The EM-UK community meetings are designed to be an open forum for discussion of the latest developments and challenges in the field, suitable for both academic and commercial microscopists. The meeting will include Techno Bites, talks, discussions about training, an evening meal and plenty of networking opportunities.

For 2019 the EM-UK meeting is moving to the conference facilities at the University of Warwick, centrally located in the Midlands. Warwick boasts 3 separate EM facilities, in Materials Science, Warwick Manufacturing Group and Life Sciences.

Provisional Programme

Speakers

Scientific Organisers 

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  Dr Saskia Bakker

  School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick

  Saskia manages the Advanced Bioimaging RTP facility at the University of Warwick. She has been using electron microscopy for over a decade and is especially interested in cryo-electron tomography and electron microscopy of viruses. As the facility manager she is involved in very diverse projects from high-resolution protein structures and morphological studies of polymer nanoparticles, to ultrastructural studies involving human and animal tissue. She is also active in outreach and public engagement. 

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  Professor Pippa Hawes, FRMS

  The Pirbright Institute
  Pippa is the Head of Bioimaging at The Pirbright Institute based in Surrey. Projects centre around investigating the interactions between animal pathogens and host cells. Bioimaging is dedicated to using and developing confocal and electron microscopy techniques to study viruses exotic to the UK that infect farm animals. Pippa has extensive experience in the field of electron microscopy and is an active member of the RMS EM section committee. She believes the RMS has an important role to play in the promotion and teaching of microscopy and is consequently a lecturer at the RMS EM School.

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  Professor Paul Verkade

  University of Bristol
  Paul has been involved in electron microscopy since the start of his career and during that time he has developed a particular interest in the development and application of new imaging technologies, mainly in the field of Correlative Light Electron Microscopy (CLEM). He is very engaged in the imaging community such as BioimagingUK, being a founder of EM-UK with Pippa Hawes, and Work Group leader CLEM within the EU COST action COMULIS. He loves organising training events and as such has been involved in many (RMS and EMBO) courses. 
   

Speakers

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  Dr Daniela Hensen

  BBSRC

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  Ian Hands-Portman

  University of Warwick 

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  Kelly Vere

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  Professor Pippa Hawes, FRMS

  The Pirbright Institute
  Pippa is the Head of Bioimaging at The Pirbright Institute based in Surrey. Projects centre around investigating the interactions between animal pathogens and host cells. Bioimaging is dedicated to using and developing confocal and electron microscopy techniques to study viruses exotic to the UK that infect farm animals. Pippa has extensive experience in the field of electron microscopy and is an active member of the RMS EM section committee. She believes the RMS has an important role to play in the promotion and teaching of microscopy and is consequently a lecturer at the RMS EM School.

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  Dr Rebecca Thompson

  Electron Microscopy Deputy Chair

  University of Leeds
  Rebecca is Facility Manager and senior cryo-electron microscopy (EM) support scientist at the Astbury Biostructure Laboratory, University of Leeds. Her research interests include imaging a broad range of biological specimens, from whole cells to macromolecular complexes, to high resolution using cryo-EM, and integrating data from EM with other microscopy techniques.

   

Delegate information

Event Details
This meeting will start 12:30 on Monday 7 January, it will then finish on Tuesday  8 January at 13:00. 

Fees
Academic registration is £0
Academic registration with accommodation £90
Commercial registration is £295 + VAT (£354 including VAT)
Commercial registration with accommodation £444 (£354 including VAT and £90)

Accommodation
There are a limited number of accommodation places available and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The accommodation is located on campus at the University of Warwick in en-suite single occupancy rooms.  The accommodation is £90 for bed and breakfast on the night on Monday 7 January.