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All Things Cryo 2023
09 to 13 October 2023
University of Nottingham – Nottingham – United Kingdom
This course consists of two and half days, broken into a morning and afternoon virtual lecture sessions, covering the theory of the techniques.
Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science 2023 (MFS2023)
27 to 29 September 2023
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory – Braga – Portugal
MFS2023 is an international event focused on electron microscopy and its impact on life sciences, material sciences and structural biology. The conference will be held in conjunction with the MultEMplex COST Innovators Grant Meeting. More information, registration and the call for abstracts can be found at www.mfs2023.com
Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science (MFS)2023
27 September and 29 July 2023
Braga – Portugal
Opening Symposium Core Facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Charité
15 September 2023
Universitätsmedizin Berlin at Max Delbrück Center – Berlin – Germany
The 20th International Microscopy Congress
10 to 15 September 2023
BEXCO – Busan – Republic of Korea
On behalf of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM), it is my pleasure to introduce the 20th International Microscopy Congress (IMC20), to be held in September 2022, in the stunning Convention and Exhibition Centre in Busan. IMC is the Olympics of microscopy; held every four years and attracting delegates from across the globe. The program will include world-renowned plenary speakers alongside an extensive trade exhibition where leading suppliers launch ground-breaking new instruments.

It is a particular pleasure to introduce the Korean Society of Microscopy (KSM) as the host for IMC20 which will be held in Korea for the first time. A tradition of IMC events has been a vibrant social calendar and delegates will have ample opportunity to enjoy fabulous Korean food and to explore historical and cultural attractions in the Busan area. I look forward to warmly welcoming you and your family to Korea in 2023.
Adhesion and migration in disease: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities
05 to 08 September 2023
Warwick – United Kingdom
This meeting provides an exciting opportunity to present and discuss emerging concepts in adhesion and migration research, and routes to translating findings into diagnostic tools and therapies for a broad range of diseases. We encourage participants from all disciplines with an interest in the field from both academia and industry to attend. There will be opportunities for earlier career scientists to present their research and interact closely with world leaders in this field.
CMD 30-Fismat
04 to 08 September 2023
Milano – Italy
Electron microscopies (EM) are demonstrating more and more impressive insight into condensed matter physics. This minicolloquium will share the most advanced applications and perspectives across the electron microscopy community.
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) boasts sub-atomic lateral resolution combined with spectroscopic selectivity down to meV range and ultrafast time resolution, into the attosecond range, making it one of the most complete microscopic tools for the investigation of carefully prepared thin samples. The introduction of focused ion beams (FIB) dramatically increased the range of application of TEM. Further advances include gaining control on the angular momentum of primary electrons and acquiring in operando capabilities to address real world phenomena. Scanning electron Microscopy (SEM) is still mostly devoted to imaging applications on bulk systems, featuring tunable depth sensitivity and the ability of rapidly switching from large fields of view down to nanoscale lateral resolution. Analytical spectroscopic tools like X-Ray fluorescence and cathodoluminescence provide elemental
concentration, chemical and electronic structure bulk properties, where the lateral resolution and energy selectivity are a few orders of magnitude larger than in TEM. The advent of low voltage SEM, low energy EM (LEEM) and controlled environments pave the way to still more pioneering developments towards highly surface sensitive, energy and time selective analytical capabilities. Local insights into the electronic structure of condensed matter were demonstrated [9]. The surface sensitivity of the SEM probe would make a very fruitful match with the already demonstrated capabilities of TEMs for bulk properties, with the further possibility of implementing in operando non-destructive studies. Ab-initio numerical modeling plays an increasingly crucial role to fully exploit EM.
Abstract for oral and poster contribution can be submitted at https://eventi.cnism.it/cmd30-fismat/submission_form within the DEADLINE of April, 15th, 2023. You will have to select the mini-colloquium in the second submission page.

Conference fees:
- Early bird until July 16th: 350 €
- Late registration from July 17 to September 3rd: 400 €
- On site registration: 450 €
Reduced fee for young scientist born in 1993 and successive years.
- Early bird until July 16th: 200 €
- Late registration from July 17 to September 3rd: 250 €

We hope to welcome you on site next September,

Alberto Tagliaferri (Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy),
Jacob Hoogenboom (TUDelft, Delft, The Netherlands),
Filip Mika (ISI CAS, v.v.i., BRNO, Czech Republic),
Silvia Pietralunga (CNR-IFN, Milano, Italy)
CMD 30 FisMat mini-colloquium:
04 August 2023
Milano – Italy
TEM-UCA Workshop
17 to 21 July 2023
Puerto Real
First volume EM Gordon Research Conference
16 to 21 July 2023
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express – Ventura, California – United States Minor Outlying Islands
The meeting will highlight the latest technical and research developments in the vEM field. It will build on recent successes, with vEM being named as one of the 7 technologies to watch for 2023 in Nature and support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to further build the vEM community.
Getting the most from your Confocal Course, 12 – 13 July 2023
12 and 13 July 2023
York – United Kingdom
This two day annual confocal course utilises many different sample types and fluorescent probes (DNA stains, classic antibody labels and fluorescent proteins) which are chosen to best demonstrate particular problems and techniques. Focus is always on the techniques they enable and the problems they generate, which will be applicable to any sample types. The two days consist of short tutorials followed by hands-on practice.

Day 1 takes participants through the basic principles of confocal microscopy and then trains them, through hands-on practice, how to configure and image multicolour, multidimensional samples using a confocal microscope.

Day 2 builds on the experience of Day 1 and enables participants to try FRAP and spectral profiling.
Light Microscopy Summer School, 10 – 11 July 2023
10 and 11 July 2023
York – United Kingdom
The Light Microscopy Summer School is a two 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. Students usually come from a range of backgrounds, within both research and commercial organisations. All benefited greatly from the Course and left with increased understanding and skills.
Super-resolution Workshop 2023
07 July 2023
Leeds – United Kingdom
MMC 2023
03 to 06 July 2023
Manchester – United Kingdom

Make sure your 2023 diary includes mmc2023 which is returning to Manchester from 3-6 July. As with the previous events, you can expect a huge and varied scientific conference alongside Europe's largest free microscopy and imaging exhibition filled with a huge number of free training workshops.
7th Microscopy Characterisation of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces Conference
27 and 28 June 2023
Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy – Hamilton – Canada
The 7th Microscopy Characterisation of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces (MCOII) meeting will return to an in-person format in 2023 and will be hosted for the first time in North America at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, home of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy.

The transatlantic scientific organizing team of Nadja V. Tarakina (MPIKG, Germany) and Kathryn Grandfield (McMaster University, Canada) have put together an exciting two-day programme. As usual, the first day will be more general, covering a broad range of microscopy approaches (correlative microscopy solutions, in-situ liquid microscopy methods, low-voltage electron microscopy and many more) in the context of imaging hybrid and soft matter.

On the second day, a special Focus Lecture Series, entitled “Multi-dimensional and multiscale microscopy of organic-inorganic interface” will cover a more-detailed range of lectures on tomographic methods spanning light, X-ray and electron microscopy, as well as atom probe tomography and in situ electron microscopy/tomography.

This conference will bring together world-leading experts in microscopy, highlighting the latest achievements, new opportunities and outstanding challenges in probing beam-sensitive and hybrid materials and their interfaces.
27th Wilhelm Bernard Workshop on the Cell Nucleus
19 to 23 June 2023
Prague – Czech Republic
The purpose of the 5-day workshop is to create a multidisciplinary meeting representing various research approaches most used in studies on the cell nucleus structure, functions, and relationships and contribute to our understanding of genome functioning, cancer development, diagnostics and cure.

The main part of the WBW consists of the following sessions:
- Nuclear Compartments and Gene Expression
- Nuclear Lipids and Phase Separation in Health and Disease (organized as a workshop of the COST Action 19105)
- DNA Replication, Repair, Disease
- Novel Methods in Nuclear Research and Diagnostics
- Pathogenesis and Cancer (organized as a Symposium of the Society for Histochemistry)
Oral lectures will be complemented by a Poster session and ceremonies to award the Wilhelm Bernhard Medal and a Young Researcher Award.
SCANDEM conference June 2023
12 to 15 June 2023
Uppsala Ångström Laboratory – Uppsala – Sweden
8th Meeting of the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies
11 to 16 June 2023
Banff – Canada
EUFN FIB Workshop
07 to 09 June 2023
Zürich – Switzerland
22nd International European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting
06 to 09 June 2023
Netherlands
Frontiers of in-situ materials characterization - from new instrumentation and methods to imaging aided materials design
29 May to 02 June 2023
Congress & Exhibition center – Strasbourg – France
ISM2023 - The 56th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microscopy
22 and 23 May 2023
Binyanei Hauma - International Convention Center – Jerusalem – Israel

The 56th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microscopy will be held on Tuesday May 23rd, 2023 at the Binyanei Hauma - International Convention Center, Jerusalem.

The meeting will be preceded by a one day tutorial workshop on Monday May 22nd, 2023 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Open, reproducible hardware for microscopy. Theo Murphy meeting
22 and 23 May 2023
Glasgow – United Kingdom
BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Science 2023
20 May 2023
ICFO - Auditorium – Barcelona – Spain
Journal of Cell Science 2023 Meeting on Imaging Cell Dynamics
14 to 17 May 2023
Lisbon – Portugal
Contrast Mechanisms in S(T)EM and SEM/EBSD
08 and 09 May 2023
Kraków – Poland
EMAS 2023 - 17th European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis
07 to 11 May 2023
Krakow – Poland
17th European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis
07 to 11 May 2023
Jagiellonian University – Krakow – Poland
The primary aim of this series of Workshops is to assess the state-of-the-art and reliability of microbeam analysis techniques.

The Workshops are organised in such a way as to maximise transfer of knowledge among the participants and to provide a comprehensive exhibition of the latest analytical equipment. The programme includes time and opportunities for participants to visit the technical exhibitions and interact with the manufacturers.

Previous Workshops in this series were held in Antwerp (1989), Dubrovnik (1991), Rimini (1993), St. Malo (1995), Torquay (1997), Konstanz (1999), Tampere (2001), Chiclana de la Frontera (2003), Florence (2005), Antwerp (2007), Gdansk (2009), Angers (2011), Porto (2013), Portorož (2015), Konstanz (2017), and Trondheim (2019). They included sessions covering electron (EPMA, TEM, SEM, Auger, EELS), ion (SIMS, FIB), and nuclear (RBS, NRA) microbeam methods.

The main topics of the Seventeenth Workshop (EMAS 2023) are: electron probe microanalysis (EPMA); electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD); software tools; focussed ion beam; Combined techniques in SEM; and materials applications of microbeam analysis. Time will also be devoted to problem orientated applications in material science, geological science, environmental studies, astrophysics, microelectronics, forensics, cultural heritage and archaeology, nanomaterials, surfaces and interfaces, catalysts, sensors, …

Organised by: The European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)
Utrecht Electron Microscopy Workshops: Cryosectioning and Immuno-Electron Microscopy
17 to 20 April 2023
University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht – Utrecht – Netherlands
Utrecht Electron Microscopy Workshops: Resin Electron Microscopy
11 to 14 April 2023
University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht – Utrecht – Netherlands
Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science 2023 (MFS2023)
11 April to 27 September 2023
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory – Braga – Portugal
22nd International Conference on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials
03 to 06 April 2023
Cambridge – United Kingdom
Botanical Microscopy Meeting 2023
02 to 06 April 2023
Norwich – United Kingdom
Microscopy Conference 2023 (MC2023)
26 February to 02 March 2023
Darmstadt – Germany
MMC2023: Abstract submission deadline extended!
15 to 24 February 2023
Manchester – United Kingdom

Submit your abstract by 24 February and join our impressive line-up of speakers!

The Abstract submission deadline for oral and poster presentations has been extended for Microscience Microscopy Congress 2023 (incorporating EMAG 2023).

The new deadline for further submissions is Friday 24 February.

One of the biggest events of its kind in Europe, mmc2023 brings the very best in microscopy, imaging and cytometry from across the globe.
Quantitative Phase Imaging and cell migration
08 February 2023
Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) is a novel label-free microscopy technique bringing an utterly new contrast into the live-cell imaging field. It allows for extracting quantitative data from unlabeled cells and monitoring them non-invasively. Another benefit of QPI technology is the ability to precisely segment cells due to the incoherent light source used in Q-Phase. The seminar will explain the principle of technology and show the broad range of applications focusing on label-free analysis, such as cell growth, cell death, cell migration, and others. The webinar will be held in English.
Winterschool 2023 – Practical course in advanced microscopy
23 to 27 January 2023
Zurich – Switzerland
The 2024 Annual Symposium for the Microscopy Society of Ireland
17 to 19 January 2023
Bernal Institute, University of Limerick – Limerick – Ireland
12 January 2023
Virtual International Microscopy Lecture Series
06 December 2022
We are pleased to announce that Professor Christian Colliex will be giving a lecture entitled "Seeing, measuring and analysing in the nanoworld with the multisignal STEM" www.rms.org.uk/IMLS_Colliex
XVI Interamerican Congress on Microscopy (CIASEM 2022)
26 to 28 October 2022
Oaxaca – Mexico
Advanced TEM Specimen Preparation - Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy (StEM)
24 to 28 October 2022
StEM – Stuttgart – Germany
Workshop

The workshop on Advanced TEM Specimen Preparation will present a selection of advanced techniques for the preparation of TEM samples. It includes lectures, equipment demonstrations, as well as practical hands-on laboratory, work for the participants under the guidance of staff members of the Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy, demonstrating the following methods:
- Ultramicrotomy (UM)
- Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
- Ion Milling (IM)
- Automated Tripod Polishing (Tripod)
- Metallographic Pre-preparation (MP)
Spence Memorial Symposium
11 to 13 October 2022
Arizona State University – Tempe – USA
John Spence had a remarkable scientific impact over an illustrious career spanning nearly 50 years before passing away in June, 2021. His friends and colleagues are honoring his legacy with an international symposium based around the topics of imaging, diffraction and crystallography. A key objective is to project his achievements into the future by discussing current state-of-the art as well as exploring future directions and opportunities in related fields. Contributed talks and posters are welcome. We are especially interested in providing a forum for the next generation of researchers in these areas.
Pier Giorgio Merli TEM School in Materials Science - 8th edition
03 to 14 October 2022
Bologna – Italy

The 8th edition of the School, organized by CNR-IMM and SISM will take place in Bologna (Italy) from 3 to 14 October 2022.
As in previous editions, in two full weeks, following a well-tested series of theoretical and practical lessons, the School will provide students and researchers engaged in the materials science field (physics, chemistry, engineering) with a qualified introduction to Transmission and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy techniques. For a complete description and an updated calendar of the course, please refer to the School website temschool.bo.imm.cnr.it.

Registration is open at the SISM web site www.sism.it/Details/178.
Microscopy: Advances, Innovation, Impact 2022 – incorporating the RMS AGM & Section AGMs
29 September 2022
London – United Kingdom

The RMS Annual General Meetings (AGMs) are set to take place virtually on 29 September 2022. The day will also include a number of talks.

This meeting will be the fifth one-day meeting in the Microscopy: Advances, Innovation, Impact series, having previously taken place in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2021.

The RMS Annual General Meeting, as well as the Outreach & Education and Section AGMS, will also take place on the day and we invite all our members to join us to reflect on the year and plan for the future.

The Society’s AGMs are free to attend for both members and non-members.
LEEM PEEM 12
26 September 2022
Cordoba – Spain
Due to the current events and the international mobility regulations on this 2020-21, the LEEM PEEM 12 committee have decided to postpone the Congress, and so guarantee, as is tradition, the participation of people from all around the globe. The new date is september 26 2022.

We wish you well and hope to see you soon!
Flow Cytometry Course 2022 RMS
12 to 16 September 2022
University of York – York – United Kingdom
This Flow Cytometry Course is aimed at both clinical applications and applications in cell biology, with the common fundamentals covered on Day 1 and 2. The course then splits into clinical applications and applications in cell biology streams, from practical demonstrations to lectures highlighting not just the applications, but best practise as well.

The course is constructed as a set of three modules. You can elect to attend the course from between two to five days, depending on the modules selected.

The modules consist of lectures interspersed with sessions in the laboratory. It is anticipated that instruments from three manufacturers will be available for practical work.

This course is open to all and is suitable for those who are relatively new to flow cytometry and who wish to expand their experience with applications and specific analysis.

A trade exhibition will be held at this event on Wednesday 14 September.
Abercrombie Meeting 2022
11 to 15 September 2022
Oxford – United Kingdom
The series of Abercrombie meetings have been held since the death of Michael Abercrombie in 1979. Michael was a pioneer in the field of investigating cell behaviour using timelapse microscopy. Abercrombie meetings are held only every five years and therefore offer an excellent opportunity to review the major advances in our understanding of cell motility and look to the new emerging concepts in the field.
EBEAM2022 - School on nanooptics with free electrons meeting
11 to 16 September 2022
Porquerolles – France
16th Multinational Congress on Microscopy (MCM)
04 to 09 September 2022
Best Western Premier Hotel International Brno – Brno – Czech Republic