R. Wright, Teresa Ruiz, Gary Dunny
Our understanding of the structure and function of microbes and microbial communities has advanced significantly with the application of EM techniques and correlative methodologies. This symposium highlights structural and ultrastructural studies of bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, and viruses using electron microscopy techniques singly or combined with other structural methods. Topics will include: microbe architecture and function; microbe-host interactions; species diversity in microbial communities; microbial community structure and function; and interactions, signaling, and sensing in microbial communities.

B4 Advances in Sample Preparation for Cryo-EM Studies
Organizers: Isabelle Rouiller, Howard Young
Electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) is an exciting technique to understand the function of macromolecular complexes. This symposium highlights advances in preparation methods to address the challenges of studying flexible complexes and to allow the study of complexes in native membranous environments (using detergents, nanodiscs, amphipols and other systems, either by single particle or two-dimensional crystallization methods) or cellular environments (using cryo-sectioning, cryo-milling/FIB and correlative light and electron microscopy). Topics will include applications in a range of subjects of molecular and cellular biology, such as eukaryotic and prokaryotic architecture, cell division, protein expression, cellular signaling, and host-pathogen interactions.
B5 Structural Biology and Ultrastructure
Organizers: Michael Radermacher, Paula da Fonseca, Ingeborg Schmidt-Krey, Caroline Miller
Recent developments on EM methodologies have greatly enhanced our understanding of the 3D structure and function of biological systems. This symposium highlights structural and ultrastructural studies of cells, microorganisms and macromolecules using electron microscopy techniques (e.g. single-particle analysis, tomographic methods; helical reconstruction, crystallographic methods) singly or combined with other structural methods (e.g. X-ray methods; atomic force microscopy). Topics will include: structure and function of macromolecular assemblies, virus structure and virus-host interactions; eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell architecture; cellular metabolism; cell division and protein translation; cellular secretion, adhesion and motility; cell-cell communication and signaling.


Please also spend some time to browse the complete program and you will discover many other presentation of high interest to our field.

Specifics: The abstract/short paper submission deadline is on February 8th. The submission website will close at 11:59 PM PST on this date. Contributions must be 2-pages long.

Please see the full paper submission guidelines on the meeting website.
Link to paper submission guidelines: http://microscopy.org/MandM/2014/AuthorInstructions.pdf

This is a great educational and networking meeting for the entire microscopy community. Students can benefit from a reduced registration fee ($50.00) and have ample opportunities to receive awards either before the meeting (make sure to check the corresponding box during submission) or during the poster session. For more information go to: http://microscopy.org/MandM/2014/callforpapers.cfm

When registering, please also check out the many interesting Sunday pre-meeting courses and workshops.

We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting.


Sincerely,

The Organizers

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