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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Dear
Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">hard</b> deadline for paper submission for Microscopy
&
Microanalysis 2020 that will be held in Milwaukee WI from August
2-6 2020, is Friday
Feb. 21, 11:59 PM US Pacific time. <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We
look forward to reading your abstracts. Here is the link for the
submission
website:</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=AKMWPRYI">https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=AKMWPRYI</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">We would
like to bring to your
attention a few symposia of interest at the upcoming M&M
2020. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">B01 - 3D Structures: From Macromolecular
Assemblies to Whole
Cells (3DEM FIG).</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
Organizers: Melanie Ohi, Debbie
Kelly, Teresa Ruiz and William Rice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Structure
and function of
macromolecular complexes in vitro and in vivo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Single
particle cryo-electron
microscopy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Cryo-electron tomography</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Correlated light and electron
microscopy (CLEM)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">B02 - The Promise of Cryo-Electron
Tomography.</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""> Organizers: Tommi A. White, Wim Hagen and
Cheri Hampton.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Sample
preparation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Data
collection</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Data
processing and management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• New
developments</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">B04 - Jim Pawley Memorial Symposium. </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Organizers: Martin Wessendorf and
Elizabeth Wright.</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Correlational microscopy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Super-resolution microscopy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Electron
microscopy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">B05 - Microbes in Focus.</span></b><span
style="font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">
Organizers: Elizabeth Wright and Kristin Parent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Microbe
architecture and function</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Microbe-host interactions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Species
diversity in microbial
communities and community structure and function</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Interactions, signaling, and
sensing in microbial communities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"">B09 - Image Processing Developments in
Cryo-EM.</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""> Organizers: Michael Cianfrocco and Tim Grant.</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Deep
learning</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Automated
processing pipelines</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">•
Subtomogram averaging</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Dealing
with heterogeneity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">• Atomic
modeling into cryo-EM maps</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Check here
the whole program:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2020/program/descriptions.cfm">https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2020/program/descriptions.cfm</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">There are
also interesting short
courses Sunday before the meeting and tutorials during the
meeting, check it
out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2020/program/CallforSubmissions.pdf">https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2020/program/CallforSubmissions.pdf</a></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This is a
great educational and
networking meeting for the entire microscopy community. Students
can benefit
from a reduced registration fee ($50.00), as well as
Post-doctoral researchers ($195.00)
and both will have ample opportunities to receive awards either
before the
meeting (make sure to check the corresponding box during
submission) or during
the poster session (for students). For more information go to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2020/">https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2020/</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">We look
forward to seeing many of
you at the meeting.</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Melanie,
Debbie, Teresa and Bill.</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
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Teresa Ruiz, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Vermont
Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Burlington, VT 05405
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Teresa.Ruiz@uvm.edu">Teresa.Ruiz@uvm.edu</a></pre>
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