vEM Events list
Upcoming Events
Chairs: Kedar Narayan and Yannick Schwab. Vice Chairs: Christel Genoud and Aubrey V. Wigel.
Place: Barcelona, Spain. The conference will consist of nine sessions, the preliminary program will be available by August 7, 2024. Please check back for updates. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 6, 2025.
2025 Volume Electron Microscopy Conference GRC
Place: Barcelona, Spain. The conference will consist of nine sessions, the preliminary program will be available by August 7, 2024. Please check back for updates. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 6, 2025.
2025 Volume Electron Microscopy Conference GRC
Chairs: Odara Madagedara and Kara Fulton.
Place: Barcelona, Spain. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 5, 2025.
2025 Volume Electron Microscopy (GRS) Seminar GRC
Place: Barcelona, Spain. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 5, 2025.
2025 Volume Electron Microscopy (GRS) Seminar GRC
This workshop will cover entire array tomography (AT) workflows including sample preparation, serial ultramicrotomy, light and electron microscopy, and image analysis. Practicals include traditional AT methods like rigid support AT and automated tape collecting ultramicrotomy (ATUM), correlative and conjugate light and electron microscopy. Novel technologies will also be discussed.
Apply here: Workshop 2024 - ARRAY TOMOGRAPHY
Apply here: Workshop 2024 - ARRAY TOMOGRAPHY
The first Volume EM Technology Forum will take place on Harwell Campus from 22nd to 24th October 2024.
The conference will include technical talks, posters and panel discussions, alongside demo lounges for hardware and software, and group activities to continue to build the vEM community.
If you are interested in sponsoring the conference, have a speaker or topic suggestions, or any enquiries, please contact [email protected].
We would like to invite you to fill in your contact information here to register your interest in this vEM Technology Forum and be the first to find out when registration opens in Spring 2024.
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The conference will include technical talks, posters and panel discussions, alongside demo lounges for hardware and software, and group activities to continue to build the vEM community.
If you are interested in sponsoring the conference, have a speaker or topic suggestions, or any enquiries, please contact [email protected].
We would like to invite you to fill in your contact information here to register your interest in this vEM Technology Forum and be the first to find out when registration opens in Spring 2024.
Link to share in Newsletters or Social Media
💡 The Frederick National Laboratory is hosting an in-person 2 day “vEM101” workshop on the 26th and 27th of September 2024. Apply here: https://frederick.cancer.gov/events/vem-101-volume-electron-microscopy
Incorporating a balanced conference program of all kind of microscopy in both physical and life sciences - microscopists, manufacturers, and suppliers will come together to share new techniques, applications, and technology. https://emc2024.eu/
🔬Sign up for the EMBO Practical Course. From 07 - 12 July 2024 | London, UK. Deadline: 10 May. Sign up: https://meetings.embo.org/event/24-volume-clem
Volume EM Webinar Series
Beginning January 25 and running monthly through June, 2024
In this webinar series, we will explore the technological underpinnings of vEM imaging and highlight its growing number of application areas. Tune in to this series of six webinars and learn how vEM drives new discoveries in neurobiology, cancer research, developmental biology, plant science, and more.
Volume EM series with Euro-BioImaging's "The Virtual Pub"
Friday 15th December 2023 at 13:00 CEST
We hope you can join us for the Virtual Pub/Volume EM Series this Friday, December 15th, 2023 @ 13.00 CEST.
We welcome:
Register to attend.
Friday 15th December 2023 at 13:00 CEST
We hope you can join us for the Virtual Pub/Volume EM Series this Friday, December 15th, 2023 @ 13.00 CEST.
We welcome:
- Anneke Kremer, VIB, on “From µm to nm: workflows for volume-EM and CLEM”
Register to attend.
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📚Courses / Workshops 🛠
vEM Town Hall Meeting 19th October 2023
We are excited to announce the 5th annual vEM Town Hall meeting scheduled for October 19th, 2023, from 14:00-17:00 BST/15:00-18:00 CET/10:00am-1:00pm CST. The meeting will be held via Zoom and provides very brief updates from the Working Groups (not to overlap with the regular All Working Group meetings). We have invited lectures highlighting some of the latest developments and applications of vEM. The last part of the meeting will be dedicated to gathering feedback from the vEM Community. We need your input to develop our community further and urge you to participate.
The agenda for the meeting is below and the Zoom link to participate will be emailed to registrants.
vEM Town Hall Meeting 19th Oct 2023
Agenda
14:00 - 17:00
14:00 Welcome: Kirk Czymmek, Paul Verkade, Michele Darrow
14:15 Working Groups
14:50-15:05 BREAK
15:05 Rohan Lewis, PhD, FTPS,
University of Southampton (Inc Q&A)
15:25 Daniel Krentzel
Imaging and Modeling Unit at Institut Pasteur (Inc Q&A)
15:45 Grahame Kidd, PhD
Cleveland Clinic (Inc Q&A)
16:05 Interactive Feedback Discussion
16:55 Wrap-up & next steps
17:00 Adjourn
We are excited to announce the 5th annual vEM Town Hall meeting scheduled for October 19th, 2023, from 14:00-17:00 BST/15:00-18:00 CET/10:00am-1:00pm CST. The meeting will be held via Zoom and provides very brief updates from the Working Groups (not to overlap with the regular All Working Group meetings). We have invited lectures highlighting some of the latest developments and applications of vEM. The last part of the meeting will be dedicated to gathering feedback from the vEM Community. We need your input to develop our community further and urge you to participate.
The agenda for the meeting is below and the Zoom link to participate will be emailed to registrants.
vEM Town Hall Meeting 19th Oct 2023
Agenda
14:00 - 17:00
14:00 Welcome: Kirk Czymmek, Paul Verkade, Michele Darrow
- Introductions
- CZI Update
- Technology Forum
14:15 Working Groups
- Sample Prep (14:15-14:22)- Matt Russell
- Training (14:22-14:29)- Errin Johnson & Raffa Carzaniga
- Data (14:29-14:36)- Martyn Winn
- Community (14:36-14:43)- Chris Peddie & Jemima Burden
- FIGS (14:43-14:50)
14:50-15:05 BREAK
15:05 Rohan Lewis, PhD, FTPS,
University of Southampton (Inc Q&A)
15:25 Daniel Krentzel
Imaging and Modeling Unit at Institut Pasteur (Inc Q&A)
15:45 Grahame Kidd, PhD
Cleveland Clinic (Inc Q&A)
16:05 Interactive Feedback Discussion
16:55 Wrap-up & next steps
17:00 Adjourn
Volume EM series with Euro-BioImaging's "The Virtual Pub" followed by vEM focused Tech Exhange
Friday 21st April 2023 at 13:00 CEST
We hope you can join us for the Virtual Pub/Volume EM Series this Friday, April 21, 2023 @ 13.00 CEST followed by the Tech Exchange.
We welcome:
- Reza Shahidi, University of Heidelberg, “Advances toward reliable and reproducible techniques in array tomography for Volume EM”
- Followed by the Tech Exchange on Workflows in Electron Microscopy
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Volume EM series with Euro-BioImaging's "The Virtual Pub": Friday 17th February 2023 at 13:00 CEST
Nico Sommerdijk, of Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, delivers a lecture on “3D Correlative Live and Cryogenic imaging of Biological Tissues combining Raman, Light and Electron Microscopy" Register to attend |
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Volume EM series with Euro-BioImaging's "The Virtual Pub": Friday 16th December 2022 at 13:00 CEST
Martina Schifferer, of SyNergy Nanoscale Hub, Technical University Munich and German Center of Neurodegenerative Diseases, delivers a lecture on “Neuropathology on tape – applications of ATUM-based volume EM” Weblink for more info. Register for zoom link |
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Workshop on Advanced Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) methods: 5-8 December 2022
Umeå university
Workshop Content:
The workshop includes both theory lectures and practical sessions on In-resin preserved florescence for CLEM, Tokuyasu ultramicrotome sectioning combined with staining techniques on sections, Cryo-CLEM and cryo-FIB milling, as well as opportunities to discuss specific research projects and receive practical advice. Technical challenges and new ideas will be discussed, and the participants are welcome to contribute with their experiences.
Weblink to Register
Umeå university
Workshop Content:
The workshop includes both theory lectures and practical sessions on In-resin preserved florescence for CLEM, Tokuyasu ultramicrotome sectioning combined with staining techniques on sections, Cryo-CLEM and cryo-FIB milling, as well as opportunities to discuss specific research projects and receive practical advice. Technical challenges and new ideas will be discussed, and the participants are welcome to contribute with their experiences.
Weblink to Register
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Volume EM series with Euro-BioImaging's "The Virtual Pub": Friday 21st October 2022 at 13:00 CEST
Nalan Liv, Center for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, on “Correlative Organelle Microscopy: Fluorescence Guided Volume Electron Microscopy of Intracellular Processes” Dennis Shapiro, Heidelberg University, on “Topographic Biomarkers and Where to Find Them” Weblink for more info. Link to join via Zoom |
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vEM Town Hall Meeting 5th October 2022
Programme
10:00 - 12:00 UK Infrastructure (Chair: Gerard Kleywegt)
10:00 Welcome: Lucy Collinson, Paul Verkade, Gerard Kleywegt
10:15 BioImagingUK update: Georgina Fletcher
10:30 UK imaging landscape: Adam Staines (MRC / UKRI)
10:45 UK imaging landscape: Luigi Martino (Wellcome Trust)
11:00 MicroCOSM: A UK Infrastructure for correlative and multimodal imaging across scales: Paul Verkade
11:15 Discussion
11:50 Wrap-up & next steps
12:00 - 13:00 Zoom lunch break
13:00 - 14:30 International vEM Community (Chair: Lucy Collinson)
13:00 Welcome: Lucy Collinson, Paul Verkade, Gerard Kleywegt
13:10 5-minute updates from working group co-chairs (pre-recorded)
Outreach: Georgina Fletcher / Anwen Bullen
Community: Jemima Burden / Chris Peddie
Sample Prep: Carles Bosch / Michele Darrow
Data: Martyn Winn / Kedar Narayan
Training: Raffa Carzaniga / Errin Johnson
13:40 vEM community proposal to CZI (Michele Darrow/ Paul Verkade/ Kirk Czymmek)
13:50 EMPIAR & BioImage Archive: Matthew Hartley
14:00 EuroBioImaging: Johanna Bischof
14:10 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Zoom break (Virtual group photo)
14:45 - 17:00 vEM Impact on Research (Chair: Paul Verkade)
14:45 Xixia Li (Institute of Biophysics, Beijing, China)
Automatic Collector of Ultrathin Sections scanning electron microscopy (Autocutts-SEM) and its application
15:15 Jurgen Kriel (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
From lungs to lizards: the progress of volumetric EM in South Africa
15:45 Kildare Rocha de Miranda (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
VolumeEM at the National Center for Structural Biology and Bioimaging-UFRJ-Brazil: from cell structure to the
nanophysiology of subcellular compartments
16:15 Marta Costa (University of Cambridge, UK)
From sensory input to motor output with Drosophila connectomics
16:45 Wrap-up & next steps
17:00 Close of meeting (and social breakout rooms - bring your own drinks and snacks!)
Programme
10:00 - 12:00 UK Infrastructure (Chair: Gerard Kleywegt)
10:00 Welcome: Lucy Collinson, Paul Verkade, Gerard Kleywegt
10:15 BioImagingUK update: Georgina Fletcher
10:30 UK imaging landscape: Adam Staines (MRC / UKRI)
10:45 UK imaging landscape: Luigi Martino (Wellcome Trust)
11:00 MicroCOSM: A UK Infrastructure for correlative and multimodal imaging across scales: Paul Verkade
11:15 Discussion
11:50 Wrap-up & next steps
12:00 - 13:00 Zoom lunch break
13:00 - 14:30 International vEM Community (Chair: Lucy Collinson)
13:00 Welcome: Lucy Collinson, Paul Verkade, Gerard Kleywegt
13:10 5-minute updates from working group co-chairs (pre-recorded)
Outreach: Georgina Fletcher / Anwen Bullen
Community: Jemima Burden / Chris Peddie
Sample Prep: Carles Bosch / Michele Darrow
Data: Martyn Winn / Kedar Narayan
Training: Raffa Carzaniga / Errin Johnson
13:40 vEM community proposal to CZI (Michele Darrow/ Paul Verkade/ Kirk Czymmek)
13:50 EMPIAR & BioImage Archive: Matthew Hartley
14:00 EuroBioImaging: Johanna Bischof
14:10 Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Zoom break (Virtual group photo)
14:45 - 17:00 vEM Impact on Research (Chair: Paul Verkade)
14:45 Xixia Li (Institute of Biophysics, Beijing, China)
Automatic Collector of Ultrathin Sections scanning electron microscopy (Autocutts-SEM) and its application
15:15 Jurgen Kriel (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
From lungs to lizards: the progress of volumetric EM in South Africa
15:45 Kildare Rocha de Miranda (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
VolumeEM at the National Center for Structural Biology and Bioimaging-UFRJ-Brazil: from cell structure to the
nanophysiology of subcellular compartments
16:15 Marta Costa (University of Cambridge, UK)
From sensory input to motor output with Drosophila connectomics
16:45 Wrap-up & next steps
17:00 Close of meeting (and social breakout rooms - bring your own drinks and snacks!)
EMBO Practical Course:
Volume electron microscopy by automated serial SEM 6–11 November 2022
Lausanne, Switzerland
- Program to be confirmed
To register interest
Volume electron microscopy by automated serial SEM 6–11 November 2022
Lausanne, Switzerland
- Program to be confirmed
To register interest
Previous Events
M&M July 31st to August 4th 2022
There are several symposia at M&M 2022 of interest to our community.
Link to the symposium descriptions
A01 - Advances in Focused Ion Beam Instrumentation, Applications and Techniques in Materials and Life Sciences
A03 - Advanced 3D Imaging and Analysis Methods for New Opportunities in Materials Science
B04 - Correlative and Multimodal Microscopy and Analysis
B07 - 3D Volume Electron Microscopy in Biology Research
B08 - From Images to Insights: Working with Large Multi-modal Data in Cell Biological Imaging
There are several symposia at M&M 2022 of interest to our community.
Link to the symposium descriptions
A01 - Advances in Focused Ion Beam Instrumentation, Applications and Techniques in Materials and Life Sciences
A03 - Advanced 3D Imaging and Analysis Methods for New Opportunities in Materials Science
B04 - Correlative and Multimodal Microscopy and Analysis
B07 - 3D Volume Electron Microscopy in Biology Research
B08 - From Images to Insights: Working with Large Multi-modal Data in Cell Biological Imaging
Launch of a Volume EM virtual pub series - 3rd June 2022
Euro-BioImaging Virtual Pub, have kindly invited the volume EM community to contribute to the successful "The Virtual Pub", a Friday lunchtime virtual meeting for imaging enthusiasts.
The first will feature Kedar Narayan from the Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NIH, where he will present on “Volume Electron Microscopy: Concepts, Correlations and Computations”
Euro-BioImaging Virtual Pub, have kindly invited the volume EM community to contribute to the successful "The Virtual Pub", a Friday lunchtime virtual meeting for imaging enthusiasts.
The first will feature Kedar Narayan from the Frederick National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NIH, where he will present on “Volume Electron Microscopy: Concepts, Correlations and Computations”
Unravelling the Complexity of Biological Systems by EM 2-6th May 2022
Topics:
Topics:
- Unravelling the complexity of biological systems by electron microscopy
- Integrating structure and function: Correlative Microscopy in cell biology studies
- Cryo-EM and structural cell biology
- Tomography and Volume electron microscopy to explore tissue architecture
From 3D light to 3D electron microscopy 13-16th March 2022
Session topics:
Workshop 1 – Sample preparation for volume EM and vCLEM
Workshop 2 – Breaking down the correlative workflow for Array Tomography: from section collection to image analysis
Workshop 3 – X-ray targeting of arabidopsis pollen tetrads for SBF-SEM
Workshop 4 – Correlative cryo workflow
Workshop 5 – FIB-SEM acquisition of single cells in a large sample guided by fluorescence
Workshop 6 – Introducing the high-throughput serial section acquisition workflow with ZEISS MultiSEM
Session topics:
- vCLEM insights into biological structure and function
- vEM and vCLEM on diverse sample types
- New vCLEM workflows
- New developments in vCLEM image processing
Workshop 1 – Sample preparation for volume EM and vCLEM
Workshop 2 – Breaking down the correlative workflow for Array Tomography: from section collection to image analysis
Workshop 3 – X-ray targeting of arabidopsis pollen tetrads for SBF-SEM
Workshop 4 – Correlative cryo workflow
Workshop 5 – FIB-SEM acquisition of single cells in a large sample guided by fluorescence
Workshop 6 – Introducing the high-throughput serial section acquisition workflow with ZEISS MultiSEM
SEMT One-Day Meeting 8th December 2021
There is a Volume EM Community talk at the SEMT One Day Meeting.
Link to SEMT.
There is a Volume EM Community talk at the SEMT One Day Meeting.
Link to SEMT.
Town Hall Meeting October 2021
A link to the meeting details can be found here. 2021 Town Hall meeting.
A link to the meeting details can be found here. 2021 Town Hall meeting.
If you are interested in taking part or being involved in the working groups please visit our group pages using the button below.