<div dir="ltr"><div><img src="cid:ii_lymjlp7u2" alt="ARC CCeMMP Bench to Art Exhibition 2024.png" width="431" height="431" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear all,<br></div><div><br></div>The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-electron Microcopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ccemmp.org/__;!!Mih3wA!EnfnVtxKfd7BkzzchYf8j-6Hmz01GdqR4EivrblEvk-998FpYkq5jwbViT92FZ0nMD_xbn6GvnN177LcvXvL$" target="_blank">ccemmp.org</a>) is excited to invite the scientific community to participate in our National Science Week 2024 Event, the inaugural <b>ARC CCeMMP Bench to Art Exhibition</b>!<br><br>Our goal is to share stories of exploration and discovery in structural biology with the broader community. We encourage the scientific  community (not just Centre members) to put forth their creations to be displayed in a virtual exhibition during National Science Week 2024.<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Prizes</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Cash prizes will be awarded in the following categories:<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span lang="EN-GB">First Prize Award - $300 AUD</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i><span lang="EN-GB">First Prize will be awarded by a judging panel composed of creatives in the scientific field and artists. Images will be evaluated based on their aesthetic appeal, not on the data they depict.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span lang="EN-GB">People’s Choice Award - $100 AUD</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><i><span lang="EN-GB">People’s Choice will be awarded based on the voters’ choice. The community are encouraged to vote for their favourite artwork during the exhibition.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Who can enter?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">This is a free event during National Science Week to promote structural biology research. We welcome submissions from anyone:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">using the technique cryo-EM in their research, or;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">working on membrane proteins using other structural biology techniques (tomography, crystallography etc).</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">When</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Creations will be exhibited virtually for two weeks during 13th to 27th August, 2024. The link to the virtual gallery will open at 9:00 AM AEST on 13th of August, 2024.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Guidelines and submission</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All artwork must adhere to the guidelines and be submitted via the online submission form. Details are provided on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ccemmp.org/events/arc-ccemmp-bench-to-art-exhibition-2024/__;!!Mih3wA!EnfnVtxKfd7BkzzchYf8j-6Hmz01GdqR4EivrblEvk-998FpYkq5jwbViT92FZ0nMD_xbn6GvnN1720GhNye$" target="_blank">CCeMMP website</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Closing date for submissions is <font color="#ff0000">5:00 PM AEST on 8th of August 2024</font>.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Prize winners will be announced in September 2024.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please circulate this event far and wide to encourage as many people to have a shot at the prizes! We are excited to see all sorts of 2D still artwork, ranging from digital, to cartoons to paintings - anything goes!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you have any questions regarding the event, please direct all queries to Dr. Jackie How (<a href="mailto:ccemmp@monash.edu" target="_blank">ccemmp@monash.edu</a>).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kind regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CCeMMP Outreach and Public Engagement Committee</p><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:14.95px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></p></font></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lymjl9dk1" alt="CeMMP_Logo_Name_Horizontal_CMYK_large font.png" width="312" height="111" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">ARC </font><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Industry Transformation Training Centre for Cryo-electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP)</span></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Monash University</font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Parkville Campus</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">399 Royal Parade</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Parkville VIC 3052</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Australia</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">E: </span><a href="mailto:name.surname@monash.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif" target="_blank">ccemmp@monash.edu</a></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i style="font-size:x-small"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">This e-mail (including all attachments) is intended for the named recipient only.  If you receive this e-mail in error, please inform the sender immediately by reply e-mail.  Also, because the unauthorised <a name="SignatureSanitizer_m_5288178078122298908_SignatureSanitizer_UNIQUE_ID_SignatureSanitizer_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_1520a24f77485623_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_151adcf839e09d07_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_14cc03350a82d6f1_SafeHtmlFilter_SafeHtmlFilter_SafeHtmlFilter__GoBack"></a>use, storage, disclosure or copying of this e-mail (including attachments) may be unlawful, please delete the e-mail (and attachments) from your system and destroy any copies.  If you are the intended recipient of this e-mail, please consult the original author before any disclosure, copying or distribution, if this is not explicitly permitted.</font></i></div></div></div></div>