July 2024

vEM Newsletter

volume electron microscopy

Industry Partner Working Group

We are excited to announce our new Industry Partner Working Group!.

The Industry Partner WG will play an additional role to ensure that communication between the vEM Community and Industry is robust and fair with the hope of creating a space for open dialogue and equal opportunities for Industry to be more involved in the vEM Community and vice versa. The remit of the Industry Partner WG will be set by the WG itself during the first meeting.

We anticipate that the Industry Partner WG will be of interest to vendors, suppliers, developers, etc. within the vEM space. Joining the Industry Partner WG does not mean you cannot be a part of other WGs, it just provides a single location for ease and transparency. The group is open to all who are interested.

We anticipate meeting quarterly, with brief updates from the other vEM WGs presented and time for additional agenda items like the vEM Technology Forum, possible sponsorship requests, collaborative development of training resources, and identification of areas for vEM Community input to aid Industry Partner goals.

If you are interested in joining the Industry Partner WG to be an active member in the vEM community, please email michele.darrow@rfi.ac.uk.

Technology Forum:

Registration Open

The first Volume EM Technology Forum will take place on Harwell Campus from the 22nd to 24th of 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.

Take advantage of the Early Bird discount. Abstract submission and Early Bird Registration closes on July 31st, 2024. Financial support is available for early career and overseas visitors.

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Traveling Video Kit

Would you like to share your favorite vEM technique with the community? You can now request videography equipment to create videos that showcase different techniques.

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Research Article Highlight

A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution.

Alexander Shapson-Coe et al., Science 384 (2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adk4858

VolumeEM, together with a powerful computational approach provided by Google, reconstructs a cubic millimeter of epileptic human brain (temporal cortex) including all the neurons, synapses, vessels and other cell types. The resulting connectomic maps are astonishing, offering tantalizing insights into brain function.

- Summary courtesy of Georgina Fletcher

Global vEM Facility Map:

Tell Us Where You Are!

Submit your vEM Facility details to be included on the international map. Include the techniques available, web site, and facility manager's information and get connected with the global vEM community.

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Survey - Image Analysis training needs for EM

A group of EM facility staff across Euro-BioImaging is planning to organize a training course on “Electron Microscopy Image Analysis” and is asking feedback from the community on the needs and topics for such a course. Please complete the short survey here

Please complete the short survey here

vEM Events

Traditional Events

Title	Start Date	End Date	Location
M&M (Microscopy & Microanalysis) Conference	28 Jul 24	28 Jul 24	Cleveland, USA
EMC 2024	25 Aug 24	25 Aug 24	Copenhagen, Denmark
Volume EM 101	17 Sep 24	17 Sep 24	Frederick, USA
vEM Technology Forum	22 Oct 24	22 Oct 24	Oxfordshire, UK
Array Tomography Workshop	4 Nov 24	8 Nov 24	Munich, Germany

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