2026 Spring Symposium XII

22 – 24 April 2026 | Nottingham, UK & Virtual

Registration is now open!

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The conference aims to provide a forum to highlight state-of-the-art developments in computational cryoEM and related themes, as well as showcasing outstanding recent biological applications. We aim to promote an inclusive, friendly atmosphere, welcoming those both old and new to the community. Topics include instrument technology, sample preparation, image processing, single particle reconstruction, tomography and model building.

The meeting includes the Diamond Light Source Biological Cryo-Imaging User Meeting for eBIC & B24 and the venue will also host the Karen M. Davies Memorial Symposium in memory of our dearly missed friend and colleague Karen.  Please register separately for the Memorial here:

https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Events/2026/Karen-M.-Davies-Memorial-Symposium.html

The conference will be held as a hybrid meeting, with the physical event at the East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC) in Nottingham, plus virtual access online via Zoom.

Schedule

Outline Schedule:

Wednesday 22nd April:

11:00 – 12:40 BCI Meeting including User Discussion

12:40 Lunch

13:50 Karen M. Davies Memorial Symposium

19:00 Buffet & Ceilidh Reception

Thursday 23rd April:

9:00 CCP-EM Symposium

19:30 Conference Dinner

Friday 24th April:

9:00 CCP-EM Symposium

17:00 Depart

Confirmed symposium speakers:

Tanmay Bharat (MRC-LMB)

Bridget Carragher (CZII)

Oli Clarke (Columbia)

Helen Foster (Leeds)

Emma Hesketh (Leicester)

Martin Jones (Francis Crick Institute)

Ezgi Karaca (Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center & DEU)

Clemens Plaschka (Institute of Molecular Pathology)

Ali Punjani (Structura)

Chiara Rapisarda (Sanofi)

Jane Richardson (Duke)

Davide Tamborrini (Basel)

Bogdan Toader (MRC-LMB)

Beata Turonova (Max Planck Institute of Biophysics)

Wyatt Yue (Newcastle)

Confirmed BCI speakers:

TBC

Symposium scientific organisers:

Jamie Blaza (University of York)

Ana Casañal (Human Technopole)

Biological Cryo-Imaging user meeting organising committee:

Emma Buzzard (eBIC, Diamond Light Source)
Éilís Bragginton (eBIC, Diamond Light Source)

Selected talk and poster applications

We will be accepting applications for up to 4 selected talks to be included in the programme. These talks should be 15 minutes in length with 5 minutes at the end for questions. Anyone who is interested may apply by giving their proposed talk title and a short (1250 character max) abstract when completing their in-person registration. Please submit all abstracts for talks by midnight 11 February 2026.

As per last year, we will also be running a poster session. If you would like to present your poster, please submit your title and abstract (1250 character max) through the in-person registration form by the 11 February 2026.

In-person registrants may apply for both a poster and talk. We will respond to applicants soon after the application deadline to let you know if you’ve been selected.

Bursary applications

Thanks to the kind support of our sponsors, we have a number of bursaries which will cover registration fees and two nights accommodation in student halls. Thanks to Thermo Fisher Scientific we have a limited number of bursaries which can also include travel costs. Bursaries are available for anyone who would benefit from help attending the conference in bursaries and therefore are not limited to early career researchers.

If you are interested please can you send a 300 word application to CCP-EM Events detailing your interest in attending the conference in person and why a bursary would help.

Bursary applications will close on the 11 February 2026 and we will inform you if you’ve been successful shortly thereafter.

Registration deadlines

Please contact ccpemevents@stfc.ac.uk with any queries regarding registration.

Early bird registration closes 21/02/2026

Latest refundable cancellation 21/02/2026

In-person registration closes 01/04/2026

Sponsors

We would like to thank Dectris, Gatan, JEOL, Nanosoft, Nuclera, Quantifoil, SubAngstrom and Thermo Fisher Scientific for their support.

Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) reminder

If you are not a UK citizen and do not have a VISA, please check if you need to apply for an ETA. Please see the gov.uk website for more information.

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