Session V:
September 18, 2025
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Program for Session V
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Anurag Sharma
Rockefeller University
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Erik Johnson
Brain Observatory Storage Service & Database
Erik Johnson is a senior research scientist in the Neuroscience Group at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Working at the intersection of AI research and large-scale neuroscience research, he has contributed to a range of neuroinformatics efforts relevant to the EM community. This includes the development of machine learning tools and workflow management solutions for EM data, data standards for neuroscience EM datasets, and contributions to BossDB, the BRAIN Initiative archive of record for neuroscience EM datasets. This talk will cover the basics of the archive, ecosystem, and associated tools of relevance to volume EM neuroscience datasets.
Heather Berensmann
Thinking Outside the Box in Making Cryo-EM More Accessible for Everyone
Heather is the TEM applications specialist for Hitachi High-Tech America. Receiving her graduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University, she now supports a diverse range of industries and applications. Prior to Hitachi, she gained hands-on experience in biological imaging at the Frederick National Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Kedar Narayan. There, she contributed to the development and optimization of advanced workflows for prepping and processing biological specimens for high-resolution volume electron microscopy (vEM). Bridging together her education in materials science, with her experience in biology, she now provides researchers across the country with technical expertise and applications support. Among the diverse applications Heather supports, the one she has developed a personal passion for is cryo-EM. In her latest research, she explores solutions focused on expanding the accessibility to cryo-EM technology. By democratizing cryo-EM access, she hopes to enable wider scientific innovation and discovery.
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Electron Tomography
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