MicroED Imaging Center Course 2020 UCLA

BSRB Building at UCLA
By MEDIC
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The Gonen laboratory held the 6th MicroED course in 2020. The course was held on Zoom on December 21, 2020 from 1 PM to 6 PM, eastern standard time. The course was organized by Tamir Gonen (UCLA), Brandon Mercado (Yale), and Brent Nannenga (ASU).

Topics covered

  • Sample preparation methodologies: automated plungers vs. manual plunging and samples in LCP
  • Data collection by EPU-D
  • Camera performance
  • FIB-milling procedures for MicroED
  • Data analysis software, structure solution, and refinement

Note that the 2020 edition of this course was a virtual event!

Schedule

  • 1:00 PM—1:20 PM: Tamir Gonen (UCLA), Introduction to MicroED and welcoming notes
  • 1:20 PM—1:40 PM: Brent Nannenga (ASU), Sample preparation methodologies
  • 1:40 PM—2:00 PM: Mike Martynowycz (UCLA), FIB-milling methods for MicroED applications
  • 2:00 PM—2:20 PM: Break
  • 2:20 PM—2:40 PM: Johan Hattne (UCLA), Cameras for MicroED
  • 2:40 PM—3:00 PM: Lingbo Yu (Thermo Fisher/FEI), EPU-D software for MicroED data collection
  • 3:00 PM—3:20 PM: Max Clabbers (UCLA), Processing and refinement of MicroED datasets
  • 3:20 PM—3:40 PM: Break
  • 3:40 PM—4:00 PM: Guanhong Bu (ASU)
  • MicroED for materials and semiconductors: 4:00 PM—4:20 PM
  • Sara Weaver (UCLA): MicroED of small molecules and natural products
  • 4:20 PM—4:40 PM: Mike Martynowycz (UCLA), MicroED of membrane proteins in LCP
  • 4:40 PM: Open virtual discussion