Inauguration of the Lund University cryo-EM facility at MAX IV

Thursday 5 Jun 2025, 13:00 → 17:00 Europe/Stockholm

MAX III (MAX IV)

Derek Logan (Lund University, Biochemistry & Structural Biology)

We are happy to invite you to the inauguration of our new cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facility at MAX IV. The cryo-EM infrastructure at Lund University represents a strategic investment in life science research, while the infrastructure is led by the Faculty of Medicine as the responsible faculty, it has been strategically located at MAX IV to promote synergies with existing expertise and state-of-the-art technologies at the synchrotron facility, enhancing its visibility and scientific impact, both nationally and internationally. Through its association with one of Europe’s leading research infrastructures , the facility aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and broader access across faculties and external partners. 

Please find a preliminary Program below, some details may change but the length of the sessions will remain the same. You can indicate which session(s) you would like to attend in the registration form.

Program:

Session 1: Introduction (Location: seminar room MAX III) – 13:00-15:00 hrs

1. Welcome and brief introduction to MAX IV – 13:00

2. The microscope and its capabilities - 13:15 

3. User Case 1 - 13:30

4. User Case 2 -13:45

5. Presentation by CIPA -14:00

6. Presentation by nCHREM 14:15

7. Presentation by ThermoFisher 14:30

8. Presentation about access to the cryo-EM facility 14:45

 

Session 2: cryo-EM demos and MAX IV tours  (Location: Experimental Hall) – 15:00-16:00 hrs

1. Cryo-EM demo – 15:00 

2. Tour around MAX IV beamlines- 15:30

 

Session 3: Official inauguration and mingle (Location: cryo-EM facility and Site Centre) – 16:00-17:00 hrs

 

 

 

Session 1: Introduction

Introduction, user cases, Industry presentation and access to the facility

1 Welcome and brief introduction to MAX IV

Speaker: Yngve Cerenius (MAX IV)

2 Role of the cryoEM@LU facility in the local and national infrastructure

Speakers: Prof. Derek Logan (Lund University, Biochemistry & Structural Biology), Dr Markus Heidenblad (SciLIfeLab Lund)

3 Presentation by ThermoFisher

Speaker: Mr Gaurav Sharma (ThermoFisher)

4 User Case 1: Structural investigation of P5A-ATPases using cryo-electron microscopy

Speaker: Dr Ping Li

14:05 Short break

5 User case 2: Structural and functional characterization of host-pathogen interactions

Speaker: Dr Lotta Happonen (Lund University)

6 Lund BioImaging Centre (LBIC)

Speaker: Dr Sebastian Wasserstrom (Lund BioImaging Centre)

7 Centre for Correlative Image Processing and Analysis (CIPA): Image analysis and synergies across faculties at LU

Speakers: Kajsa Paulsson (Experimental Medical Science, Lund University), Dr Emanuel Larsson (Division of Solid Mechanics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden)

8 nCHREM (National Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy)

Speaker: Dr Crispin Hetherington (Dept. of Chemistry, Lund University)

cryo-EM demo and MAX IV tours: Demos and MAX IV tours

Four groups A,B,C,D based on colour of lanyard.
15:00-15:30: Groups A,B demo; groups C,D tour
[15.00-15.15 group A sample prep lab, group B microscope]
[15.15-15.30 group B sample prep lab, group A microscope]
15:30-16:00: Groups C,D demo, groups A,B tour
[15.00-15.15 group C sample prep lab, group D microscope]
[15.15-15.30 group D sample prep lab, group C microscope]

Official inauguration of the cryo-EM facility

Official inauguration of cryo-EM facility and mingle