Training and Workshops
Date: July 9-12, 2008
Description:
The Boulder Laboratory for 3-D Electron Microscopy of Cells will be holding a tomography software workshop July 9-12, 2008. The workshop is designed to teach investigators the IMOD software package developed in our lab. The four-day course will include lectures by Dr. David Mastronarde introducing participants to tilt-series acquisition, alignment methods, and dual-axis tomography. Demonstrations on specimen preparation and preparing grids for tomography will be presented. Participants will have hands-on experience with data acquisition, and will learn the IMOD software package using sample data sets provided by the lab as well as data acquired in practice sessions. Trouble shooting strategies for problematic data sets and tips on modeling tomographic data will also be presented. Special topics including cryotomography, and large area reconstruction will also be covered.
The workshop is limited to 16 participants. More than one applicant per lab will be considered only if there is space remaining. There is no fee for academic participants in the workshop, but participants need to cover travel and lodging expenses.
Applications are due by April 1, 2008. Send application to:
Ms. Nancy Neumann
Email: Nancy.Neumann@Colorado.EDU
Please include a brief description of:
- Level of expertise with tomography (beginner, intermediate, advanced).
- Field of study.
- Experience with the IMOD package.
- If you have a reasonably powerful laptop computer that you would be willing to use for the course work (indicate type and speed).