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### Our Mission
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Electron-Ion Collider
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Unlocking the secrets of matter
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A new gateway to Brookhaven Lab
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#### 2025 MAGLEV Competition
March 26, 2025
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#### LBMS Cryo-EM Training Workshop Series (2025-1)
April 23-25, 2025
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#### NSLS-II & CFN Users' Meeting
April 28-30, 2025
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May 27-30, 2025
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#### cryo-EM Course: At the Laboratory for BioMolecular Structure (LBMS)
June 3-6, 2025
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#### Elementary Science Fair Competition
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June 23-27, 2025
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July 1 - August 31, 2025
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#### 15th International Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics (COOL'25)
October 27-31, 2025
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