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Outreach  Working Group

Contact Chairs

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Chairs: ​Anwen Bullen & Georgina Fletcher​

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Remit: We aim to perform outreach to the wider international biomedical science community in the form of: 
1) Education about the various vEM techniques
2) Engagement of stakeholders including end users, engineers, software developers, funders and the public

Members: ​
​Esperanza Agullo-Pascual, Johanna Bischof, Carles Bosch Piñol, Jemima Burden, Leo M Carlin, Fernanda Cisneros, Lucy Collinson, Michele Darrow,  Patricia Goggin, Gerard Kleywegt, Jurgen Kriel, Pedro Machado, Kedar Narayan, Chris Peddie, Nadine Randal, Paul Verkade, Rick Webb

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Actions - done

• Case study on how vEM can map neuronal circuits
• Interviews with vEM co-chairs on Focal Plane
• Undertook a survey to look at vEM usage and identify geographic and scientific gaps
• Information slide for vEM Outreach at conferences
  • available on request, email the chairs
• Collated a list of expert vEM reviewers 
  • available on request, email the chairs
• Ran a vEM Logo Competition with Community WG

Actions - in progress

• Case studies on how vEM can help in key priority research areas
  • Coming soon - how vEM can help study infection in vivo
  • Contact the chairs if you would like to do one on your research area!
• More interviews with vEM co-chairs on Focal Plane
• Outreach survey analysis
• vEM Zenodo Collection
• Mendeley library for vEM publications
• Searchable vEM ontology for publications