<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We are pleased to announce that the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics will host the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">EMBO Practical Course on <b>“In-situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET” </b>from April 12–20, 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The course is aimed at early-career researchers and facility staff with experience in cryo-EM who are interested in expanding their practical and theoretical knowledge of cryo-FIB/SEM and cryo-ET. The program includes focused lectures and intensive hands-on sessions covering:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sample vitrification and lamella thinning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Plasma FIB milling and cryo-lift-out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">More information and <b>registration</b> here: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-situ-structure__;!!Mih3wA!Bkxqm2VU-mmhJT56_S5anzvA6P4L62B50kYNA4Uh-Mji8XBn6Q-KQczdVWn7jrWWft89YyKjSK5Caexm3Ouf1USZ8K8$" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-situ-structure</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Application <b>deadline</b>: December 8, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pamela Ornelas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On behalf of the organising team.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">**************************************<br>Dr. Pamela Ornelas<br>Graduate Education Coordinator<br>Max Planck Institute of Biophysics<br>Frankfurt am Main, Germany</div></div></body></html>