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--></style></head><body lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,</p><p class="MsoNormal">We are happy to announce the first “<b>Prato cryoEM course</b>” from<b> 9<sup>th</sup> to 13<sup>th</sup> of April 2018</b>. </p><p class="MsoNormal">The course aims at PhD students and researchers with little experience in cryoEM or that are planning to use cryoEM to bring their projects to the next level.</p><p class="MsoNormal">It will comprise a series of lectures covering all steps of Single-particle cryoEM and Subtomogram Averaging (from sample preparation to data collection and image processing). Practical sessions will give the students the opportunity to perform image processing for both single particle and subtomogram averaging. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Confirmed speakers:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Daniel Castano-Diez</span></strong>, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland </p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alex de Marco</span></strong>, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia<br><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hans Elmlund</span></strong>, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Friedrich Foerster</span></strong><span lang="DE">, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Timothy Grant</span></strong>, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA<br><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Misha Kudryashev</span></strong>, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Goethe University of Frankfurt<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pawel Penczek</span></strong>, UTHealth Medical School, Huston, TX, USA <br><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Stefan Raunser</span></strong>, Max Planck Institute for Structural Biology, Dortmund, Germany<br><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alexis Rohou</span></strong>, Genentech, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA<br><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Miroslava Schaffer</span></strong>, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Participants will be required to present a poster and submit a short motivation letter.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">More information about the course can be found on <a href="http://simplecryoem.com/Prato/workshop2018.html">http://simplecryoem.com/Prato/workshop2018.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you in Tuscany</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Alex, Hans and Dominika</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto">--</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto"><b><u>Alex de Marco, PhD</u></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto">Associate Professor</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto"><b>Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology </b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto">Monash University</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto">23 Innovation Walk, 3800 Clayton (Australia)</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto">P: <a href="tel:%2B61%2003%2099053791" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">+61 03 99053791</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto"><a href="http://www.demarco-lab.com">www.demarco-lab.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>