External Meetings: Royal Microscopical Society

Meeting Title: Focus on Food 2013
Date: 21/05/2013
Description: This meeting would aim to bring together a community of food
researchers and people working in the food industry, who are interested in food
microstructure. We would capture the importance of the characterisation of
structures related to food processing and formulation, identifying microflora and
ingredients, and instrumentation for new and existing exploration in this field.
Invited speakers would come from both industry and academia, giving insights into
some approaches that have been developed over time and also the exploitation of new
techniques. An exhibition will give everyone the opportunity to explore the applications that
are being developed in this area and will be accompanied with a buffet lunch.
Meeting Title: UK SPM 2013
Date: 26th-27th June 2013
Description: This meeting covers a wide range of topics associated with Scanning
Probe Microscopy including main techniques such as atomic force microscopy and
scanning tunnelling microscopy as well as more specialised versions.
Meeting Title: Frontiers in BioImaging
Date: 3rd-4th July 2013
Description: This meeting will be the 3rd in the successful Frontiers in BioImaging
series. The meeting is supported by the MRC and will build on the recent Next
Generation Optical Microscopy (NGOM) initiative. Focusing on the latest optical
imaging developments highlighted within this call, it will enable successful grant
holders, technology developers and application specialists to share their work and
programme vision. The aim of the meeting is to create a network of multidisciplinary
scientists focused on aspects of advanced imaging.
Meeting Title: Electron Microscopy Summer School
Date: 8th-12th July 2013
Description: Basic principles of imaging and diffraction; basic principles of
electron beam interactions and electron microscopy; Radiation damage; Instrument
maintenance; Sample preparation and Processing (Biological/Materials); SEM, TEM,
STEM imaging; environmental SEM; CryoSEM; EBSD; Immunolabelling; CryoTEM; EDX; EELS
and EFTEM; Tomography; Image Recording and Processing.
Meeting Title: Light Microscopy Summer School

Date: 14th-17th July 2013
Description: The Light Microscopy summer school is an annual, residential three day
course held at the University of York covering the principles of light microscopy.
Participants are also trained in practical issues surrounding light microscopy.
After introductory presentations, the course is taught predominantly through
hands-on practical sessions.The course is suitable for both novices and more
experienced users wanting to gain a greater understanding of the microscope and
feedback every year is always fantastic (see below). Students come from a range of
backgrounds within both research and commercial organisations. All have benefited
greatly from the Course and leave with increased understanding and skills.The course
is immediately followed by a two day hands-on Confocal Course - Getting the most
from your Confocal and a one day Grain Sizing Course
Meeting Title: Quantitative Analysis of Grain Size
Date: 18th July 2013
Description: The aim of this course is to guide people on to how to use the correct
method to determine grain size and properly interpret the results. The course would
give the delegate the understanding and confidence to make the correct decision on
grain size for themselves, taking into consideration limitations and methods
involved.
Meeting Title: Getting the most from your Confocal
Date: 18th-19th July 2013
Description: This Course utilises many different sample types and fluorescent probes
(DNA stains, classic antibody labels and fluorescent proteins) and these are chosen
to best demonstrate particular problems and techniques. Focus is on the techniques
they enable and the problems they generate, which will be applicable to any sample
types.The 2-days consist of short tutorials followed by hands-on practice.
Meeting Title: Establishing and Providing Light Microscopy Core Facility Services
Date: 23rd- 24th October 2013
Description: The course will cover a wide range of important issues required for
establishing and providing light microscopy service in core facilities such as:
Appropriate light microscopy technology
Job duties of the facility staff
New user training, courses and entry test
Facility staff training and management
Microscope booking system (rules and software)
Microscope maintenance, monitoring and service
Interaction with microscope manufacturers
Data management (storage, server and regulation)
User support and interaction
Image processing support
In vivo imaging setup suitable for core facilities
Support of multi-user environment
Support of special imaging techniques (Super-resolution, multiphoton, TIRF, High
throughput system) within Light Microscopy core facilities
Managing integrated techniques (light microscopy, EM, FACS)
System upgrade and knowledge update
Funding the facility (user charge, grants application, FEC calculation, service
contract, consumables, equipment purchasing, etc)
Meeting Titles: Digital Image Processing Workshop
Date: 16 November 2013
Description: This one-day RMS workshop meeting covers the underlying principles of
digital image processing and enables the advanced user of light microscopy to make
the very best use of their imaging data. The types of image vary from those of high
spatial resolution obtained using confocal microscopy to lower resolution video and
multidimensional data obtained using advanced optical techniques (like FRET, FRAP,
multiphoton).