RMS to celebrate 50th Anniversary Meeting of the EM Section

Tuesday 12^th January 2016

The RMS will be celebrating the 50^th anniversary meeting of its Electron Microscopy Section in a meeting to be held at the Rothamsted Research Centre in Harpenden.  The Scientific Organisers are Pippa Hawes, Paul Verkade and Smita Kurup. It will be immediately followed by the 1st EM-UK Facility Managers Meeting on Wednesday 13^th January.

The anniversary will be a day to celebrate the huge advancements that have been made in electron microscopy over the past 50 years, and the many ways that the RMS Committee have helped make this possible. The meeting is provisionally scheduled to start at 11am with registration. The day will consist of presentations and an exhibition with a late afternoon reception in the exhibition, followed by an anniversary dinner at the Luton Hoo.

During the meeting Dr Mathieu Kociak will also be presented with the RMS Alan Agar Medal for Electron Microscopy.

Speakers will include Professor Peter Nellist, University of Oxford and Dr Mathieu Kociak, Université Paris Sud.

EM-UK Facility Managers Meeting

Wednesday 13th January 2016

For both academic and commercial microscopists, this brand new meeting from the UK community for electron microscopy will provide the perfect forum for discussion, networking and future planning. Through scientific presentations and company Techno-Bites, both advancements and current issues within the field will be addressed and discussed with idea sharing and success stories encouraged. A dedicated exhibition alongside ensures you can stay up to date with the latest advancements and find out more about products and services recommended during the day.

For further details of these and other events visit www.rms.org.uk