CIMBio Course Fills Urgent Need

CIMBio Course Fills Urgent Need
The Scripps Research Institute’s Center for Integrated Molecular Biosciences (CIMBio) was abuzz with activity last week, as some 80 people spilled out of conference rooms, microscopy suites, and laboratories as part of an intensive, nine-day course entitled “A Practical Course in Molecular Microscopy.”
“This course in cryo-electron microscopy addresses a desperate need,” says Associate Professor Clint Potter. “The field is taking off and there simply aren’t many ways to be trained in the technique.”
Organized by Potter, Associate Professor Bridget Carragher, and Professor Ron Milligan under the auspices of the National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy at CIMBio, the course aims to offer students a thorough grounding in all aspects of molecular structural determination by cryo-electron microscopy.