Funding Opportunities for National Cryo-ET Service Network
NIH has issued two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to advance the application of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), a powerful imaging method for directly visualizing macromolecular associations and organization in native cells. The first FOA, RFA-RM-19-009, will establish four service centers that will specialize in cryo-ET specimen preparation. The other FOA, RFA-RM-19-010, in addition to cryo-ET specimen preparation, will establish a network hub that will support these service centers and collect cryo-ET images for their users.
These centers will provide the following services to the community:
Access to advanced instrumentation for cryo-ETCross-training in cryo-ET methodsSubmission of specimens to the network hub for collection of high-resolution cryo-ET images
Users of the network hub will analyze their results at their home
institution. Both FOAs are part of the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination’s Common Fund program,
Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy, led by NIGMS and the National Eye Institute. The
application deadline for both FOAs is November 12, 2019, with optional letters
of intent due October 12. For more information about these announcements,
please email me. Please
also help us get the word out by letting your community know of these
opportunities.
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Funding Opportunities NIH Guide Notices Source Type: blogs