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Dear EM enthousiasts,</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">A quick reminder about the
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">IMC21 – the “Olympics of Microscopy” – coming to Liverpool, UK, from 30 August-4 September 2026.</span></div>
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For the first time in 12 years, IMC returns to Europe, bringing together more than 3,000 microscopists, imaging specialists, and instrument manufacturers from across six continents.</div>
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This promises to be an excellent meeting for structural biologists in general, and for electron microscopists in particular.</div>
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Rouslan Efremov and I would especially like to draw your attention to a dedicated session on “<b>Cryo-EM: Innovations in Macromolecular Structure Determination</b>”, which will cover advances in sample preparation, cryo-EM instrumentation, image processing,
and model building.</div>
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In addition, there are many other sessions that are of great interest to anyone interested in biological structure across scales, technology development and microscopy methods in related fields. </div>
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The <b>deadline for abstract submission has recently been extended to 20 March 2026</b>.</div>
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Abstract submission & registration: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imc21.org.uk__;!!Mih3wA!ElD7mvKMtGuj1b9JMVgdhPdjcYlpM8NpcNNhBCVUjlclz3KEtKFsF0-eNj-junl_VJJ6PtwhQlruQv3EN4OvUew$" data-outlook-id="c2cc4915-a04d-4c23-81f3-cbaaa3b5d508">
https://www.imc21.org.uk</a></div>
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We hope to see many of you there.</div>
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Arjen & Rouslan</div>
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