IFSM News
The 2014 International Microscopy Congress (IMC18) was held in Prague
IMC19 will be held in Sydney, Australia, in 2018
The IFSM Symposium on the Friday morning in Sydney will again consist of 4 special talks to be given by the winners of the 4 IFSM Medals:
the V. Ellis Cosslett Medal, the John Cowley Medal, the Hatsujiro Hashimoto Medal and the Eduard Kellenberger Medal.
Each award will honor a microscopist who has made a major contribution to the field as epitomized by the pioneers for whom the Medals are named.
the V. Ellis Cosslett Medal, the John Cowley Medal, the Hatsujiro Hashimoto Medal and the Eduard Kellenberger Medal.
Each award will honor a microscopist who has made a major contribution to the field as epitomized by the pioneers for whom the Medals are named.
New Officers for 2015-2018 elected
Kazuo Furuya will become President of IFSM
C. Barry Carter becomes the next Vice-President
Angus Kirkland will be the new General Secretary for a 4-year term
Paul Fischione will be the first IFSM Treasurer for a 4-year term, renewable for a second 4-year term
Pavel Hozak, Syo Matsumura, John Mansfield and Paul Midgley will join the Executive Committee for 4-year terms, renewable for a second 4-year term
Debbie Stokes will join the Executive Committee for a 4-year term to represent ICMA, the IFSM Trade Association
Simon Ringer will join the Executive Committee for a 4-year term to represent IMC19
C. Barry Carter becomes the next Vice-President
Angus Kirkland will be the new General Secretary for a 4-year term
Paul Fischione will be the first IFSM Treasurer for a 4-year term, renewable for a second 4-year term
Pavel Hozak, Syo Matsumura, John Mansfield and Paul Midgley will join the Executive Committee for 4-year terms, renewable for a second 4-year term
Debbie Stokes will join the Executive Committee for a 4-year term to represent ICMA, the IFSM Trade Association
Simon Ringer will join the Executive Committee for a 4-year term to represent IMC19
Call for nominations for the IFSM Awards 2018
The deadline for the receipt of nominations for the IMC 2018 is June 30, 2017.
A document on the policies and procedures for the IFSM awards can be found here: ifsm_awards_call_for_nominations_2018_eo__003_.pdf
For the submission of a nomination can be found here: nomination_form_2018_eo.pdf
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MST34 2017
34th Annual Conference of the Microscopy Society of Thailand (MST34) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 31st May to 2nd June 2017. Contact: http://www.microscopythailand.org/conference. 
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XIV CIASEM 2017
XIV Interamerican Congress on Microscopy - CIASEM 2017 will take place in Varadero, Cuba from 25-29 September 2017. Contact: ciasem2017@imre.uh.cu http://www.ciasem2017.sld.cu/index.php/CIASEM/2017 
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MMC 2017
Microscience Microscopy Congress 2017 (mmc2017) incorporating EMAG, will be held at Manchester Conference 3 – 6 July 2017, Exhibition 4 – 6 July 2017
See www.mmc-series.org.uk and follow mmc on twitter @mmc_series |
Daniel Shechtman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals. He originally found this new form of matter using electron diffraction in the TEM and published the results in 1984 in PRL 53(20) 1951-3. This "Letter" has already been cited more than 3,000 times. The work was sponsored by DARPA and NSF while he was a guest worker at NBS (now NIST). He is now a Professor at the Technion and also has an appointment at Iowa State University. He was awarded the Wolf Prize for Physics in 1999. The 2011 winners of the Wolf Prize for Physics were Max Haider, Harald Rose and Knut Urban.
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We recently heard the sad news that Professor Gareth Thomas passed away on February 7th, 2014. Gareth served on the IFSM Executive Board longer than anyone else having been General Secretary for 12 years (3 terms from 1975 thru 1986) and President from 1987 thru 1990.
A short obituary has been posted on the Lawrence Berkeley NL site The Executive Board of IFSM sadly announce that Professor Hatsujiro Hashimoto passed away on April 15th, 2017.
Professor Hashimoto served on the IFSM Executive Board as the President from 1982 to 1986 and as the Chair Person of the 11th International Congress on Electron Microscopy (ICEM) held in Kyoto, Japan, 1986. A full obituary will be published in due course. |