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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">If you have a research initiative suitable for cryo-electron tomography, we invite you to submit a detailed proposal via the application portal.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">The application deadline for Q1 2025 is **<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Friday, January 17<sup>th</sup>, 2025</span></strong>**</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>The National Service Network for Cryo-Electron Tomography, an NIH-funded consortium, is now accepting applications for research initiatives in its Q1 2025 cycle. Our cutting-edge facilities feature state-of-the-art specimen preparation tools and advanced
cryo-electron microscopes, enabling high-resolution electron tomography of biological specimens at nanometer to sub-nanometer scales.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our mission is twofold: to support original research efforts and to train new users in the field of cryo-electron tomography. Whether you're an experienced
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Corina</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Corina Elizabeth Evans</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">E: <a href="mailto:ceevans3@wisc.edu" title="mailto:ceevans3@wisc.edu"><span style="color:#96607D">ceevans3@wisc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">E:<b> </b><a href="mailto:CRYOEM@BIOCHEM.WISC.EDU" title="mailto:CRYOEM@BIOCHEM.WISC.EDU"><span style="color:#96607D">cryoem@biochem.wisc.edu</span></a> <b>| </b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__HTTPS:/CRYOEM.WISC.EDU__;!!Mih3wA!D-bVEHJcj9zaxDSTb-CMje_BMnghzDoRPbPAcWWZHkLXcKg7ORSrjT7frbDt2mVMIWTq3YmWNAiVXj2cKVC7-A$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__HTTPS:/CRYOEM.WISC.EDU__;!!Mih3wA!D-bVEHJcj9zaxDSTb-CMje_BMnghzDoRPbPAcWWZHkLXcKg7ORSrjT7frbDt2mVMIWTq3YmWNAiVXj2cKVC7-A$"><span style="color:#96607D">https://cryoem.wisc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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