<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The 2018 3DEM GRC will be held June 3 to 8 at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI, USA.</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.grc.org/three-dimensional-electron-microscopy-conference/2018/" class="">https://www.grc.org/three-dimensional-electron-microscopy-conference/2018/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This meeting will emphasize the use of cryo-EM for problems beyond determining structures of abundant and stable macromolecular assemblies. Consequently, we are looking for speakers who will have exciting <b class="">unpublished</b> stories related to the following areas:</div><div class=""><div class="sectionInfo"><ul class="">
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">Challenging Specimens</strong></li>
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">Cryo-EM in the Context of Developing Therapeutics</strong></li>
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">Advances in Specimen Preparation</strong></li>
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">Innovations in Hardware</strong></li>
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">Frontiers in Electron Tomography</strong></li>
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">Hybrid Methods</strong></li>
                                                                        
                                                <li class=""><strong class="">New Developments in Algorithms</strong></li></ul></div></div><div class="">Please send us (including Christine Gambin, cc’ed here) nominations for speakers (including yourself, if appropriate) at any career stage with a brief description of the results that would be presented at the meeting.</div><div class=""><b class="">Please do not ‘reply all’ or cc the 3DEM or CCPEM email lists.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">John Rubinstein (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada)</div><div class="">Chair, 2018 3DEM GRC</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hongwei Wang (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)</div><div class="">Vice Chair, 2018 3DEM GRC (Chair, 2019 3DEM GRC)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>