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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">S<sup><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2</span></sup>C<sup><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2</span></sup> Workshop
– Cryo-EM Specimen Preparation and Data Collection, March 23-25, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S<sup>2</sup>C<sup>2</sup>) will offer a beginning cryo-EM training workshop held at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory between March
23 and 25, 2020. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Onsite attendance for the lecture sessions is limited to ~40 participants with additional access provided via Zoom teleconferencing. The hands-on sessions are limited to 12 participants. There is no
fee for this workshop. If you are interested, you may apply<b> </b>by March 15, 2020 at: <span style="color:#002060">
<a href="https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/s2c2/training/s2c2-workshops/next-workshop">
https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/s2c2/training/s2c2-workshops/next-workshop</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Day 1: March 23, 2020</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Wah Chiu</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> : TEM basics and radiation damage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>Robert M. Glaeser </b>: Challenges in cryo-specimen preparation, and principles of image phase contrast and phase plate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>Christopher Booth </b>: Principles and operation of direct detector and energy filter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>Yee Ting Li </b>: CryoEM elogbook; data management and image quality assessment during data collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>Yifan Cheng </b>: Best practices in cryoEM: what to do and not to do in tackling a new specimen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Day 2: March 24, 2020</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Brenda Gonzalez and Ziwei Huang : </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Using virtual reality for training in cryo-specimen preparation for cryoEM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>Practical sessions in small groups for cryo-specimen preparation and cryoEM operation</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Day 3: March 25, 2020</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Practical sessions in small groups for cryo-specimen preparation and cryoEM operation</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> We look forward to providing this training in March!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Organizers <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Corey Hecksel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060"><a href="mailto:hecksel@stanford.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">hecksel@stanford.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Michael Schmid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:mfschmid@stanford.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">mfschmid@stanford.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The S<sup>2</sup>C<sup>2</sup> is supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund <span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/cryoem" target="_blank" title="https://commonfund.nih.gov/cryoem"><span style="color:#002060">Transformative
High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy</span></a> </span>program.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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