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EMBO Practical Course

Intensive course in Electron Microscopy for Cell Biology

17 – 26 June 2024 | Oslo, Norway

  • Registration Deadline
  • 12 April 2024
  • Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 3 May 2024
  • Payment Deadline
  • 31 May 2024

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About the Practical Course

Conventional electron microscopy (EM) is a fundamental tool in cell biology, allowing visualization of all structures in the cell at the best resolution available. This EMBO Practical Course offers the opportunity to acquire a portfolio of basic and cutting-edge EM methods, allowing participants to integrate EM tools into the workflow of their own cell biology research projects. Participants will gain understanding of theoretical concepts including the latest technological developments in the field. This course emphasizes hands-on training on different techniques and participants are encouraged to bring their own specimens.

Audience

The course is primarily tailored to PhD students, and early-stage post-doctoral researchers whose projects require complex EM experiments; however, we also give opportunities for more senior scientists, provided they indicate a real need for the techniques we offer. Senior technicians running EM facilities will also be considered, provided they can show a solid conceptual understanding of the projects they are working on. In exceptional cases applicants from industry may be considered.

Modules/Resources

  • State of the art fixation for EM, including cryo-methods
  • Ultramicrotomy for plastic or Tokuyasu (thawed cryo) sections
  • Molecular mapping (immuno-EM)
  • 3D EM using tomography and serial imaging with TEM, or array tomography with SEM
  • Image interpretation with advanced quantitative image analysis (stereology, nanomorphomics)
  • Correlative light and electron microscopy.

Learning Outcomes

You will gain an overview of basic and advanced methods in electron microscopy for cell biology including theoretical concepts and practical skills. Through own projects, you will learn how to plan and design EM experiments. The course has been running for over 40 years and has established a wide community of electron microscopists (both students and teachers) all over the world.

Image credit: Jens Wohlmann, University of Oslo


About EMBO Courses and Workshops

EMBO Courses and Workshops are selected for their excellent scientific quality and timelines, provision of good networking activities for all participants and speaker gender diversity (at least 40% of speakers must be from the underrepresented gender).

Organisers are encouraged to implement measures to make the meeting environmentally more sustainable.

 

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Programme

 

Registration

  • Registration Deadline
  • 12 April 2024
  • Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 3 May 2024
  • Payment Deadline
  • 31 May 2024

 

  • STUDENT/POSTDOCS EUR 700
  • ACADEMIC EUR 700
  • INDUSTRY EUR 2000

Registration includes:

  • Accommodation for 9 nights (from June-17 to June 26, 2024). Hotel rooms are pre-booked, 3 students share a family room.
  • Transportation between hotel and venue
  • Course materials
  • All meals (except one free evening)
  • Coffee breaks
  • Excursion/social events

Payment

Selected participants will be sent payment details by email.

There will be a waiting list of a few applicants and places will be awarded if the possibility arises.

We advise selected participants to book travel as soon as possible after receiving notification, and to have proper travel insurance in place. The organizers cannot reimburse travel expenses should a participant be unable to attend the course due to sudden events.

Selection criteria

Applications will be evaluated by the organizer and co-organizers. Applicants should be aware that in order to be considered for place on this course they have to complete the application page and submit (1) a motivation letter and (2) a CV that describes their research project and gives their motivation to attend the course. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

We will choose applicants who show strong interest in microscopy, who can argue the need for electron microscopy methods in their research, and who show potential to make an impact in their field using the skills obtained at the practical course.

Based on the documents submitted, we will assess the following:

  • The candidate’s need for electron microscopy methods to succeed in her/his project
  • The impact on a candidate’s future career by being trained in electron microscopy

Application guidelines

Applicants should submit a motivation letter no longer than two A4 pages and a CV (max two A4 pages). Selected candidates are expected to be involved in a high-quality research project, as a PhD student, postdoc, or researcher, with or without some prior experience in electron microscopy. They should provide a concise background of their project, which is expected to have a strong microscopy aspect. It is important that candidates describe a need for one or more electron microscopy methods in this project.

Presentations

On the first day, the participants will give concise 7 minute presentations of their projects, including the significance of planned EM experiments. No posters are required.

Travel grants and registration fee waivers

Travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.

Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. EMBO travel grants and registration fee waivers are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.

Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered

Additional travel grants are available for EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan.

Special travel grants and registration fee waivers

A limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are availablefor scientists working in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey. Grants are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.

A maximum of 700 Euros per participant are available to cover registration fees, travel, and accommodation (no additional subsistence costs can be covered). To apply, please indicate the itemized amount requested in the travel grants section of the registration form.

Child care grants

EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional childcare costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the childcare grant and specify the sum that you will need.

Sustainability

University of Oslo has committed to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 through research-based measures (Green Campus). We will contribute to this commitment by the following measures:

  • Catering will include locally sourced ingredients and vegetarian days.
  • In organising meals, we will avoid disposable packaging, plates, cups, and cutlery.
  • Public transport will be used for travelling within Oslo and from/to airports.
  • A digital course manual will be provided to the participants, no print-outs will be available. Stereology exercises will be performed using laptops instead of transparent plastic sheets used in the past.
  • Plastic-free badges will be used.
  • Participants will be asked to use lab consumables cautiously in order to minimise the waste.


Code of conduct

Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policy

At EMBO, we believe that harassment and discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable in any setting. EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this EMBO meeting and can be found here.

 

Contact

Norbert Roos

Email: emboem2024@gmail.com

 

 

Venue

Kristine Bonnevies Haus

University of Oslo

Department of Biosciences

Blindernveien 31

0371 Oslo, Norway

Phone: +47 22856191

E-mail: norbert.roos@ibv.uio.no

Accommodation

The registration fee includes accommodation in shared rooms for 9 nights (17 June – 26 June 2024). More information about the hotel will be provided later.

Transport

The closest airport to the city center (48 Km) is Oslo Gardermoen (OSL), the main international airport.

The next closest airport is Torp Sanderfjord Airport (TRF) about 110 Km south of Oslo.

You can reach the city center by train or bus from both airports. In addition, there is an airport express train (Flytoget) that takes about 30 min from Oslo Gardermoen to Oslo Central Station.

By train, you will arrive to Oslo Central Station (Oslo S).

From Oslo-S you can use the Metro (Line 4 or Line 5) to Blindern.

About the Area

Oslo, the capital of Norway is located on the Oslofjord. It is distinguished by its lively sea-front, scenic city parks, surrounding peaceful forests and lakes. It is home to exciting and engaging art galleries, museums, music venues, modern architecture, historic and natural attractions. Visit Oslo/ Event calendar

Sustainability at the meeting

The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme assesses meetings based on the proposal and implementation of sustainability measures. Meetings can earn points across a range of measures, with each measure assigned a point value from one to five. These points classify the meeting into one of three sustainability levels, reflecting the organizers' commitment to enhancing the sustainability of their event. More information on the EMBO Courses & Workshops Sustainability Badge can be found here: https://www.embo.org/conferences-training/sustainable-conferencing/

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