The National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy
Sponsored by the National Center for Research Resources
Announce
A Workshop on Advanced Topics in EM Structure Determination
November 10 -16, 2007
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, California.
We invite applications to participate in a Workshop on Advanced
Topics in EM Structure Determination. The course is aimed at
students, postdocs and junior faculty that already have experience
practicing cryoEM. We can accommodate ~50 participants.
A major goal of the course will be to discuss some of the challenges
in cryoEM that remain to be solved, including improvements in
specimen preparation, imaging, processing and reconstruction required
to reach higher resolutions and solve small structures with limited
symmetry or conformational variability. The basic format of the
course will be theoretical lectures in the mornings followed by
practical demonstrations and panel discussions in the afternoon.
Evenings will be reserved for poster presentations by student
participants and research talks by instructors.
The instructors for the course include: Francisco Asturias (TSRI),
Tim Baker (UCSD), Bridget Carragher (TSRI), Anchi Cheng (TSRI), David
de Rosier (Brandeis), Ed Egelman (Virginia), Joachim Frank (Albany),
Yoshi Fujiyoshi (Kyoto), Bob Glaeser (Berkeley), Niko Grigorieff
(Brandeis), Steve Harrison (Harvard), Richard Henderson (MRC), Jack
Johnson (TSRI), Elizabeth Kubalek (TSRI), Steven Ludtke (Baylor), Ron
Milligan (TSRI), Pawel Penczek (Houston), Clint Potter (TSRI), Fred
Sigworth (Yale), Ken Taylor (FSU), Vinzenz Unger (Yale), Nigel Unwin
(MRC/TSRI), Thomas Walz (Harvard) and Mark Yeager (TSRI).
Applications forms may be found online at the workshop web page:
http://nramm.scripps.edu/seminars/2007/cryoem/
Applicants are asked to provide a CV, publication list, a short
description of their current work and future plans, and a preliminary
title for their poster.
A registration fee of $500 will be charged to participants from
non-profit institutions. All meals will be provided as part of the
course registration fee but participants will be expected to cover
their own travel and lodging expenses. Cost of housing is
approximately $60/night for a shared room. The course organizers will
help coordinate room sharing arrangements.
The application deadline is 1 July and a final selection of
participants will be made by 1 August.
Please see all other information pertaining to the course at the web site:
<http://nramm.scripps.edu/seminars/2007/cryoem/>http://nramm.scripps.edu/seminars/2007/cryoem/
For other inquiries send email
to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organizers
Bridget Carragher, Clinton S. Potter and Ronald A. Milligan
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy,
The Scripps Research Institute
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interested parties.
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Clint Potter, Assoc.Prof., Automated Molecular Imaging Group, Dept.
of Cell Biology,
Mailing Address: The Scripps Research Institute, MC CB129, 10550
North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
Ph: (858) 784-9050, Fax: (858) 784-9090, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
URL http://ami.scripps.edu
Office Location: Room 118, Carr-B Building, 3215 Merryfield Row,
San Diego, CA 92121.
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