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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">The National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy</b></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">A
</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Workshop on Addressing Challenges in CryoEM Grid Preparation</b></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">April 26, 2017</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">Simons Electron Microscopy Center</i></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">New York Structural Biology Center, New York, NY</i></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We invite applications to participate in a Workshop on Addressing Challenges in CryoEM Grid Preparation. The workshop can accommodate a total
of 20 participants. </span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">There are many challenges in preparing vitrified specimens of suitable ice thickness, and suitable particle preservation, distribution, and orientation,
in a repeatable, reliable and robust manner. A major goal of the workshop will be to understand the issues underlying these challenges and discuss new approaches that will lead to improvements in all of these aspects.</span></div>
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Invited speakers include:</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Bob Glaeser (LBL), Chris Russo (LMB/MRC), John Rubinstein (U. Toronto), Tom Walz (Rockefeller U.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Apply to participate at:
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3CNBCBV" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3CNBCBV</span></a></span></div>
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The application deadline is 17 March and a final selection of participants will be made by 27 March.</span></div>
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For other inquiries send email to: <a href="mailto:bcarr@nycbc.org" class="">bcarr@nycbc.org</a></span></div>
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<b class=""><i class="">Organizers<br class="">
</i></b>Clint Potter and Bridget Carragher</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Simons Electron Microscopy Center</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">New York Structural Biology Center, New York, NY</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="http://www.nramm.org" class="">http://www.nramm.org</a></span></div>
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Bridget Carragher<br class="">
Simons Electron Microscopy Center<br class="">
New York Structural Biology Center<br class="">
89 Convent Avenue, New York NY 10027 <br class="">
(212) 939-0660; <a href="mailto:bcarr@nysbc.org" class="">bcarr@nysbc.org</a><br class="">
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy<br class="">
<a href="http://nramm.nysbc.org" class="">http://nramm.nysbc.org</a><br class="">
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