X32.1 - Technologists' Forum Roundtable: Tips for Managing an EM Lab

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US EST

Location: 20

Electron Microscopy laboratories rely on optimized lab management by well-trained managers and technologists. This symposium will focus on key areas that help improve lab proficiency and image quality by reviewing many common lab protocols that are essential to a productive lab.

Lab safety and standardizing SOPs

Sample prep and realistic expectations for CLEM

Avoiding TEM/SEM contamination

Hazardous waste management

Guidelines for training new users

Session Chair(s)

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Page Baluch, Ph.D

Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, United States
FM

Frank Macaluso

Director of Electron Microscopy Analytical Imaging Facility
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Presenter(s)

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Lee Cohen-Gould

Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
RH

Ru-ching Hsia, Ph.D (she/her/hers)

Principal Scientist
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Frederick, MD, United States
RM

RIchard Martens (he/him/his)

UES, United States
Steven L. Goodman, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer
Microscopy Innovations, LLC
(2) University of Wisconsin, Madison
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States
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Joseph Mowery, B.S.

Biologist
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Beltsville, Maryland, United States