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All timings are British Summer Time (BST)
Please note this programme is provisional and may change.
Tuesday 14 April
11:30 – 12:30
Preparing Macromolecular Complexes for TEM
Lecture (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
Principles of SEM
Lecture (General SEM Stream)
Imaging in the TEM
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
13:30 – 14:30
Negative Stain and Making Carbon Coated Grids for TEM
Practical/Tutorial (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
Basics of SEM
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
TEM Alignment
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
Basics of TEM
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
STEM
Lecture (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
16:00 – 17:30
CryoTEM Sample Preparation
Practical/Tutorial (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
SEM Alignments
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
Wednesday 15 April
09:00 – 10:00
High Pressure Freezing and Freeze Substitution
Practical/Tutorial (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
Sample Preparation
Lecture (General SEM & Physical Sciences TEM Streams)
Sample Preparation & Desktop SEM
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
Sample Preparation
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
Sample Preparation & Desktop SEM
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
Lunch
Break
13:30 – 14:30
Chemical Fixation of Cells & Tissues
Practical/Tutorial (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
FIB-SEM
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
14:30 – 15:00
High Pressure Freezing & Freeze Substitution
Lecture (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
Electron Diffraction
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
Thursday 16 April
EDX Spectroscopy
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM & Physical Sciences TEM Streams)
SEM-EDX
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
TEM-EDX
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
11:30 – 12:30
Cryo-Electron Tomography
Practical/Tutorial (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
SEM-EDX
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
EELS
Lecture (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
Cryo-SEM
Lecture (General SEM Stream)
EELS
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
14:30 – 15:30
Cryo-Electron Tomography
Practical/Tutorial (Biological Sciences TEM Stream)
FIB
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
High Resolution TEM
Lecture (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
High Resolution TEM
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
Friday 17 April
Cryo-SEM
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
4D STEM
Lecture (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)
SEM Review
Practical/Tutorial (General SEM Stream)
SI
Practical/Tutorial (Physical Sciences TEM Stream)