NCCAT training highlight: Lijia Jia

Dr. Lijia Jia began his cryoEM journey in 2017 at the Institute of Biophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, where he used the technique to study chromatin remodelers. His scientific career then took him to postdoc positions at Florida State University where he studied DNA replication complexes again using cryoEM, and finally to UT Health San Antonio (UTHSA) where he has put cryoEM to use studying ubiquitin signaling in DNA repair. UTHSA is building a local cryoEM facility with a TFS Glacios microscope and Lijia is moving into the next stage of his cryoEM career as a Research Assistant Professor & Technical Director of that facility. From his experience leading cryoEM projects, Lijia was comfortable with preparing [...]

CryoEM Current Practices Webinar 1/27/2022

The next installment of the monthly methods-focused webinar series hosted by the National Center for CryoEM Access and Training (NCCAT), the Pacific Northwest Center for CryoEM (PNCC), and the Stanford-SLAC CryoEM Center (S2C2) will be held on Thursday January 27, 2022 at 12 PM eastern / 9 AM pacific time Professor Melanie Ohi, Affiliate Faculty, Biological Chemistry Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute Professor Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan & Dr. Clarissa Durie, Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Missouri will present: Structural analysis of the H. pylori and L. pneumophila type IV secretion system core complexes via Cryo-EM Talk Abstract: Bacterial pathogens are a threat to global health and have evolved elaborate strategies to infect their hosts, including [...]

Single-Particle-Analysis Short Course, in person at NCCAT, March 14-18, 2022. Apply now!

NCCAT is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for our short-course in Single-Particle-Analysis on March 14-18, 2022. The applications deadline is January 1, 2022 at 5pm ET. This 1-week in-person short course will be an immersive and intensive experience in the art and science of cryoEM held at the Simons Electron Microscopy Center in NYC. The mornings offer lectures and stimulating round table discussions. The afternoons provide hands-on practicals to reinforce fundamental concepts and topics covered earlier in the day. For information and to apply please visit the NCCAT Short Course Information Page.

CryoEM Current Practices Webinar 12/09/2021

The next installment of the monthly methods-focused webinar series hosted by the National Center for CryoEM Access and Training (NCCAT), the Pacific Northwest Center for CryoEM (PNCC), and the Stanford-SLAC CryoEM Center (S2C2) will be held on Thursday December 9, 2021 at 12 PM eastern / 9 AM pacific time Tarjani Thaker PhD, Scientist in the Tomasiak Lab at the University of Arizona will present Determining structural mechanisms of allosteric regulation in ABCC family transporters using a remote cryo-EM pipeline Talk Abstract: The democratization of cryo‐EM has rapidly advanced thanks to the emergence of cryo‐EM centers, making it possible for institutions lacking the infrastructure to pursue structural investigations by cryo‐EM. Using the tools and expertise available at PNCC, our group at [...]

AMA Information Session

We recently expanded our access categories and our user base has grown since we started in 2018. We are now welcoming our users back on site. We would love to see you attend our information session on November 18th, 2021 at 1:00 pm EST. Please register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCCAT-AMA