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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">June 1, 2020 is t</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">he next deadline for submitting proposals for microscope time at the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S<sup>2</sup>C<sup>2</sup>)<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Additional electron cryo-microscope capacity is in place at our facility. Information about the project application process is available at: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/s2c2/project-requests__;!!Mih3wA!TnlMG8iY4c5sjScnR-eFW1vLtIpz1KtXxxnIcx2l7Jk5WhVwV_1Np_LLpwtNRRkZ1w$">https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/s2c2/project-requests</a>
. Register in the user portal at <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://userportal.slac.stanford.edu/__;!!Mih3wA!TnlMG8iY4c5sjScnR-eFW1vLtIpz1KtXxxnIcx2l7Jk5WhVwV_1Np_LLpwvB0amYIQ$">
https://userportal.slac.stanford.edu/</a> to submit your proposal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have any questions about your application, including our preliminary data and biosafety requirements, please feel free to send a message to
<a href="mailto:S2C2@slac.stanford.edu">S2C2@slac.stanford.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The missions of the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S<sup>2</sup>C<sup>2</sup>) are:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">to provide access to state-of-the-art cryo-EM instruments for data collection towards atomic resolution structure determination of biochemically purified single particles
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">to enable scientists across the nation to become independent cryo-EM investigators<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://commonfund.nih.gov/cryoem__;!!Mih3wA!TnlMG8iY4c5sjScnR-eFW1vLtIpz1KtXxxnIcx2l7Jk5WhVwV_1Np_LLpwtdRXWU4Q$" 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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