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EMBO Practical Course

Cryo-Electron Microscopy and 3D Image Processing

EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Sunday 29 August - Sunday 5 September 2010
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Programme

Sunday, 29 August 2010
12:00 - 14:00 Arrival & Welcome
14:00 - 15:00 Jacques Dubochet, Lausanne - Cryo-EM and vitrification
15:00 - 16:00 Bettina Boettcher, Edinburgh - Three-dimensional EM 
16:00 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 Henning Stahlberg, Basel - Fourier Transforms
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 20:00 Richard Henderson, Cambridge - An overview of cryo-EM
Monday, 30 August 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Andreas Hoenger, Boulder - The electron microscope
10:00 - 11:00 Carsten Sachse, EMBL - Constrast-transfer-functions 
11:00 - 12:00 John Briggs, EMBL - Electron tomography 
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:00 Photo 
14:00 - 15:00 Bettina Boettcher, Edinburgh - Single-particle reconstruction part 1 
15:00 - 16:00 Ron Miligan, Scripps - Helical reconstruction part 1 
16:00 - 17:00 Break 
17:00 - 18:00 Vinzenz Unger, Yale - 2D crystallography part 1 
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Student Talks 
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Michael Schatz, Berlin - Single-particle reconstruction part 2 
10:00 - 11:00 Hening Stahlberg, Basel - 2D crystallography part 2 
11:00 - 12:00 Carsten Sachse, EMBL - Helical reconstruction part 2 
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 18:00 Main Practical
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Student Talks 
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Achilleas Frangakis, Frankfurt - Sub-tomogram averaging
10:00 - 11:00 Sarah Butcher, Helsinki - Icosahedral reconstruction
11:00 - 12:00 Main Practical
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 18:00 Main Practical
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Student Talks 
Thursday, 2 September 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Holger Stark, Goettingen - Heterogenity
10:00 - 11:00 Niko Grigorieff, Brandeis - High resolution reconstruction
11:00- 12:00 Ron Milligan, Scripps - Research talk
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 18:00 Main Practical
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Student Talks 
Friday, 3 September 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Maya Topf, Birkbeck - Fitting-EM/X-ray
10:00 - 11:00 Niko Grigorieff, Brandeis - Maximum likelihood methods
11:00 - 12:00 Main Practical
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 15:00 Student Group Presentations
15:00 - 19:00 Break
19:00 - 21:00 Course Dinner
Saturday, 4 September 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:00 Martin Beck, EMBL - Hybrid methods
11:00 - 12:00 Rasmus Schroeder, Heidelberg - Phase plates and correctors
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 18:00 Main Practical
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
19:00 - 21:00 Student Talks 
Sunday, 5 September 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Christiane Schaffitzel, EMBL - Research talk
10:00 - 11:00 TBC - Research talk
11:00 - 12:00 Deryck Mills, Frankfurt - Setting-up an EM lab
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 17:00 Minor Practical 2 
17:00 - 18:00 Final Discussion 
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner