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--></style></head><body lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,</p><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to remind you about the “<b>Prato cryoEM course</b>” from<b> 9<sup>th</sup> to 13<sup>th</sup> of April 2018</b>. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Registrations will close on December 1<sup>st</sup>, and currently there are still sits available. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </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">The software used for the practical sessions will be:</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>SIMPLE and CTFFIND for single particle analyses</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Dynamo for the subtomogram averaging.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </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">or should you have any more questions feel free to contact us. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward 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="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alex de Marco, PhD</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate Professor </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Monash University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">23 Innovation Walk, 3800 Clayton (Australia)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">P: </span><a href="tel:%2B61%2003%2099053791" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">+61 3 99053791</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span lang="EN-AU"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">M:<span style="color:#0932ff"> <u>+61 4 11041429</u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:alex.demarco@monash.edu" target="_blank"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">alex.demarco@monash.edu</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Web: <a href="http://www.demarco-lab.com"><span style="color:#0563c1">www.demarco-lab.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>