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Workshop on Cryo Electron Microscopy

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Workshop on Electron Cryo-Microscopy
Hosted by the National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
January 5, 2009 - January 8, 2009


Day 1(Monday)
01:00PM Orientation
01:15PM Basic principles of electron cryo microscopy (Wah Chiu- NCMI)
02:30PM Grid preparation (Joanita Jakana- NCMI)
03:30PM Break
04:00PM Vitrification (Htet Khant, NCMI)
05:00PM End of day 1

Day 2 (Tuesday)
09:00AM Overview of today's hands-on tutorials (Htet Khant- NCMI)
09:30AM Hands-on tutorials in N006 microscope suites (Donghua Chen, Joanita Jakana, Caroline Fu, Htet Khant- NCMI)
12:00PM 1-hr Lunch break
01:00PM JEOL microscope alignment (Masa Kawasaki- JEOL)
02:00PM Radiation damage & low dose imaging (Wah Chiu- NCMI)
03:15PM Break
03:45PM CCD camera (Donghua Chen- NCMI)
05:00PM End of day 2

Day 3 (Wednesday)
09:00AM Overview of today's hands-on tutorials (Htet Khant- NCMI)
09:30AM Hands-on tutorials in N006 microscope suites (Masa Kawasaki- JEOL, Donghua Chen, Joanita Jakana, Caroline Fu, Htet Khant- NCMI)
12:00PM 1-hr Lunch break
01:00PM Workshop Group Picture
01:30PM JADAS (Junjie Zhang- NCMI)
02:30PM High resolution imaging parameters (Wah Chiu- NCMI)
03:30PM Break
04:00PM Database (Ian Rees- NCMI)
05:00PM End of day 3

Day 4 (Thursday)
09:00AM General operation rules (Caroline Fu- NCMI)
10:00AM Overview of today's hands-on tutorials (Htet Khant- NCMI)
10:30PM Hands-on tutorials in N006 microscope suites (Junjie Zhang, Donghua Chen, Joanita Jakana, Caroline Fu, Htet Khant- NCMI)
12:00PM 1-hr Lunch break (pizza will be provided) with general questions & workshop evaluation (all workshop participants)
01:00PM Continue hands-on tutorials in N006 microscope suites (Junjie Zhang, Donghua Chen, Joanita Jakana, Caroline Fu, Htet Khant- NCMI)
05:00PM Workshop Ends