The 2022 CAS Electron Microscopy Association Technology Forum & Training Session on the Technological Development and the Application of Volume Electron Microscopy (VEM) was held at the Institute of Biophysics and the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from March 29 to 31.

Hosted by the Cryo-electron Microscopy Academic Subgroup of the Biophysical Society of China and the CAS Electron Microscopy Association, undertaken by the CAS Institute of Biophysics and supported by the CAS Institute of Automation, the three-day event was an extension of the online symposium on VEM's technological development and application held on Sep 9, 2022.

Earlier this year, VEM was picked by Nature magazine as one of the seven new technologies with significant impact.

Sun Fei, a researcher at the CAS Institute of Biophysics, addresses the opening ceremony of the training session on March 29. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

Sun Fei, a researcher at the CAS Institute of Biophysics, gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the training session on March 29. Representatives from Thermo Fisher Scientific (China) and Leica Microsystems (Shanghai) Trading spoke about the application of FIB-SEM in VEM and the application of AI technology in the collection of VEM-related data.

Participants receive professional training at the CAS Institute of Biophysics on March 30. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

Participants receive professional training at the CAS Institute of Automation on March 31. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

A total of 50 trainees from domestic universities and electron microscopy-related enterprises received professional training on autocuts, SEM image collection, image stitching, and image segmentation and rendering. They also held group discussions on VEM-related topics.

Several companies set up booths at the CAS institutes of biophysics and automation to exhibit their VEM-related facilities and software. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

World-renowned companies, such as Leica Microsystems (Shanghai) Trading and Thermo Fisher Scientific (China), set up booths at the CAS institutes of biophysics and automation, exhibiting their cutting-edge facilities and software to help trainees better grasp the development trends of the VEM sector.

Participants pose for a group photo at the 2022 CAS Electron Microscopy Association Technology Forum & Training Session on the Technological Development and the Application of VEM. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]