We are excited to announce the International School on Electron Crystallography, which will be held in the charming town of Erice, Italy, from 30 May - 7 June 2025. This event will bring together leading experts, researchers, and students in the field of electron crystallography to explore the latest developments and techniques.

Dates: 30 May - 7 June 2025
Location: Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy

About the School:

The International School on Electron Crystallography offers a comprehensive learning experience for participants at all levels, from beginners to advanced researchers. Through lectures, hands-on tutorials, and interactive sessions, attendees will gain valuable insights into the principles and applications of electron crystallography, including electron diffraction, 3D electron diffraction (3D ED), structure determination, and the latest innovations in the field.

Key Topics:

• Fundamentals of electron crystallography and diffraction
• 3D electron diffraction techniques
• Structure determination of molecular and inorganic materials
• Applications in nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and structural biology
• Recent advances in instrumentation and data analysis

Who Should Attend:

The school is designed for students, postdocs, and professionals working in electron microscopy, crystallography, materials science, chemistry, physics, and related disciplines. Whether you are new to electron crystallography or looking to deepen your expertise, this school provides a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge and network with experts in the field.

Travel and Grants:

Various travel grants from different organizations will be advertised on the school's webpage to support student participation.

How to Apply:

Details on registration, abstract submission, and travel grant applications will be made available on the official website: https://crystalerice.org/2025/

Join us in Erice for an inspiring week of learning, networking, and exploring the beautiful surroundings of Sicily!

For further information, please visit our website or contact the course directors: Alexander Eggeman (University of Manchester, UK), Mauro Gemmi (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pisa, IT), Tatiana Gorelik (Forschungszentrum Juelich, DE).

Attendees: 12 participants (entire training)

Deadline for application: October 10, 2024

 Oct 7, 2024 04:00 PM in LONDON, 8.00-9.30 AM (PDT)

Speakers: Prof. Axel Brunger at Stanford University and Prof. Sarah Haigh at the University of Manchester.

This 5-day course is largely aimed at structural biologists with EM maps suitable for modelling building and refinement. This course will host some of the leading software developers and provide ample contact time to allow delegates to discuss their data in detail alongside traditional lectures and tutorials. This is a comprehensive course for EM model building covering advanced use of LocScale, ModelAngelo, Buccaneer, findMySequence-checkMySequence, EM_placement, Coot/Moorhen, TEMPy-REFF, ISOLDE, Refmac-Servalcat, Privateer, new validation tools and AlphaFold-DB & EMDB/PDBe updates. It will cover all aspects of modelling building including: map optimisation, automated model building, model fitting, medium resolution refinement, high resolution refinement, interactive refinement, validation and deposition.
 

* Confirmed tutors / topics:

Tom Burnley (CCP-EM) : CCP-EM Doppio
Arjen Jakobi (TU Delft) : LocScale
Sjors Scheres (MRC-LMB) : Relion5 and ModelAngelo
Randy Read (University of Cambridge) : EM-placement
Grzegorz Chojnowski (EMBL) : FindMySequence/CheckMySequence
Maya Topf, Joseph Beton and Aaron Sweeney (CSSB Hamburg) : TEMPy-REFF, Chem-EM
Judit Debreczeni (Astrazeneca), Lucrezia Catapano (MRC-LMB) and Paul Bond (University of York): Coot / Moorhen
Soon Wen Hoh and Paul Bond (University of York) : Buccaneer/ModelCraft
Rob Nicholls (CCP4) and Rangana Warshamanage (CCP-EM) : Refmac/Servalcat
Tristan Croll (AltosLabs) : ISOLDE
TBC (University of York) : Privateer
PDBe (EBI) : AlphaFold-DB and 3D-Beacons
Agnel Joseph (CCP-EM) : Model validation
Kyle Morris (EBI) : EMDB deposition and validation

Registration of interest will close either when all places are taken or by Friday 12th July 2024

The Polish Crystallographic Meeting, Scientific Workshop and Session of the Young Crystallographers Sections of PCrA will be held at the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2 in Wrocław.

The Workshop is devoted to selected issues and problems of modern crystallography.

The Scientific Session of the Young Crystallographers Section of PCrAÂ is a forum for exchanging experiences addressed primarily to students, PhD students and young doctors (maximum 5 years after defense).

The topics of the Meeting include basic and applied research on the ideal and real structure of crystals carried out with the use of X-ray radiation obtained both with traditional methods and in synchrotrons, research with the use of neutrons and electrons, problems of symmetry, phase transformations and crystal growth, new research and computational methods and all other aspects of crystallography. The conference is an annual meeting place and a forum for exchanging ideas of all Polish crystallographers.

The timing of this event is such that attendees have the option to continue on to the Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference in Brisbane (February 2-7), where there will be a substantial cryo-EM program. Other options include the Lorne series of conferences.

The core topics of the 14th EMAS Regional Workshop are:

• Fundamentals of new EM technology
  • Introduction to SEM
  • Introduction to TEM
  • Introduction to FIB-SEMs
  • Overview of microanalytical techniques
  • Volume analysis by FIB-SEM
  • In-situ experiments in SEM/TEM
• Visits to and programme organised by Tescan and Thermo Fisher Scientific at their development labs
• Applications of new EM technology
  • Sample preparation for SEM, microanalysis and EBSD
    
  • Application of EM in steel research
  • Application of EM in mineralogy/geology
  • Multiscale analysis of materials
  • Combined SEM + AFM studies

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.
 

The meeting also includes the Diamond Light Source Biological Cryo-Imaging User Meeting for eBIC & B24 and associated satellite meetings for correlative microscopy (eBIC), soft X-ray tomography (B24) & automated live processing for SPA and cryoET (eBIC).

The conference will be held as a hybrid meeting, with the physical event at the EMCC in Nottingham, plus virtual access online via Zoom. 


 

The XVIII^th International Conference on Electron Microscopy is jointly organized by the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Microscopy Society. The conference is to be held in southern part of Poland in the picturesque Zakopane resort.

The conference will bring together researchers from different fields of science and engineering including materials science, chemistry, physics, life science (biology and medicine), whose focal point is on application of electron microscopy to study of materials and materials related properties. The broad spectrum of topics comprises analytical electron microscopy, imaging in SEM/STEM, crystallography and HRTEM techniques, 3D imaging, in-situ electron microscopy, cryomicroscopy, as well as applications of electron microscopy to study materials spanning from traditional engineering materials to highly advanced functional materials, nanomaterials and biological materials.

The conference also welcomes scientists, engineers and representatives of electron microscopes manufacturers, whose focus is on instrumentational developments to showcase and review the latest technical advances. It will provide a forum for the exchange of thoughts and ideas, news on the latest trends in the field of electron microscopy as well as to promote cooperation between the participants from science and industry.

Hope to see you in Zakopane!

8:00-9:30 AM (PST), 4pm in London
Speakers:

Prof. Eva Nogales
Professor at the University of California, Berkeley
Talk Title: Dealing with recalcitrant samples in cryo-EM

Prof. Juan Carlos Idrobo
Associate Professor at University of Washington
Talk Title: Electron microscopy: redefining the limits of observation
 

Please register soon at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register

8:00-9:30 AM (PST)
 

Speakers:

Prof. Stephen K. Burley

Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Talk Title: Cryo-EM Through the Lens of the Protein Data Bank: Impact of the Resolution Revolution and Implications for the Future
 

Prof. Dan Gianola

Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Talk Title: Characterizing pathways for plastic deformation using electron microscopy
 
Registration is free and open to all! 

The flagship of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) activities is the European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM), held every year, except when there is an IUCr Congress. The ECMs are the main meeting point for crystallographers in the ECA area to show their recent research. Microsymposia at ECMs are proposed and organized by ECA SIGs.

ECM 34 will be organized at the Padova Congress Centre on behalf of ECA and AIC. It will include all topics of interest to crystallography and it will be organized in synergy with EPIDC 18, which will follow ECM 34 in the same location.