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<p class="gmail-normal"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Announcement:</span></u></b><br></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">EMBO Practical course Cryo Electron Microscopy and 3
Dimensional Image Processing (CEM3DIP 2018): </span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">of Macromolecular assemblies and Cellular
tomography<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">18-29 March, 2018,
at IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India.<span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">           
The <b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">EMBO Practical Course </span></b>Cryo Electron Microscopy
and 3 Dimensional Image Processing (<b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">CEM3DIP 2018): of macromolecular
assemblies and cellular tomography</span></b> will be held at</span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.iitd.ac.in/"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none"> </span></a><a href="http://www.iitd.ac.in/"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">IIT Delhi</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> in </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">New Delhi</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">, India.  This is an extensive 10 day course that will
be held  from 18  March – 29 March 2018 at IIT Delhi (with a 1
day break, to chill out at the backdrops of</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none"> </span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Taj Mahal</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">, one of the seven
wonders of world).<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">            For Course details  and to apply online go to the URL :<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">                                    </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://meetings.embo.org/event/18-cem3dip"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">http://meetings.embo.org/event/18-cem3dip<span></span></span></a></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Important
dates :<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Registration Deadline                         : 15
November 2017<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">           The course will focus on structural
biology using Transmission Electron Microscopy and aims to teach the
participants the basic principles and practical aspects of specimen
preparation, Image processing and 3D reconstruction in Single Particle Cryo
Electron Microscopy(SPCryoEM) and Cellular Tomography.  This is a hands-on course, in which theory
and practicals are tightly intertwined. 
There will be practical session to teach sample preparation for Single
particle –ve stain and cryoEM.   The
topics covered will suit both the new entrants to the field as well as those
who wants to acquire an in-depth understanding 
of  the fundamental principles and
practical aspects.   Applications are
invited from PhD students, Post Docs and Researchers (Faculties/PI’s and
protein crystallographers) who wish to acquire knowledge in SPCryoEM and
Cellular Tomography.  Applicants from all
over the world are encouraged to apply. 
For more information please contact the course coordinator at </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:cem3dip2018@iisertvm.ac.in">cem3dip2018@iisertvm.ac.in</a></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">            <b>The basic format of the course</b> will be theoretical lectures in the
mornings followed by hands on practical session on specimen preparation and image
processing on computer workstations in the afternoon.  Evenings will be reserved for poster
presentations by the participants and research talks by the
participants/instructors.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The
instructors/speakers for the course will include:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"> Wah Chiu
(Stanford University), Jack Johnson (TSRI), Marin van Heel (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">CNPEM/LNNano</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">), Edward Morris (ICR), Paula da Fonseca (MRC-LMB), Peter Rosenthal
(TFCI), Carsten Sachse (EMBL Heidelberg), Sara Sandin (NTU), Ardan Patwardhan
(EMBL-EBI), Maya Topf (Birkbeck), Srinivasan N (IISc), Tanmay Bharath (Dunn
School of Pathology), Agnel Praveen (Birkbeck), Tanveer Hussain(IISc),<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Sonja Welsh (</span>FEI - part of Thermo Fisher
Scientific), Jayati Sengupta (IICB), Manidipa Banerjee (IIT Delhi), Ramanathan
Natesh (IISER Thiruvananthapuram), Vinothkumar KR(NCBS), Partha Pratim Datta
(IISER Kolkota), Somnath Dutta (IISc).</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times;color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span lang="EN"><span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">For more
details and to apply for this course kindly visit the course website </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://meetings.embo.org/event/18-cem3dip"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">http://meetings.embo.org/event/18-cem3dip</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.  </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">The selection will be based on applicants CV, current
research project, relevant skills, future plans and most importantly the
quality of the submitted poster 
abstract.  Applicants should
include in the <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">section</span>
“<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Current
research Project and Statement of Purpose” </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">an explanation of why attendance at the
course would further the applicant's own research. </span>  <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Having some preliminary data or exposure to electron
microscopy /cryoEM/ tomography will be preferred.  PhD and Postdoctoral </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">applicants should
request their supervisor to send a recommendation letter, before the
application deadline, by e-mail directly to the organizer at </span></span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:cem3dip2018@iisertvm.ac.in"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">cem3dip2018@iisertvm.ac.in</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.  </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Only selected
people from the applicants will be contacted. 
Based on availability of funds, travel and/or registration,
accommodation bursaries for subset of selected applicants can be provided.  If you want to request for registration and/or
accommodation bursaries, mention that explicityly in the space for ‘</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Justification for Travel Grant’</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> and Justify your
request</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">.   All registered
participants have to present posters on their research work.  </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">A selection of participants will be invited to give oral
presentation of their ongoing research work.<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We shall
truly appreciate if this e-mail print out can be displayed at your Institute
notice board and circulated among your friends, scholars and students
encouraging them to apply for this course.</span></p><p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Sincerely
yours,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ramanathan Natesh, Manidipa
Banerjee and Vinothkumar Kutti Ragunath,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Course
Coordinators CEM3DIP 2018.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Phone: </span><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">+91-471-2599403<span></span></span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-normal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please
write to </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:cem3dip2018@iisertvm.ac.in">cem3dip2018@iisertvm.ac.in</a></span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">for any queries/sponsorship regarding this course.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-normal"><span lang="EN"> </span>-- </p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------<br>"Live Simply and do Serious Things .. "<br>- Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin OM, FRS<br><br>"In Science truth always wins"<br>- Max Ferdinand Perutz OM FRS<br>----------------------------------------------------------<br>Dr. Ramanathan Natesh<br>Ramalingaswami Fellow-DBT, Assistant Professor<br>Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM),<br><div>1st floor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engg. Building,<br>CET Campus, Engineering College P.O.,<br></div>Trivandrum,  695016, Kerala, India<br><br><a href="mailto:natesh@iisertvm.ac.in" target="_blank">natesh@iisertvm.ac.in</a><br><a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-4488-2008" target="_blank">http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-4488-2008</a><br><a href="http://faculty.iisertvm.ac.in/~natesh" target="_blank">http://faculty.iisertvm.ac.in/~natesh</a><br>Ph. 0091- 471 - 2599403<br>Alternate Ph. 0091- 471-2778087<br>Fax.0091- 471 - 2597427</div></div></div></div>

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