Monday, October 14, 2024

7:30-8:55am: Registration and continental breakfast

9-9:10am: Opening remarks: Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc, FRS Biol, FRS Chem, FRS Med (UK) Executive Director, The Hormel Institute, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, CBS, University of Minnesota

9:10-9:30am: Minnesota Bioimaging Center: Shashank Priya, PhD, Vice President for Research, Research and Innovation Office, University of Minnesota

9:30-10:30am: Keynote Speaker: Z. Hong Zhou, PhD, Director, Electron Imaging Center for NanoMachines, Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles

10:30-10:45am: Break

10:45-11:15am: Invited Speaker: Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, Director, CT Clinical Innovation Center, Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic

11:15-11:45am: Invited Speaker: Tina Tootle, PhD, Department of Executive Office/Chair, Department of Biology, University of Iowa

11:45am-12: Flash talks

12-1:15 pm: Networking lunch & vendor expo

1:15-1:45pm: Invited Speaker: Luis Gimenez-Lirola, PhD, Associate Professor, Vet Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University

1:45-2:15pm: Invited Speaker: Stuart Lichtenberg, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, The University of Minnesota

2:15-2:30pm: Flash talks

2:30-2:45pm: Break

2:45-3:15pm: Thermo Fisher Scientific Talk

3:30-5pm: Poster session/Expo/Reception

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

8-9am: Registration and continental breakfast

9-9:15am: Welcome Day 2: Susan Hafenstein, PhD, cryoEM Scientific Director, Professor, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota

9:15-10:15am: Keynote Speaker: Peijun Zhang, PhD, Director, UK National Electron Bioimaging Center, Professor, Structural Biology, University of Oxford

10:15-10:45am: Invited Speaker: Yang Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University

10:45-11am: Break

11-11:30am: Invited Speaker

11:30-12pm: Invited Speaker

12-12:30pm: Invited Speaker: Bin Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota

12:30-1:30pm: Networking lunch and vendor expo

1:30-1:45pm: Awards and door prizes

1:45pm: Technical workshop: Arctis Cryo-Plasma FIB, Thermo Fisher Scientific