4th CryoNET Advanced Image Processing Workshop
Image: Rupesh Balaji Jayachandran
Image: Rupesh Balaji Jayachandran
We are happy to announce the 4th CryoNET Advanced Image Processing Workshop that will take place in Umeå from 22-26 June 2026. The aim of the course is to provide training in cryoEM image processing including the latest developments in the field to intermediate or advanced users.
The course is open for facility users or potential facility users, such as PhD students, postdocs, and researchers within the life sciences who are curious and will profit from cryoEM skills. Swedish and international course participants are welcome. To attend, the course participants should be familiar with electron microscopy and structural biology.
Participants will receive an overview and hands-on training in state-of-the-art techniques for single particle cryoEM image processing, model building, validation, and tomographic workflows from a range of guest lecturers by international specialists. The course also includes plenty of opportunity for discussions during the week, which should facilitate the participants to tackle their own research challenges.
Participation in the entire course is mandatory, and an attendance certificate will be given at the end of the course.
This course is supported by SciLifeLab, CryoNET and Umeå University and organized by the Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM).
Monday, 22 June 2026
09:00 – Welcome by organizers: Opening remarks & practicalities
09:15 – Tanvir "Tapu" Shaikh (Umeå University): Introduction to cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis
10:00 – Registration and coffee
10:15 – Oliver Clarke (Columbia University Medical Center): Dealing with heterogeneous datasets using cryoSPARC
11:00 – Lunch (not provided by organisers)
12:00 – Oliver Clarke: cryoSPARC Practical Session
14:30 – Coffee/te break
14:45 – Ryan Feathers (Princeton University): Dealing with heterogeneity/flexibility using cryoDRGN
15:15 – Coffee/tea break
15.30 – Ryan Feathers: cryoDRGN Practical Session
18:15 – Free time
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
09:00 – Slavica Jonic (Sorbonne University): Hybrid methods for analyzing continuous conformational variability in cryo-EM and cryo-ET data
10:00 – Coffee/tea break
10:15 – Slavica Jonic: MDSPACE Practical Session
12:15 – Lunch (not provided by organisers)
13:15 – Björn Forsberg (Linköping University): RELION – and other tools??
14:00 – Coffee/tea break
14:15 – Björn Forsberg: OccuPy Practical Session
16:00 – Coffee/tea break
16:15 – Julio Ortiz (Thermo Fisher Scientific): SmartEPU
17:15 – Free time
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
09:00 – Rubén Sanchez-Garcia (IE School of Science & Technology): Deep learning for map post-processing and related topics
10:00 – Coffee/tea break
10:15 – Rubén Sanchez-Garcia: Map Post-processing Practical Session
11:45 – Lunch (not provided by organisers)
13:00 – Pavel Afonine (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory): Phenix
14:30 – Coffee/tea break
14:45 – Pavel Afonine: Phenix Practical Session
16:15 – Coffee/tea break
16:30 – Participant short pitches (1 slide, 1 minute per participant)
17:15 – Group photo & UCEM tour
18:00 – Free time / Speakers, tutors and organisers BBQ
Thursday, 25 June 2026
09:00 – Claudio Mirabello (Linköping University): AlphaFold
10:30 – Coffee/tea break
10:45 – Claudio Mirabello: AlphaFold Practical Session
12:30 – Lunch (not provided by organisers)
13:30 – Robert Nwokonko (St. Jude's Hospital): Introduction to Cryo-Electron Tomography
14:30 – Coffee/tea break
14:45 – Robert Nwokonko: EMhub Practical Session
17:00 – Lars-Anders Carlson (Umeå University): Image Processing Theory
18:00 – Free time
19:00 – Course Dinner (all participants) – Sjöbris, Kajen 10, Umeå Link to restaurant HERE
Friday, 26 June 2026
09:00 – Kelli Hvorecny (University of Copenhagen): 3D Classification and Related Strategies for Flexibility and Pseudosymmetry
10:15 – Coffee/tea break
10:30 – Kelli Hvorecny: Practical: Symmetry Expansion and 3D Classification in RELION
12:30 – Departure
Here are the speakers that will talk throuout the course, please note that this list is subject to change.
Priority will be given to researchers involved in a project where the use of cryo-EM is needed, which are to be briefly described upon application. The course is suitable for researchers in the life sciences with a master's or PhD degree, including graduate students, postdocs and staff scientists. A maximum of 20 participants will be admitted. Please provide a clear description of your research project and motivation for attending the course.
All participants must bring their personal laptops.
Application should be submitted before June 1st, 2026
Please note that meals will not be provided, except for the course dinner on 25 June, should you choose to attend.
Register here
Venue: The course will be held mainly in Stora Fokusrummet KBF.301 at the KBC building, here is a link to the map link: Mazemap
Address: KBC Building Umeå University, Universitetstorget 6, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the organizers of the workshop.
