Date: 17^th of May, 3 PM CETÂ

 Registration link for online event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516510473839/WN_YKgaC5TES-SkAge_obtD6A

The 6th CrysAC workshop on "Micro- and nano-diffraction for cultural heritage" is coming soon!

The upcoming CrysAC workshop is planned as a satellite meeting of the 33rd European Crystallographic Meeting, France (https://www.ecm33.fr/satellite-meetings). In keeping with the terms of reference of the Commission, the CrysAC workshop on "Micro- and nano-diffraction for cultural heritage" is within the series of one-day workshops organized by the IUCr Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage, aimed to stimulate knowledge exchange between crystallographers and researchers interested in Cultural Heritage investigations. Different communities are invited to present reviews of established research, recent results and envisaged trends in key areas of Archaeometry and Conservation Science.

The present workshop will invite scientists from research institutions, museums, and conservation bodies, in order to illustrate state-of-the-art applications of diffraction techniques in the sub-micron spatial resolution. Recent instrumental and methodological advances, mainly based on electron diffraction and synchrotron radiation, are opening novel fields of research on cultural heritage materials, to understand chemico-physical processes and structural transformations with unprecedented spatial resolutions.

Although only invited contributions are planned, all interested people are invited to exchange ideas and discuss the presented topics.

The IUCr Commission on Electron Crystallography, the ECA Electron Crystallography SIG04 and the French Microscopy Society (SFµ) are organising an “Electron Crystallography School” (ECS) as a satellite event to the 33rd European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM33). The school will take place right after the ECM33, on the 29th August â€" 1st September 2022 in Paris area.

The symposium will gather leading experts in the field of electron and light microscopy. We will hear about the latest breakthroughs in technology development and application from our outstanding speakers, including the three Nobel laureates Stefan Hell, Richard Henderson and W. E. Moerner.

8:00-9:30 AM (Pacific Time)
 

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Steven J. Ludtke, Charles C. Bell Professor at Baylor College of Medicine
Talk Title: Compositional and conformational variability in CryoEM and CryoET: structural biology in context
 

Dr. Wolfgang Jaeger, Professor at University of Kiel
Talk Title: Advanced and in situ TEM for the development of high-efficiency solar cells
 
https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VWKdNnibQ7ir7-BbtM2bXg 

Date: 30^th of March, 4.30 PM CET

Speakers:

Prof. Hans Florian Zeilhofer, Delegate for Innovation, University of Basel

Dr. Christoph Boss, Head of Drug Discovery Chemistry, Idorsia

Prof. Michael Hennig, CEO, leadXpro AG
Dr. Mihaela Pop, Chief Scientific Officer TeraCrystal
Dr. Bernd Hinrichsen, Head of Electron Microscopy BASF
Prof. Paulina Dominiak, Group head, University of Warsaw
Dr. Michael Kaufmann, Partner, BOHEST intellectual property
Prof. Christian Lehmann, Group head, MPI für Kohlenforschung

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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 both old and new to the community. Topics include instrument technology, sample preparation, image processing, single particle reconstruction, tomography and model building.
 

The schedule will also include the Diamond Light Source biological cryo-imaging user meeting for eBIC & B24.

Presented by Professor Louisa Meshi, Ben-Gurion University Israel at 3pm CET

To be given by Professor Jeroen A. van Bokhoven (ETH & PSI)

Online at 3pm CET

8:00-9:30 AM [Pacific Time (US and Canada)]
 

SPEAKERS:
Prof. Yifan Cheng
Professor at University of California, San Francisco
Talk title: Single particle cryo-EM: from atomic structure to mechanism and beyond
 

 
 
 
 

Prof. Patricia J. Kooyman
Professor at University of Cape Town
Talk title: Bridging the pressure gap in TEM

The 6th Microscopy Characterisation of Organicâ€"Inorganic Interfaces (MCOII) meeting will again be hosted virtually, but it will keep the main goals and aspirations of all the previous editions.  We will use the advantages of the virtual format and this time not only connect experts from different branches of the microscopy community (the life sciences and materials science) but also bridge two continents in a joint discussion on the challenging but increasingly important topic of studying hybrid organicâ€"inorganic materials.

The transatlantic scientific organiser team of Nadja V. Tarakina (MPIKG, Germany) and Lena F. Kourkoutis (Cornell University, USA) have put together an exciting two-day programme. As usual, the first day will be more general, covering a broad range of microscopy approaches (correlative microscopy solutions, in-situ gas and liquid microscopy methods, low-voltage electron microscopy and many more) in the context of imaging hybrid and soft matter.

On the second day, the special Focus Lecture Series will provide an in-depth view on "Advances in Analytical Cryo-Electron Microscopy: From sample preparation to data acquisition to data analysis”. Cryo-electron microscopy has transformed life sciences by enabling the structure of macromolecules to be imaged down to the atomic scale. Recent developments in instrumentation and techniques have opened new opportunities for scientific discovery not only in life sciences but also in physical sciences and in areas where the two fields intersect. This lecture series will bring together world-leading experts in analytical electron microscopy, highlighting the latest achievements, new opportunities and outstanding challenges in probing beam-sensitive and hybrid materials and their interfaces.Â

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• Frontier Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials for High-Tech, Energy, Environment and Bio Applications
• X-ray Powder Diffraction and Beyond: Theory of Scattering and Experimental Techniques
• Fundamentals of the Pair Distribution Function Analysis of Nanomaterials and Applications
• Fundamentals of the Debye Scattering Equation Method and Applications to Nanomaterials
• Small Angle X-ray Scattering Techniques
• Electron Diffraction PDF Analysis
• Static and Dynamic Light Scattering Techniques
• Hands-on Sessions on PDFGUI and Debussy Software
• New Equipment and Tools for Nanomaterial Characterization

Runs 8:00-9:30 a.m. (PDT).
 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Baumeister
Director Molecular Structural Biology
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsreid, Germany
Talk title: Cryo-Electron Tomography - Revealing the Molecular Sociology of Cells

Dr. Nestor J. Zaluzec
Argonne National Laboratory
Talk title: Improving the Capabilities of X-ray Spectroscopy in the Analytical Electron Microscope for Analysis of Hard and Soft Matter

 

The Goettingen Multiscale Bioimaging Excellence Cluster (MBExC) aims to decipher the molecular organization of disease-relevant functional units in excitable cells, such as neurons and cardiomyocytes

On the occasion of the inauguration of the new cryo-EM platform of the University of G?ttingen, we will discuss how MBExC researchers harness various electron microscopy techniques to bridge the scales between atoms, molecules, cells and tissues.

We have an outstanding lineup of Goettingen speakers, including:

Claus Ropers
Holger Stark
Patrick Cramer
Eri Sakata
Hauke Hillen
Ruben Fernandez-Busnadiego
Carolin Wichmann
Wiebke Moebius
Ben Cooper

Joergen Plitzko (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried) will be our special guest speaker.
 

9 AM - 5 PM CEST via Zoom
 

Presenter: Dr. Enrico Mugnaioli, IIT Pisa

Presenter: Dr. Zhehao Huang, Group Leader & Researcher at the University of Stockholm

Date: Thursday, 17th of June 2021, 3pm CET

The remote practical course covers principles, differences and applications of macromolecular crystallography using X-rays, neutrons and electrons. The course is targeted to PhD students and postdocs whose research project focuses on solving structures using crystallography.

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Teachers:

Eugene Krissinel (CCP4, UK)

Andrey Lebedev (CCP4, UK)

Esko Oksanen (ESS, Sweden)

Edward Daniel (University of Oulu, Finland)

Bernhard Rupp (Medical University Innsbruck, Austria)