The Young Crystallographers are a working group within the German Society for Crystallography (DGK). For 10 years, we meet regularly in autumn at different universities or the STOE facilities.

These meetings specifically aim to provide a platform for networking and scientific exchange for young scientists with an interest in crystallography, as well as to establish contacts with industry and research institutions.
We want to give young scientists the opportunity to gain early experience in scientific presentation in a relaxed atmosphere and without the stress of a larger conference.

For our grand anniversary, we are happy to meet at the DESY facilities! We are working hard to allow you deep insights as well as a great overview of the possibilities at this large-scale facility.

During the 3-day meeting, you willÂ

• present your own work as a poster (A0 portrait) and lightning talk (~5 min.)
• have the DESY campus tour
• participate in an experiment and get a hands-on experience at a beamline of your choice at PETRA III (see The Experiments)
• hear academic talks from senior scientists
• hear industry talks from our sponsors/partners

At the end of the meeting, you will also have the chance to join a tour of the European XFEL Campus. If you intend to participate, please indicate so during registration. Note that you will need to get to the XFEL facilities by public transport as it is a bit outside the main DESY campus.

The registration fee of 60 € includes the tours and experiments at DESY, coffee breaks as well as lunch and BBQ on Thursday.

Deadline for registration is 22.08.23.

Monday, May 1, 2023, 8:00-9:30 AM (PDT)
 

Speakers:

Prof. Christopher O. Barnes

Talk Title: Structure-guided Design of Next-generation Immunotherapies against Emerging Coronaviruses
 

Dr. Peter Denes

Talk Title: Count Every Electron

• MS1. Refinement and development of microscopy techniques
• MS2. Studies for structure and strain in materials
• MS3. Electron microscopy in-situ and in-operando techniques
• MS4. Functional materials
• MS5. Microscopy of soft and beam-sensitive materials
• MS6. Use of spectroscopic techniques in material science and geoscience

• LS1. Beyond the resolution revolution - new challenges in cryo-EM/ET
• LS2. Image analysis and data visualization
• LS3. Correlative light and electron microscopy
• LS4. Ultrastrucutral pathology and disease understanding
• LS5. Automated and AI based microscopy imaging and analysis
• LS6. In situ and live cell microscopy

The 7th Microscopy Characterisation of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces (MCOII) meeting will return to an in-person format in 2023 and will be hosted for the first time in North America at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, home of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy. The transatlantic scientific organizing team of Nadja V. Tarakina (MPIKG, Germany) and Kathryn Grandfield (McMaster University, Canada) 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 liquid microscopy methods, low-voltage electron microscopy and many more) in the context of imaging hybrid and soft matter.On the second day, a special Focus Lecture Series, entitled "Multi-dimensional and multiscale microscopy of organic-inorganic interface" will cover a more-detailed range of lectures on tomographic methods spanning light, X-ray and electron microscopy, as well as atom probe tomography and in situ electron microscopy/tomography. This conference will bring together world-leading experts in microscopy, highlighting the latest achievements, new opportunities and outstanding challenges in probing beam-sensitive and hybrid materials and their interfaces.

Each year, the Argentine Society of Biophysics (SAB) organizes a meeting where the biophysical community of Argentina discusses the recent advances in all fields of biophysics. In the present meeting we will have a panel of international experts that are leaders in their respective fields, who will provide an update on the latest discoveries and discuss state-of-the-art approaches in biophysics to address experimentally challenging questions related to biological systems (in solution, in membranes, in cellulo and in vivo).

Attendance is not restricted to Argentinian citizens. SAB meetings always welcome students and researchers from other Latin American countries. SAB grants fee waivers and travel grants to local members of the Society, from the graduate student to the early career researcher levels, to enable their participation regardless of their access to funding. For the current meeting we plan to fund the participation of graduate students and postdocs from other South American countries as well.

The topics to be presented/discussed in this edition include protein interactions, computational and theoretical biophysics, membrane biophysics, structural biology, in situ biophysical methods, systems biology, synthetic biology, spectroscopy, epigenetics and control of gene expression, photophysics and photophysiology, protein aggregation and disease, and molecular interactions. The meeting will be an extraordinary opportunity for local scientists and PhD candidates to engage in scientific discussion with world renowned experts. We are confident that, given the communication skills of the speakers, the plenary lectures and symposiums will lead to fruitful discussions that will extend to the poster sessions. These discussions might allow younger researchers to apply new methodologies in their research projects and we hope they can lead to new collaborations.

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The IUCr will award travel and accommodation fellowships to attend the meeting. Undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows up to 35 years of age from Argentina or other countries may apply. To apply you must send an email to sab2022@ibr-conicet.gov.ar with the subject "IUCr fellowship application" indicating the following:

• Applicant name
• Identification (DNI/passport)
• Poster/communication title (if applicable)
• Where you will be traveling from
• Travel fareÂ

From the SLAC National Accelerator Lab with Prof. Tsumoru Shintake (OIST)

When: Friday, September 23, 2022 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).

Program Description:
By blocking the central part of the objective lens in optical microscopy, we may improve resolution and contrast dramatically. This is a new type of telecentric optics based on central obscuration. This idea is a revival of old precession method in X-ray crystallography, which was developed by Martin J. Buerger at the beginning of the 1940's as a very clever alternative to collect Bragg diffractions without distorting the geometry of the reciprocal planes. In the EUV lithography, by introducing (precession method) rotating mirror and center obscured hollow mirror, we may go beyond 10 nm rule. In Cryo-EM, by precessing electron beam, we may directly observe molecule array in protein crystals, which provide powerful tool for protein analysis and drug discovery.

 

Please note that ONLY those with SUNet ID will have access to the recording of the seminar.

https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95714511566?pwd=QllFSjYzc3dXS3FBNkZYL294TXF2UT09#successhttps://stanford.zoom.us

 Meeting ID: 957 1451 1566

 Password: 284313

Organized by the German Society for Electron Microscopy

There are highly prominent plenary speakers from the Material and Life Science EM community scheduled:
Ralf Bartenschlager (Heidelberg/DE)
Sarah Heigh (Manchester/UK)
Peijun Zhang (Oxford/GB)
Mathieu Kociak (Paris/FR)

Combing precise chemical information from mass spectrometry (MS) with high resolution imaging methods like electron microscopy (cryoEM, TEM) or scanning probe microscopy (AFM, STM) pushes the frontiers and scope of chemical and structural analysis to atomic resolution of individual complex molecules. Â

This workshop meeting brings together an emerging community of scientists from analytical, preparative, and native mass spectrometry, molecular electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy to explore the possibilities and challenges of the novel approaches at the frontier of native mass spectrometry and single molecule imaging.

The conference handle, MS+M_22, stands for Mass Spectrometry plus Microscopy, expressing the vision that this sum is greater that its parts.

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce the 'IEEE Around-the-Clock Around-the-Globe (AtC-AtG) Magnetics Conference 2022', a virtual event hosted by the IEEE Magnetics Society covering the vast field of magnetism. Following the great success of the previous editions, this unique 24-hour non-stop virtual conference will take place on August 31st, 2022, with contributions from speakers spanning six continents.

The AtC-AtG Magnetics Conference offers a diverse and inclusive virtual environment that foments collaboration between junior and senior researchers across the many subfields of magnetism. The invited speaker lineup includes both junior and senior scientists with outstanding research contributions. More information can be found on the dedicated conference website.

Join us by registering through our website before 24th August!Â

Highlights:

 - Invited talks from leading experts in magnetism

 - Covers all continents and time zones

 - Interactive online broadcasting with questions and discussions

 - Student presentation and poster awards

 - NO REGISTRATION FEE

Call for Abstracts:

Abstract submission for the contributed talks at AtC-AtG Conference is now open! Young researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts (oral and poster) and join us on this fantastic platform to meet researchers worldwide!

The abstract template and submission form are available on our website. Submissions close on June 12th!

Looking forward to seeing you all connected!

Best Regards,

On behalf of the AtC-AtG Organization Committee (2022)

The Pacific Northwest Center for CryoEM has opened registration for our Microscope Operation Workshop occurring June 20th until July 1st, 2022, for 4-6 Trainees in Portland, Oregon. This workshop will consist of 10-day hands-on training in: Sample Vitrification, Microscope Operation, and Automated Data Collection. This workshop does not cover data processing. Preference of trainees is given to individuals who have research projects ready for cryo-EM investigations and have background in structural biology. This workshop is open for everyone and includes lodging. Selected attendees will need to provide their own transportation to Portland.
 

Applications before April 15th, 2022, at 4pm (Pacific).

 

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 

The keynote lecture will be given by Wolfgang Baumeister.
Confirmed Speakers
Martin Beck (Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Germany)
Alex DeMarco (Monash University, Australia)
Achilleas Frangakis (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Dorit Hanein (Institut Pasteur, France)
Janet Iwasa (UU Salt Lake City, USA)
Grant Jensen (Caltech, USA)
Peter Peters (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Gaia Pigino (Human Technopole, Italy)
Bram Koster (Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands)
Wanda Kukulski (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Jun Liu (Yale University, USA)
Julia Mahamid (EMBL, Germany)
David Mastronarde (UC Boulder, USA)
Ohad Medalia (Zuerich University, Switzerland)
Daniela Nicastro (UT Southwestern, USA)
Martin Pilhofer (ETH, Switzerland)
Joergen Plitzko (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)
Stefan Raunser (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany)
Sharon Wolf (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Elizabeth Wright (UW Madison, USA)
Peijun Zhang (Oxford University & Diamond, UK)