Schedule subject to change:  5/5/08

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

FREE WORKSHOP

These workshops are co-sponsored by: MRSEC (NMP), Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, CBS/Imaging Center.

“Cryo-Electron TEM and Tomography of Nanomaterials”
Hosts: Alon Mccormick and Lee Penn
To pre-register, please e-mail Alon McCormick at mccormic@umn.edu

Friday, May 23, 2008, 8:30AM – 5:00 PM

Walter Library, Room 402
University of Minnesota-Minneapolis Campus, East Bank
Workshop Program

8:00           Coffee, juice, and rolls

8:30           Alon McCormick and Lee Penn - U of MN

                  Welcome and Introduction to Cryo -TEM on campus

8:45           Dr. Ozan Ugurlu: (ozan@umn.edu)

Title: "Introduction to Imaging and Chemical Analysis with EELS and EFTEM"

9:40           Dr. Wei Zhang, U of MN:

Title: "Imaging and 3D Reconstruction in Cryo-Electron Microscopy"

10:45         Students presenting recent work

11:45         Wrap-up and discussion of morning session

12:00         Lunch (box lunch provided for pre-registered attendees)

1:00           Professor Daniela Nicastro: http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/faculty/nicastro.html

                  Title:  "Electron Microscopy Goes 3D"

Chemical Analysis, High Resolution Cryo-TEM, and 3D-Image Reconstruction at the Sub-Nanometer Lengthscale

3:00           Break

3:30           Question and Answer U of MN: Brainstorming regarding applications of the technique to a variety of materials problems.

5:00           Wrap-up and adjournment