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InstructWe are excited to announce the next meeting in the ‘Best practices in CryoEM’ series, the second in the series to be hosted online on 18 - 19 October 2021.
Now in its fifth year, the workshop is intended to allow those involved in the running of high-end cryoEM facilities to discuss and share best practice, and is open to EM facility scientists, manager and computing specialists both from academia and industry.
Sessions will include presentations on best practice in sample preparation, imaging and data handling/processing, operational models, as well as round table discussions. If you have any suggestions for topics of discussion, please contact Simone Mattei.
The main presentation sessions from 14:00 - 18:00 CEST on 18 and 19 October are open to all participants. When you have registered, you will be sent a personal link that will enable you to connect to both of the main sessions on 18 and 19 October. The deadline for registrations is 17 October.
Watch the recordings of the workshop below, or view them on our YouTube channel!
To facilitate constructive discussion, the virtual interactive session will be limited to core staff involved in cryoEM facility management.
All reported times are in CEST (German time, UTC+2).
Day 1: Monday 18th of October 2021
14:00 Welcome
Session 1: Setting up a facility. Chair - Simone Mattei
14:05 Henning Stahlberg - EPFL “DCI Lausanne: Setting up a cryo-EM lab at the interface between method development and life sciences application”
14:20 Q&A
14:30 Elizabeth Wright - University of Wisconsin-Madison “Small, medium, and large: building a multi-scale cryo-EM facility”
14:45 Q&A
14:55 Paolo Swuec - Human Technopole “Building Human Technopole’s (Cryo-)EM Facility: a year in the making”
15:10 Q&A
15:20 Break
Session 2: Operations models. Chair - Simone Mattei
15:50 Christos Savva - Leicester University “A Cryo-EM facility for the UK Midlands”
16:05 Q&A
16:15 Sarah Schneider - EMBL “A small(ish) facility for small(ish) proteins - Strategies to make it work”
16:30 Q&A
16:40 Break
Virtual interactive session
17:00 Introduction to the virtual platform - Simone Mattei
17:10 Virtual meeting on gather town
Day 2: Tuesday 19th of October 2021
Session 3: Sample preparation. Chair - Felix Weis
14:00 Chris Arthur - Genentech “CryoEM sample prep: the microscope is not the issue”
14:15 Q&A
14:25 Giulia Weissenberger - CryoSol “VitroJet: advanced control and ease of use in cryo-EM sample preparation”
14:40 Q&A
14:50 Break
Session 4: Training & remote working. Chair - Felix Weis
15:20 Robert Grassucci - Columbia University “Practical Challenges in Running a CryoEM Facility – Training and Screening”
15:35 Q&A
15:45 Melissa Chambers - Vanderbilt University “Balancing remote and in-person training and operations”
16:00 Q&A
16:10 Break
Session 5: Future perspectives. Chair - Felix Weis
16:40 Christian Dienemann - Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry “Putting biology first in a cryo-EM facility”
16:55 Q&A
17:05 Craig Yoshioka - Oregon Health & Science University “What is needed for the next jump in cryo-EM productivity?"
17:20 Q&A
17:30 Break
Virtual interactive session
17:45 Virtual session on gather town
We look forward to seeing you there! Register for the workshop here.
