Bootcamp January 2025

11th Annual Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology Winter Boot Camp

PRACTICAL CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

This immersive program will help you develop hands-on skills for cryo-electron microscopy with an emphasis on the ability to execute workflows with instrumentation at Rutgers that will benefit your coursework and your research, and advance your career.

Dates: January 13-17, 2025

Location: Rutgers University, Proteomics Building Busch Campus

The Experience:

Over the period of 5 full days, you will be working in small groups led by cryo-EM experts in hands-on units including specimen vitrification, electron microscopy, and single-particle reconstruction.

Who Should Participate:

Graduate students, advanced undergraduates, postdoctoral trainees, and other scientists interested in using cryo-EM in their work. This boot camp can be taken in partial fulfillment of requirements to earn the Cryo-EM digital badge (credentials.rutgers.edu)

Applications/Acceptance:
Send an email to iqb-bootcamp@rcsb.org by Monday, December 2nd that includes:

  • a brief statement (up to 100 words) outlining your research interests and how you anticipate using cryo-EM in the future
  • resume
  • an unofficial transcript

Accepted participants will be notified no later than December 9th and provided a Special Permission Number for registration purposes.

Registration:

Accepted students must register at nbregistrar.rutgers.edu for the Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology Winter Boot Camp:

  • Undergraduate Junior/Senior Students use
    • 01:556:480, 1-credit pass/fail
  • Graduate Studentsuse
    • 16:848:601, 1-credit pass/fail