[3dem] Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S2C2) Workshop – Specimen Preparation and Data Collection

[Dunn, Lisa B.]

S2C2 Workshop – Cryo-EM Specimen Preparation and Data Collection, March 23-25, 2020

Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S2C2) will offer a beginning cryo-EM training workshop held at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory between March 23 and 25, 2020.  Onsite attendance for the lecture sessions is limited to ~40 participants with additional access provided via Zoom teleconferencing.  The hands-on sessions are limited to 12 participants.  There is no fee for this workshop.  If you are interested, you may apply by March 15, 2020 at:   https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/s2c2/training/s2c2-workshops/next-workshop

Day 1: March 23, 2020
    Wah Chiu : TEM basics and radiation damage
    Robert M. Glaeser : Challenges in cryo-specimen preparation, and principles of image phase contrast and phase plate
    Christopher Booth : Principles and operation of direct detector and energy filter
    Yee Ting Li : CryoEM elogbook; data management and image quality assessment during data collection
    Yifan Cheng : Best practices in cryoEM: what to do and not to do in tackling a new specimen

Day 2: March 24, 2020
    Brenda Gonzalez and Ziwei Huang : Using virtual reality for training in cryo-specimen preparation for cryoEM
    Practical sessions in small groups for cryo-specimen preparation and cryoEM operation

Day 3: March 25, 2020
    Practical sessions in small groups for cryo-specimen preparation and cryoEM operation

 We look forward to providing this training in March!

The Organizers

Corey Hecksel
hecksel at stanford.edu<mailto:hecksel at stanford.edu>

Michael Schmid
mfschmid at stanford.edu<mailto:mfschmid at stanford.edu>

The S2C2 is supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy<https://commonfund.nih.gov/cryoem> program.

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