Mikel works at the intersection of cryo-electron microscopy, computation, and scientific software development. His research focuses on computational methods and image processing for single-particle cryo-EM and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), including the development of new computational approaches and their integration into Scipion, a framework that brings together different software packages into reproducible structural biology workflows. Before starting his current PhD research, Mikel spent five years (2020–2025) as Systems Manager at CNB-CSIC. In that role, he worked on automated workflows capable of processing cryo-EM data in real time as it was being collected and helped design and deploy high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure for structural biology.

 

What will we hear about?

 

· Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis (SPA) and Tomography: An introduction to the approaches and what we can learn from them.

· From raw images to biological information: An introduction to cryo-EM/cryo-ET data processing and the computational steps behind structure determination.

· Scipion How Scipion can connect different cryo-EM software packages and help build integrated, reproducible data-processing workflows.

· Instruct-ES Centre An introduction to the structural biology infrastructure and opportunities available through the Spanish Instruct Centre.

 

Whether you already work with cryo-EM, are considering using it in your research, or are simply curious about how thousands (or millions!) of noisy electron-microscopy images eventually become a 3D biological structure, this will be a great opportunity to see what happens behind the scenes.

 

 

See you all there!