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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A reminder to register for the 11th Annual CCP-EM Spring Symposium!
<b>Bursary</b>, <b>selected</b> <b>talk</b> and <b>poster</b> applications close on the
<b>1<sup>st</sup> February 2025</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The conference aims to provide a forum to highlight state-of-the-art developments in computational cryoEM and related themes, as well as showcasing outstanding recent biological
applications. We aim to promote an inclusive, friendly atmosphere, welcoming those both old and new to the community. Topics include instrument technology, sample preparation, image processing, single particle reconstruction, tomography and model building.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The meeting also includes the Diamond Light Source Biological Cryo-Imaging User Meeting for eBIC & B24 and associated satellite meetings for correlative microscopy (eBIC), electron
diffraction (eBIC), membrane protein lab (DLS), HexAuFoil User Group Meeting (Quantifoil) and a Thermo Fisher meeting on advances in SPA.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The conference will be held as a hybrid meeting, with the physical event at the East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC) in Nottingham, plus virtual access online via Zoom. The meeting
is kindly sponsored by CryoCloud, Dectris, Nanosoft, SPT LabTech, SubAngstrom and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">23-25th April 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Location:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">EMCC, Nottingham, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Registration:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cvent.me/b4r5bM__;!!Mih3wA!EDwGGb-Z6D68NWfpQb4pLm1mC5XC7KSKmkGcdk_SPHfzmyn70fdtH9gCXMRoJPxrn6a-cdXAEgD47m9QTZ1OlBD4c3TG$"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://cvent.me/b4r5bM</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Confirmed Symposium speakers include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alister Burt (Genentech)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Jose-Maria Carazo (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Maud Dumoux (RFI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Johannes Elferich (UMass Chan Medical School)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Andreas Engel (CryoWrite)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Arjen Jakobi (TU Delft)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Wanda Kukulski (University of Bern)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Taiana Maia de Oliveira (AstraZeneca)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Charlie Scarff (Leeds University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thom Sharp (University of Bristol)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alexander Shtyrov (MRC-LMB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Amit Singer (Princeton)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Jessie Zhang (University of California, Berkeley)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kai Zhang (Yale)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Confirmed BCI speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sonia Rodriguez Fernandez (University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Valentina Loconte (B24, Diamond Light Source)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ste Muench (University of Leeds)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Martin Rennie (University of Glasgow)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">David Sauer (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">David Waterman (STFC, CCP4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Plus eBIC user meeting round-table discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Symposium scientific organisers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Laura Spagnolo (University of Glasgow)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Rene Frank (University of Leeds)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Biological Cryo-Imaging user meeting organising committee:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lorna Malone (eBIC, Diamond Light Source)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Archana Jadhav (B24, Diamond Light Source)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Emma Buzzard (eBIC, Diamond Light Source)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Éilís Bragginton (eBIC, Diamond Light Source)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">More details are available here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ccpem.ac.uk/training/spring_symposium_2025/spring_symposium_2025.php__;!!Mih3wA!EDwGGb-Z6D68NWfpQb4pLm1mC5XC7KSKmkGcdk_SPHfzmyn70fdtH9gCXMRoJPxrn6a-cdXAEgD47m9QTZ1OlP_p0r1d$"><span style="color:#0563C1">CCP-EM Spring Symposium 2025</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The early bird registration fee discount of £50.00 is available until the end of February and we have a limited number of hotel rooms so please register asap.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We will be accepting applications for a total of 4 selected talks to be included in the programme. These talks should be 15 minutes in length with 5 minutes at the end for questions.
Anyone who is interested may apply by giving their proposed talk title and a short (1250 character max) abstract when completing their in-person registration. Please submit all abstracts for talks by midnight 1 February 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As per last year, we will also be running a poster session, however due to high demand, we will be limiting the total number of posters this year to 50. If you would like to present
your poster, please submit your title and abstract (1250 character max) through the in-person registration form by 1 February 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In-person registrants may apply for both a poster and talk. We will respond to applicants soon after the application deadline to let you know if you've been selected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thanks to the kind support of our sponsors, we have a limited number of bursaries which will cover registration fees and two nights accommodation in student halls. If you are interested,
please register using the ‘Bursary Applicant’ admission item and send a 300-word application to
<a href="mailto:ccpemevents@stfc.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">ccpemevents@stfc.ac.uk</span></a> detailing your interest in attending the conference in person and why a bursary would help (closing date 1 Feb).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We look forward to welcoming you all in Nottingham!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Best wishes from CCP-EM & DLS BCI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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