This short intensive course focuses on cryogenic-temperature transmission electron microcopy (cryo-TEM) and cryogenic-temperature scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) of soft matter, namely, liquid or semi-liquid material systems, biological or synthetic, in aqueous or in non-aqueous media.

Topics covered include the components of the TEM and the SEM, the principles of image and picture formation in electron microscopy (EM), the physics of electron beam-specimen interaction, specimen preparation in cryo-EM, elemental analysis in cryo-EM, and a survey of a wide range applications.

Five mornings will include 3 hours of lectures, each. Demonstrations of the microscopes and specimen preparation will be given in the afternoons. In two of the afternoons course participants will present their work, followed by discussions of the presentations and technical and scientific issues raised by the participants

Professor Ishi Talmon, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Yeshayahu (Ishi) Talmon pioneered the development and application of cryogenic techniques for electron microscopy, particularly in direct imaging techniques of cryogenic-temperature transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM), including cryo-HRSEM and digital light microscopy (DLM). For biology, for soft and hard matter generally, his contributions opened up new vistas, previously impossible to imagine. 

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Up to 20 participants will be accepted - priority will be given to COMMONS-PhD students - remaining places will be available to COMMONS postdocs and PhD students outside of COMMONS.