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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The M&M 2021 paper submission deadline is tomorrow, <b>Thursday, February 25 at 11:59pm ET</b>. Remember, even if you can only present virtually, you still need to submit your paper by the deadline to
be included in the meeting! During the submission process, there is an option to choose an In-Person or Virtual presentation. For more information go to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021/__;!!Mih3wA!V4i6V6bw-kRcwC0bxOFoL9_l49W4tAtdwm1Ql1CTQzQ7mQZdRKeb_GYirPvaSPWz1g$">https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are a lot of fantastic symposia for M&M 2021 that have been organized by members of the cryo-EM and broader microscopy community. Some of them are listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A01 – Diffraction Imaging Across Disciplines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Andrew Minor and Jose Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A07 – Vendor Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Jay Potts and Lena Kourkoutis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B01 - 3D Structures: From Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>FIG).</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Melanie Ohi, Teresa Ruiz, Cheri Hampton and William Rice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B02 - Cryo-electron Tomography: Present Capabilities and Future Potential</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Grant Jensen, Yi-Wei Chang, Danielle Grotjahn and Matt Swulius<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B04 - Michael Rossmann Memorial Symposium</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: S. Saif Hasan and Terje Dokland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B06 - Multi-Modal Multi-Dimensional Microscopy</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: James Fitzpatrick, Xiao-Ying Yu, Si Chen, and Ben Giepmans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B07 - Challenges and Advances in Electron Microscopy Research and Diagnosis of Diseases in Humans, Plants and Animals (FIG associated)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Claudia Lopez, Marcela Redigolo, Ru-Ching Hsia and Han Chen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B08 - Cryo-EM in Drug Discovery</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Leah Frye, Giovanna Scapin and Christel Verboven<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B09 – To fix or not to fix? A question for biological samples<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Alice Dohnalkova and Gail Celio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B10 - Cryo-EM at local, regional, and national cryo-EM centers</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Claudia Lopez, Elizabeth Wright and Clint Potter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are the ever popular Sunday short courses and tutorials during the meeting, check them out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021/meetings/MM2021_CallforPapers.pdf__;!!Mih3wA!V4i6V6bw-kRcwC0bxOFoL9_l49W4tAtdwm1Ql1CTQzQ7mQZdRKeb_GYirPufFox-3w$">https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021/meetings/MM2021_CallforPapers.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is a great educational and networking meeting for the entire microscopy community. Students and postdocs benefit from reduced registration fees (student: $50.00; postdocs: $195.00) and both will
have ample opportunities to receive awards either before the meeting (make sure to check the corresponding box during submission) or during poster sessions (for students). For more information go to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021/__;!!Mih3wA!V4i6V6bw-kRcwC0bxOFoL9_l49W4tAtdwm1Ql1CTQzQ7mQZdRKeb_GYirPvaSPWz1g$">https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking forward to seeing you there, either in-person or virtually!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Elizabeth R. Wright, PhD</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor, Department of Biochemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Morgridge Institute for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">erwright2@wisc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair for Microscopy & Microanalysis 2021</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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