The 15th European Microscopy Congress

Manchester Central, United Kingdom

was held on 16th - 21st September 2012

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RMS Learning Zone Seminar Programme

The following talks will be taking place on the RMS Learning Zone during emc2012. Please just drop in on the day for the talks, and then follow up with hands-on demonstrations afterwards.

Monday 17th September   

10 – 10.30          Achieving the most from your SEM!

Part 1 -  Optimising instrument performance - guns, columns, detectors etc

11 – 11.30            Principles and pitfalls of biological sample preparation for EM

12 – 12.30            Introduction to SPM/AFM

1 – 1.30               Understanding Light Microscopy: lenses, resolution and illumination

2 – 2.30               Introduction to Confocal Microscopy  

3 – 3.30               Cameras for Microscopy

4 – 4.30               Studying for a Diploma with the RMS

Tuesday 18th September

10 – 10.30            Introduction to TEM  

11 – 11.30            Achieving the most from your SEM!

Part 2 - Choosing the right approach for differing sample applications

12 – 12.30            Principles and pitfalls of tissue preparation and labelling for                              immunofluorescence

1 – 1.30               Seeing the invisible: a simple introduction to contrast techniques

2 – 2.30               Digital Image Processing with ImageJ

3 – 3.30               Understanding and handling image data

4 – 4.30               Using Social Media as a Researcher  

Wednesday 19th September

10 – 10.30            Introduction to SPM/AFM

11 – 11.30            Achieving the most from your SEM!

Part 1 -  Optimising instrument performance - guns, columns, detectors etc

12 – 12.30            Principles and pitfalls of biological sample preparation for EM

1 – 1.30               Understanding Light Microscopy: lenses, resolution and illumination

2 – 2.30               Introduction to Confocal Microscopy  

3 – 3.30               Understanding and handling image data

4 – 4.30               How scientists can promote their work better  

Thursday 20th September

10 – 10.30            Introduction to TEM  

11 – 11.30            Achieving the most from your SEM!

Part 2 - Choosing the right approach for differing sample applications

12 – 12.30            Principles and pitfalls of tissue preparation and labelling for                            immunofluorescence

1 – 1.30               Seeing the invisible: a simple introduction to contrast techniques

2 – 2.30               Digital Image Processing with ImageJ

3 – 3.30               Cameras for Microscopy  

4 – 4.30               Using Social Media as a Researcher  

Certificates of Attendance will be available.  

Speakers will include Susan Anderson, Clive Downing, Peter Evennett, James Francis, Pippa Hawes, Sarah Haigh, Crispin Hetherington, Gareth Hughes, Terry McMaster, Joe Meaney, Anne Osterrieder, Dick Paden, Peter Pitrone, Jeremy Sanderson, Martin Spitaler and Sebastian Wasilewski.