Diamond is pleased to announce the Biological Cryo-Imaging (BCI) User Meeting 2026, jointly organised with the CCP-EM Spring Symposium.
In-person registration is available in conjunction with the CCP-EM Spring Symposium.
Register here: https://www.ccpem.ac.uk/2026-spring-symposium-xii/
Diamond is pleased to announce that the Biological Cryo-Imaging (BCI) User Meeting for 2026, is again being jointly held with CCP-EM's Spring Symposium at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, UK. The event is open to researchers from academia and industry but everyone with an interest in bio-imaging is encouraged to attend.
The BCI User meeting is an opportunity for current and potential future users of eBIC (the UKs national facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy) and B24, Diamond's soft X-ray cryo-tomography beamline to get the latest news, have the opportunity to hear about the science carried out by our users and meet our scientific staff.
This year, the BCI User Meeting will take place in the morning and will be followed by the Karen Davies Memorial Symposium. The event starts at 11:00am with user updates, a user research highlight and a round table discussion followed by lunch.
The Karen Davies Memorial symposium will take place in the afternoon, starting at 13:50. This event will bring together colleagues, collaborators, and friends to reflect on Karen’s remarkable career and enduring influence.
Please register here: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Events/2026/Karen-M.-Davies-Memorial-Symposium.html
The day will conclude with a drinks/buffet reception followed by an evening of entertainment.
The CCP-EM Spring Symposium will follow on from the BCI User Meeting and the Karen Davies memorial symposium. The symposium will take place in Nottingham, on 23rd and 24th April 2026 and provides a forum to highlight state of the art developments in computational cryo-EM and related themes as well as showcasing outstanding recent biological applications.
The joint event promotes an inclusive, friendly atmosphere welcoming both current and new members to the community.
An outline schedule for the joint BCI User Meeting and CCP-EM Spring symposium will be announced shortly. Please note that all times are in UK local time (BST).
BCI User meeting organising committee:
Confirmed BCI speaker:
The East Midlands Conference Centre offers an experience of elegance and cutting-edge facilities, boasting a state-of-the-art meeting spaces, superb banqueting suites, and contemporary public areas.
Where is East Midlands Conference Centre?
The Conference Centre is just a 10 minute drive from the J25 of the M1 and centrally located in Nottingham, with convenient rail links to London.
Find here further information on how to get to EMCC and what they offer.
We would like to thank Agar Scientific, Dectris, Gatan, JEOL, Nanosoft, Nuclera, Quantifoil, SubAngstrom and Thermo Fisher Scientific for their support.
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