Lectures


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Instructor Lectures Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) Audio (*.mp3)
Robert M. Glaeser
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
239 Hildebrand Hall 3206
Berkeley, CA 94720-3206
Tel: (510) 642-2905
Fax: (510) 486-6488
November 12, 2003:
+ Fundamentals of Microscopy: Theory
1.2 MB
21 MB
Linda Melanson
Field TEM Product Marketing Engineer
Structural Bilolgy - FEI Company
11 Fieldstone
Upton, MA 01568-1597
Tel: 508-529-1056
Fax: 508-529-1062
November 12, 2003:
+ Introduction to Microscopy
Slides not publicly available.
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6.6 MB
Mark Yeager
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784-8584
Fax: (858) 784-2504
November 12, 2003:
+ From Atoms to Cells
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6.9 MB
Ron Milligan
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784- 9827
Fax: (858) 784- 2749
November 13, 2003:
+ Cryo-specimen Preparation
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6.4 MB
Michael Moody
School of Pharmacy
University of London
29/39 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AX, U.K.
November 13, 2003:
+ Basic principles of Fourier Theory
1.0 MB
9.7 MB
Bob Leach
Dept. of Astronomy, MS 1221
San Diego State University
San Diego CA 92182
Phone: (619) 594-1406
FAX: (619) 594-7454
November 13, 2003:
+ CCD camera basics
Slides not publicly available.
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7.7 MB
Joachim Frank
Wadsworth Center
Empire State Plaza
P.O. Box 509
Albany, New York 12201-0509
Tel: (518) 474-7002
November 13, 2003:
+ Structure and Dynamics of Ribosomes as seen by Cryo-EM
6.6 MB
9.3 MB
Michael Moody
School of Pharmacy
University of London
29/39 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AX, U.K.
November 14, 2003:
+ Fundamentals of image analysis and averaging
1.2 MB
Not Available
Joachim Frank
Wadsworth Center
Empire State Plaza
P.O. Box 509
Albany, New York 12201-0509
Tel: (518) 474-7002
November 14, 2003:
+ Introduction to signle particle analysis
6.2 MB
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Ron Milligan
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784- 9827
Fax: (858) 784- 2749
November 14, 2003:
+ Diffraction
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6.8 MB
Stephen Ludtke
National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: (713) 798 -6989
Fax: (713) 798-1625
November 14, 2003:
+ Introduction to single particle analysis
2.3 MB
13.4 MB
Vinzenz Unger
Department of molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University
P.O. Box 208024
New Haven, CT 06520-8024
Tel: (203) 785-5652
Fax: (203) 785-6404
November 15, 2003:
+ Introduction to 2D crystal analysis
4.9 MB
8.7 MB
David de Rosier
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: (781) 736-2494
Fax: (781) 736-2405
November 15, 2003:
+ Solving helical structures
6.8 MB
7.9 MB
Daniela Nicastro
Boulder Laboratory for 3D Electron Microscopy of Cells
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology - Campus Box 347
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO. 80309
Tel: (303) 492-7980
Fax: (303) 492-7744
November 16, 2003:
+ Introduction to EM Tomograpgy
12.7 MB
6.8 MB
Tim Baker
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
Rm B402, Lilly Hall
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Tel: (765) 494-5643
November 16, 2003:
+ Introduction to Icosahedral virus analysis
17 MB
9.5 MB
Nigel Unwin
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784- 9109
Fax: (858) 784- 2749
November 16, 2003:
+ Acetlycholine receptor at atomic resolution
Slides not publicly available.
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7.9 MB
Vinzenz Unger
Department of molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University
P.O. Box 208024
New Haven, CT 06520-8024
Tel: (203) 785-5652
Fax: (203) 785-6404
November 17, 2003:
+ Imaging: recording and assessement
8.6 MB
8.6 MB
Andrew Ward / Liz Kubalek
Department of Cell Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Rd
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784- 9827
Fax: (858) 784- 2749
November 17, 2003:
+ Interpretation, difference mapping etc.
3 MB - Ward

11 MB -Kubalek
5.3 MB
David de Rosier
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: (781) 736-2494
Fax: (781) 736-2405
November 17, 2003:
+ The structure of the chemotaxis machinery
9.7 MB
Not available
Wah Chiu
Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX, 77030
Tel: (713) 798-5734
Fax: (713) 798-1625
November 18, 2003:
+ The Future of EM structure determination
12.2 MB
7.5 MB
Niels Volkmann
The Burnham Institute
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Tel: (858) 646-3187
Fax: (858) 646-3195
November 18, 2003:
+ Docking EM and x-ray maps
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Not Available
Florence Tama
Department of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784-9957
Fax: (858) 784-8688
November 18, 2003:
+ NMFF: Flexible fitting of atomic structures into low-resolution EM maps using elastic network normal mode analysis.
3.5 MB
10.2 MB
Clint Potter
Department of Cell Biology, CB129
The Scripps Research Institute,
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784-9050
Fax: (858) 784-9090
November 19, 2003:
+ EM Automation I
6.9 MB
Not Available
Bridget Carragher
Department of Cell Biology, CB129
The Scripps Research Institute,
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Tel: (858) 784-9050
Fax: (858) 784-9090
November 19, 2003:
+ EM Automation II
11.0 MB
8.6 MB
Eva Nogales
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
355 Life Sciences Addition 3200
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200
Phone: (510) 642-0557
Fax: (510) 642-8806
November 20, 2003:

6.2 MB
7.7 MB