<div dir="ltr">Reminder - the deadline is approaching this week! Please nominate yourself or others who are willing 🙏<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 9:53 PM Michael Cianfrocco <<a href="mailto:mcianfro@umich.edu">mcianfro@umich.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear cryo-EM community, <div><br></div><div>Elections are open for leadership in the Cryo-EM Subgroup as a part of the Biophysical Society. Please consider nominating yourself or others for the positions. As a part of the sub-group, you get to organize a half-day subgroup meeting through invited speakers or poster presentations. The sub-group has been a part of BPS since 2017 and offers a great venue to reach large audiences of structural biologists. </div><div><br></div><div>I will put the information at the end of this email regarding the positions. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Additional note:</b> please consider attending BPS 2024 Cryo-EM Subgroup! We have a great program and will have a social hour afterward! </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Michael Cianfrocco, Chair (2023-2024)<br>Oliver P. Clarke, Chair-Elect (2023-2024)<br>Gongpu Zhao, Secretary-Treasurer (2023-2025)<br>Halil Aydin, Program Co-Chair, Faculty (2024)<br>Cornelius Gati, Program Co-Chair, Faculty (2024)<br>Jonathan Kim, Program Co-Chair, Postdoc (2024)<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This cycle, Cryo-EM
Subgroup will be electing the following positions (descriptions below):</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Chair-Elect (Chair during the 2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco)</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Faculty Program Co-Chair (to organize the 2025 Los Angeles meeting)</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Faculty Program Co-Chair (to organize the 2025 Los Angeles meeting)</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Postdoc Program Co-Chair (to organize the 2025 Los Angeles meeting)</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Nominations consist
of name, institution, link to a professional bio (institutional directory, lab
website, LinkedIn etc.) and a short candidate statement (max. 150 characters).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">In order to
nominate yourself or someone else, please use the following form to submit the
required information. </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024BPSSubgroupElectionForm__;!!Mih3wA!AVuL_cJjWGpUZLl3kb6qVrayMHH3kIi8H6OOrdi95JqHhOwGxEMbAb-sVl-whlsFKufIJQJu0cww-MmndyqpFg$" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024BPSSubgroupElectionForm</a><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">If you are
nominating somebody else, please confirm beforehand that they are willing to
serve in that position if elected. Online ballots will be sent out to all
Subgroup members in January.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Keep in mind
that in order to be eligible for any Subgroup officer position, or to vote in
the elections, you must be a current BPS member who has joined the Cryo-EM Subgroup
for 2024.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Nominations are
due by Wednesday November 15, 2023.</span></b><span style="color:black"> Ballots will
then be created and are usually sent out in early December. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><u><span style="color:black">Position Descriptions:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Chair-Elect:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Organizing and
conducting the annual Subgroup meeting; apprising the Biophysical Society of
the activities and needs of the Subgroup; advising the Society on matters
related to Cryo-EM; promoting and overseeing the student research award (SRAA)
competition; communicating with the Society concerning meeting plans and public
communications (flyers, announcements, newsletter reports, etc.); and
participating in activities that benefit the Subgroup and Society.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Program Co-Chairs:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Will
be responsible for assembling the scientific program for the annual Subgroup
Meeting, which will involve both selecting talks from submitted abstracts, as
well as actively inviting speakers.</span></p></div></div>
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