Dear Member of the Southern California Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis,
Another year has come and gone and we are planning our meetings for the 2007-2008 year. This promises to be an interesting year with a selection of great speakers and meetings.
For our Fall meeting we are pleased to have Dr. Bill Tivol from the California Institute of Technology address our group on the topic of electron cryo microscopy. Bill has extensive experience in physics, biochemistry and for many years worked with the high-voltage TEM at the Wadsworth Center in Albany NY. Bill has also served faithfully on our SCSMM Board for many years. We are very excited to be meeting once again at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, thanks to our gracious host, Dr. Paul Webster. A tour of the microscopy facilities will be followed by a “social hour” and a delicious catered dinner sponsored by Gatan Inc., and Marine Reef International.
Planning is currently underway for our Spring all-day symposium to be held once again at UCI in Irvine. We expect to have several nationally known speakers from the Microscopy Society of America Tour Speaker Program, as well as some local talent, and plenty of vendor participation. Carl Zeiss has also offered to give us a guided tour of their microscopy center at UCI.
As always, a very big “thank you!” goes out to all our vendor partners. I would urge all of our members to remember these valuable partners when it comes time to purchase equipment and supplies. They are the lifeblood of our Society and we could not exist without them.
If
you are like me, you may “surf the net” from time to time to see what is new
and or interesting in microscopy. Lately
I came across a fairly comprehensive file that documents the history of
microscopy (including some background on electron microscopy).
The document entitled “The Billings Microscope Collection” is
available and is maintained at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology website:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/microscope/index.html.
Remember that if you pay your dues for the coming year you will be able to attend and dine for free at the Fall meeting and at the all-day symposium! The dues have not been changed and will remain: students $4 / regular members $10 and corporate membership will remain at $50. We look forward to interacting with you at our meetings. The application form and other information is available at our website: www.scsmm.org.
Best wishes for a great year!
Mark H. Armitage, M.S., Ed.S
President, SCSMM
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