MEMBER SOCIETIES
| Argentine Society of Microscopy (Samic) President: Prof. Dr. Francisco Capani ININCA-UBA-CONICET M.T. de Alvear 2270, 3rd F Buenos Aires (ZIP 1122) Argentina | Armenian Electron Microscopy Society President: Dr. Karlen Hovnanyan Institute of Molecular Biology NAS Republic Armenia 7 Hasratian St. Yerevan 375014 Armenia |
| Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy President: Priv. Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Michael STÖGER-POLLACH University service facility for transmission electron microscopy Minsst technical University of Vienna Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10 Vienna 1040 Austria | Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Society President: Assoc. Prof. Eric Hanssen Bio21 Advanced Microscopy Facility The University of Melbourne 30 Flemington Rd Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia |
| Belgian Society for Microscopy vzw President: Professor Dr. Dirk Adriaensen Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Antwerp Campus Middelheim Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp Belgium | Brazilian Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis President: Giovanna Machado Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste (CETENE) Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 1 – Cidade Universitáriao Recife – Pernambuco Brazil |
| Microscopical Society of Canada President: Professor Joaquin Ortega Professor and Research Director FEMR Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology McGill University Montreal. QC H3A 0C7 Canada | Chinese Electron Microscopy Society President: Prof. Ze Zhang Center of Eletron Microscopy Department of Materials Science & Engineering Zhejiang University 330 Caoguangbiao Building, No.38, Zheda Road, Hangzhou, China 310027 |
| Croatian Microscopy Society President: Andreja Gajović Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenička cesta 54 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia | Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS) President: Dr. Vladislav Krzyzanek Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS The Czech Academy of Sciences Kralovopolska 147,CZ-61200 Brno Czech Republic |
| Société Française des Microscopies President: Damien Jacob Sorbonne Université Campus P. et M. Curie – Case 243 4, place Jussieu 75 252 Paris cedex 05 France | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektronenmikroskopie President: Prof. Dr. Peter A. van Aken Stuttgart Center for Electron Microscopy Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Heisenbergstr. 1 70569 Stuttgart Germany |
| Hungarian Society for Microscopy President: Agnes Kittel Institute of Experimental Medicine Hungarian Academy of Sciences POB 67, H-1450 Budapest Hungary | Electron Microscope Society of India President : Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi, Retd. as Associate Director, Physical Metallurgy Group India Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Tamil Nadu – 603 102. India |
| Microscopical Society of Ireland President: Ursel Bangert Bernal Chair of Microscopy & Imaging Department of Physics and Energy University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland | Israel Society for Microscopy Chair: Prof Amit Kohn Tel-Aviv University Israel |
| Italian Society for Microscopical Sciences (SISM) President: Prof. Elisabetta Falcieri Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vita e dell’Ambiente University of Urbino Campus Scientifico – Località Crocicchia 61029 URBINO (PU) Italy | Japanese Society of Microscopy President: Prof. Tatsuo Ushiki Niigata University Niigata Japan |
| Korean Society of Microscopy President: Dr. Jae-Pyoung Ahn Advanced Analysis Center Korea Institute of Science and Technology 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792 Republic of Korea | Mexican Society of Microscopy and Microanalysis President: Prof. Miguel Avalos Borja Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica Camino a la presa San Jose 2055 San Luis Potosi, S.L.P., C:P: 78216 Mexico |
| Dutch Society for Microscopy President: Ben Giepmans Dept. Biological Sciences of Cells & Systems UMCG Microscopy & Imaging Center (UMIC) University Medical Centre Groningen 9713 AV Groningen The Netherlands | Microscopy New Zealand Inc President: Dr Duane Harland AgResearch Limited Lincoln Research Centre Lincoln New Zealand |
| Polish Society for Microscopy President: Prof. Jerzy Morgiel Instytut Metalurgii i Inżynierii Materiałowej PAN ul. Reymonta 25 30-059 Kraków Poland | Portuguese Society for Microscopy President: Prof Bruno Trindade University of Coimbra 3004-531 Coimbra Portugal |
| SCANDEM Nordic Microscopy Society President: Kesara Anamthawat-Jónsson Plant Genetics Research Group Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Iceland Askja – Sturlugata 7, IS-101 Reykjavik Iceland | |
| Microscopy Society (Singapore) President: Ong Wei Yi National University of Singapore Singapore 119077 | Slovene Society for Microscopy President: Saso Sturm Jozef Stefan Institute Department for Nanostructured Materials Jamova 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenia |
| Microscopy Society of Southern Africa President: Prof. Jaco Olivier Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Nelson Mandela University Gqeberha, 6019 South Africa | Spanish Microscopy Society President: Jordi Arbiol ICREA at Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), CSIC and BIST Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra Barcelona Spain |
| Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy President: Marco Cantoni Zentrum für Mikroskopie ZMB Bio-Pharmazentrum, Universität Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, CH-4056 Basel Switzerland | Microscopy Society of Taiwan President: Prof. Jer-Ren Yang Department of Materials Science and Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan |
| The Microscopy Society of Thailand President: Dr Chanchana Thanachayanont National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand | Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy President: Prof. Serap Arbak Acibadem University, Faculty of Medical Department of History & Embryology Maltepe-Istanbul Turkey |
| Royal Microscopical Society President: Dr Pete O’Toole University of York York United Kingdom | Microscopy Society of America (MSA) President: Dr. Paul G. Kotula Materials Characterization Department Sandia National Laboratories PO Box 5800 MS 0886 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0886 USA |
| Venezuelan Society of Microscopy and Microanalysis President: Cesare Colasante Departamento de Fisiología y Laboratoro de Fisiología de la Conducta Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Los Andes Mérida 5101 Venezuela |
Associate Members
| Bulgarian Society for Electron Microscopy Dr. W. Ovtscharoff Dept of Anatomy and Histology Medical University Sv G Soffiiski Str 1 BG 1431 Sofia Bulgaria | Cuban Society for Microscopy President: Dr. Odelsa Ancheta Niebla |
| Ecuadorian EM Society President: Dr Gustavo Rubio Coronel Esmeraldas 100 A y Piedrahita (Esq) PO Box 09-06-2067 Guayaquil Ecuador | Egyptian Society for Electron Microscopy Professor Ayman M Ghallab Department of Histology Faculty of Medicine Zayazig University Egypt |
| Latvian Society for Electron Microscopy Dr. Valery Groma Lab of Electron Microscopy Medical Academy of Latvia 16 Dzirciema Str LV 1007 Riga Latvia | The Electron Microscopy Section of Moldova Republic Prof Boris T. Matienko MD2002 Institute of Plant Physiology Academy of Sciences Str Padurii 22 Chisináu Moldova |
| Romanian Society for Electron Microscopy Dr Patru Ploaie Institutul de Cercetari pentru Protectia Plantelor Bd. Ion Ionescu de la Brad 8 71592 Bucure ti-Baneasa Romania |
Regional members
| Committee for Asia-Pacific Societies of Microscopy (CAPSM) President: Prof. Ze Zhang Department of Materials Science Zhejiang University China Vice-President: Prof. M Mah-Lee Ng Department of Microbiology 5 Science Drive, National University of Singapore Singapore 117597 Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Hing Hiang Lian Environmental Health Programme Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 50300 KI Malaysia |
| European Microscopy Society (EMS) President: Prof. Dr. José Maria Valpuesta Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC) Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid Spain Secretary: Prof. Dr. Virginie Serin CEMES-CNRS Centre d’Elaboration de Materiaux et d’Etudes Structurales (UPR 8011) 29 ru Jeanne Marvig, BP94347 31055 Toulouse Cedex 4 France Treasurer: Prof. Dr. Christian Schöfer Center for Anatomy & Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna Schwarzspanierstraße 17 AT-1090 Vienna Austria |
| Interamerica Committee for Societies for EM (CIASEM) President: Prof. Dr. Francisco Capani Vice Director ININCA-UBA-CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina Vice-President: Dr. Reyes Gasca (Mexico) General Secretary: Dr. Luis Felipe Garcia Gimenez |