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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">We are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">pleased to announce the 6th</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">annual</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">Vienna
Region Cryo-EM Symposium</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">Again w</span><span style="color:#212121">e have an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">exciting</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">lineup
of experts:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Ana Casanal (Human Technopole, Milan, IT)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Michael Grange (Rosalind Franklin Institute, Oxford, UK)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Sebastian Klinge (Rockefeller University, New York, USA)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Alicia Michael (FMI Basel, CH/IST Austria, AT)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Arne Moeller (University of Osnabrück, DE)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Clemens Plaschka (IMP, Vienna, AT)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Dong Si (University of Washington Bothell, USA)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Guilia Zanetti (Birkbeck College, London, UK)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">- Tzviya Zeev-Ben Mordehai (Utrecht University, NL)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#212121">Poster Session:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Additionally, there will be a poster session, and further speakers will be selected from the poster abstracts.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#212121">Symposium Details:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Dates:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>November 23rd and 24th, 2023</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Venue:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#212121">2nd Vienna Autumn<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">School</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for Cryo-EM:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">In conjunction with the symposium, we are offering a 9-day workshop from November 18th till 26th at the Campus Vienna Biocenter, covering an introduction to cryo-EM hardware and software. Topics include Sample Preparation, Microscopy,
Image Processing,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">Protein Dynamics</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">and
more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Provisional Schedule:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 18<sup>th</sup>: Sample preparation single particle EM – lecture and practical
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 19<sup>th</sup>: Sample preparation electron tomography – lecture and practical
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 20<sup>th</sup>: Electron Microscopy – lecture and practical
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 21<sup>st</sup>: Image processing I (Single particle processing) – Lecture and practical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 22<sup>nd</sup>: Image processing II (Dynamics and Heterogneity) – Lecture and practical
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 23<sup>rd</sup> morning: Image processing III (Tomography) – Lecture
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 23<sup>rd</sup> afternoon: Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 24<sup>th</sup>: Symposium
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 25: Image processing IV (Sub Tomogram averaging)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">November 26<sup>th</sup>: Model Building - Lecture and Practical
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">The course will cover a broad range of topics and will help beginners to get an easy entry but will also discuss a few more advanced topics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Confirmed lectureres and Instructors:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Carrie Bernecky (ISTA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Tom Dendooven (MRC-LMB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Sebastian Falk (MPL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">David Haselbach (IMP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Thomas Heuser (VBCF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Thomas Juffmann (MPL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Clemens Plaschka (IMP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Chris Russo (MRC-LMB)
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<b><span style="color:#212121">Registration and More Information</span></b><span style="color:#212121">:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Details and registration links for both events can be found here</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imp.ac.at/research/cryo-em-symposium__;!!Mih3wA!D3ugRgqcMqcjcbd4qbxwW5cDlzDCo3qg3VnqGg8C3FBcHhNNZByWqe8jzaYLGaOJQVYkVWhiKnzLExckyiN1zeoTPHtDcpk$" title="https://www.imp.ac.at/research/cryo-em-symposium"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://www.imp.ac.at/research/cryo-em-symposium</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">We look forward to the prospect of welcoming you to Vienna for what promises to be an insightful and engaging symposium</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121">and
workshop</span><span style="color:#212121">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">The Organizing Team (Carrie Bernecky, Clemens Plaschka, David Haselbach, Florian Schur, Sebastian Falk, Thomas Heuser, and Thomas Juffmann)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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