[3dem] eBIC microED commissioning: call for proposals

[peijun at strubi.ox.ac.uk]

Dear all,

I would like to post a microED commissioning call for proposals at
eBIC/Diamond Light Source. Please see below for details. 

Best,

Peijun

 

Peijun Zhang

Director

Electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Diamond Light Source

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From: Diamond User Office <USEROFFICE at diamond.ac.uk> 
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 2:55 PM
Subject: MicroED commissioning: call for proposals

 

Dear eBIC users,

We are pleased to announce that a commissioning call for Micro-Electron
Diffraction (MicroED) proposals, at eBIC, is now open. The deadline for
proposal submission is Friday 31st July 2020 17:00hrs BST. This call will
provide access to MicroED for a limited number of selected user proposals
(Academic users only). The microED sessions will be remote only, no users
are expected on site. Initially only on-grid MicroED data collection with a
Ceta-D detector on a Talos Arctica (200 keV) will be available.

Proposals will be independently evaluated with respect to scientific merit
and sample suitability, with in-house assessment of technical feasibility.
Applications should include evidence that the proposed samples are suitable
for MicroED experiments. All grids must be pre-screened, demonstrating that
they have the appropriate ice thickness, that the majority of the EM grid
support film remains intact, and that there is a reasonable crystal
distribution. The best way to show this is to include TEM grid atlas images
and images of the crystals at higher magnifications in the proposal.

For MicroED commissioning proposals that require CryoFIB time to achieve the
desired sample thickness, please indicate this in the application. A
separate proposal for CryoFIB rapid access should also be submitted. More
information about CryoFIB rapid access can be found here
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ond_ebic_cryofib_information.pdf> .

If your proposal is successful, sessions will be allocated from October
2020. Sessions will run from 9:00 am to 17:00 pm, with a maximum of 4 grids
per day. Please indicate the number of days you would like to request in the
proposal (we will allocate between 1-2 days).

All proposals need to be submitted through the User Administrator System
(UAS
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k%2Fuas%2Flogin%2Fcas> ). Once logged into the UAS you should choose the
"commissioning" access route for the Talos Arctica instrument. You will be
notified of the outcome of your application by mid-August.

For technical inquiries about proposed experiments please contact
<about:blank> Yun.Song at diamond.ac.uk. 

Please see below the bioRxiv preprint for information about microED workflow
at eBIC:  <about:blank>
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Kind regards,

 

Diamond User Office on behalf of

Yun Song

 

 

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