Volume Correlative Light Electron Microscopy

Registration includes:

• Accommodation (hotels are pre-booked)
• Lunches and refreshments
• Dinners (apart from free evenings)
• Social event
• Course materials

Payment

The selected participants will pay using the Crick Moodle shop. They will be sent a link via email.

Selection criteria

Applicants are requested to submit a short abstract that puts forward a justification for their attendance at the course. The selection will be made by the course organisers.

Abstract guidelines

The abstract (200 words maximum) should include a brief career summary, a justification as to why the student wants to attend the course, how it will benefit their research, and any other reasons that they feel justify their attendance. Applicants will be selected based on scientific merit, and on the justification provided. Additional criteria will include equality and diversity considerations, including geographical distribution of attendees.

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

Sustainability at the Crick means a conscientious way of working that incorporates being resourceful, reusing, and generating less waste. We have over 70 Sustainability Representatives running a behavioural change programme called Green Impact to encourage sustainable actions and are a member of the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF), with 19 labs involved so far. The Crick is also on advisory boards for the Laboratory Efficiency Action Network (LEAN), Camden Climate Change Alliance (CCCA), and Net Zero Carbon Knowledge Quarter Group. Our building has an excellent BREEAM rating with infrastructure including: 1700m2 photovoltaic panels on our building giving the Crick enough energy to power 10 domestic dwellings per year; a HVAC (heating ventilation and air conditioning) that recovers heat from the exhaust air of the building and uses it to preheat fresh air as it is brought in; a combine heat and power system produces a dynamic 2MW of electrical power for the building and also uses waste heat from the exhaust to pre heat water for steam generation. This is used in our HVAC system to humidify air and to operate our 22 autoclaves. We operate a Simmtronics Automated lighting system incorporating Building Management System Presence detectors that helps us to auto start/stop meeting room ventilation when not in use. We encourage biodiversity in our city space with a brown roof and wildflower garden and encourage cycling to work through provision of a safe, indoor, dedicated cycle park. The Crick is developing a sustainability strategy to reduce our impact on the environment from the materials we buy to the waste we create. A carbon reduction programme has been developed to meet our commitment of working towards a net zero carbon operation. We aim to reduce Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to our 2019/2020 baseline and has set a target of achieving net zero carbon by 2040 with an ambition to accelerate this date if circumstances allow. Our waste streams are constantly reviewed to identify additional diversion routes or recycling areas. On average, the Crick generates just over 800 tonnes of waste per annum. Since 2017, our onsite recycling rate has increased by 26.3%, with 72% of this waste now being recycled or reused. This represents a significant recycling swing of around 215 tonnes in the last 4 years. We also work to reduce the number of vehicles that come to site for deliveries and waste removal and have a bespoke compactor on site to reduce the number of vehicles required to collect recycling.

Catering will include vegetarian days, locally sourced ingredients, and bottled water or single-use wares will be avoided.

Abstract books and programs will be shared in electronic form only.

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.