<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=""><div class="">Dear list members,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would like to invite you to our Cryo-EM User Symposium. EMBL Heidelberg is inaugurating its new cryo-EM User facility housing FEI Titan Krios and Talos Arctica microscopes on 2nd February 2018. The EMBL Heidelberg cryo-EM user facility will provide access to cryo-EM for researchers of EMBL member states. To celebrate this occasion, we will host a Cryo-EM User Symposium with the following confirmed speakers:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bettina Böttcher, Würzburg University, Germany</div><div class="">Miquel Coll, CSIC Barcelona, Spain</div><div class="">Ron Diskin, Weizmann Institute, Israel</div><div class="">Marcus Fändrich, Ulm University, Germany</div><div class="">Alessandro Vannini, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK</div><div class="">Albert Weixlbaumer, IGBMC Strasbourg, France</div><div class="">Giulia Zanetti, Birkbeck College, London, UK</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Most of the speakers have already used our cryo-EM facility at EMBL Heidelberg through the iNEXT access schemes and will present their research in a mini-symposium (starting at 11.00 h, finishing with a reception at 19.00 h). We will also dedicate time to discuss future needs and potential improvements of the facility with our service engineers Wim Hagen and Felix Weis. The preliminary schedule can be found at: </div><div class=""><a href="http://www.sachse.embl.de/emspring/_download/cryo_user_schedule.pdf" class="">http://www.sachse.embl.de/emspring/_download/cryo_user_schedule.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Registration is for free and includes catering. Please make your own travel and lodging arrangements. Places are limited. Poster presentations are welcome. Please register for the meeting by 31st December 2017 using this link:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/cryo_em_user_symposium" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/cryo_em_user_symposium</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Additional information can be obtained by Alena Froehlichova (<a href="mailto:alena.froehlichova@embl.de" class="">alena.froehlichova@embl.de</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are looking forward to a stimulating meeting and your attendance!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Julia Mahamid, Christoph Müller, Martin Beck and Carsten Sachse </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>