Microscopy Home PageThis page provides a diary of courses and workshops arranged in date order, i.e. current events are at the top of the page, those at an early stage of planning are at the bottom. There is a separate page for meetings and conferences
Please send me details of courses missing from the page and I'll gladly add them. E-mail chris@stowey.demon.co.uk, please include the course title, its date (or range of dates), the name of the organising body, and a contact person with an address for enquiries and registration details. If phone and fax numbers, an e-mail address and a Web URL are available I will add those as well.
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5-7 December
Manchester, UK
Contact Protrain, 16 Hedgerley, Chinnor, Oxfordshire OX9 4TN, UK
Tel. +44 1844 353161
Fax +44 1844 353161
7-24 January
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
This workshop concludes with a symposium on development and reproduction. The aim is to familiarise young scientists with modern approaches for studying cell-level and molecular-level structural development, based on invertebrate and vertebrate eggs and embryos.
Contact Professor Barry Fabian, University of Witwatersrand, Private
Bag 3, WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa
Fax 27 11 339 3407
E-mail
Barry@gecko.biol.wits.ac.za
10-12 January
Yale University, USA
This is a three day hands-on practical workshop in the use of microwave ovens in electron microscopy. It will concentrate on three-hour processing and embedding.
Contact Paul Webster, Center for Cell Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8002, USA
Tel. +1 (203) 785 3219
E-mail
Paul.Webster@quickmail.yale.edu
22-26 January
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
Contact Professor Julia M Polak, Department of Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
25-27 January
San Diego, California, USA
The primary emphasis of this workshop will be on 3-hour processing of tissue for TEM studies.
Contact Steve Barlow, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
92182-4614, USA
Tel +1 619 594-4523
Fax +1 619 594-5676
E-mail
sbarlow@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
29 January - 2 February
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
Contact Professor Julia M Polak, Department of Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
23-24 February
San Clemente, California, USA
Hands-on, limited class size course on the techniques of tripod polishing.
Contact Monica Pflaster, South Bay Technology Inc, 1120 Via Callejon,
San Clemente, CA 92673, USA
Tel +1 800-728-2233
Fax +1 714-492-1499
E-mail sbt@msa.microscopy.com
4-8 March
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
Contact Professor Julia M Polak, Department of Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
11-15 March
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
Contact Professor Julia M Polak, Department of Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
11-15 March
University of Sheffield, UK
Separate materials and life sciences courses offer maximum flexibility to suit beginners and the more advanced. Theoretical and practical aspects will be covered with demonstrations and hands-on opportunities.
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
18-19 March
Southampton, UK
This two day, intensive workshop consists of practical sessions reinforced by informal tutorials and discussion. Topics covered will include lectin extraction, histochemistry, binding to cells, affinity chromatography, EM of carbohydrate interaction, and electrophoresis.
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
18-22 March
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
Contact Professor Julia M Polak, Department of Histochemistry, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
17-30 June
Rimini, Italy
This workshop will cover opiate neurobiology, stress, microglia in psychiatry etc. with hands-on laboratory work and lectures.
Contact Dr Enzo Ottaviani, Department of Animal Biology, University
of Modena, Via Barengario 14, 41100 Modena, Italy
Tel +39 59-243566
Fax +39 59-581020
E-mail enzott@220.unimo.it
15-19 July
University of Leeds, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
22-26 July
University of Liverpool, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
The course will cover everything from basic microscopy to the technical considerations that define the highest levels of performance of the confocal microscope.
Contact Professor James Pawley, Room 1235, 1500 Johnson Drive, Madison,
Wisconsin, USA 53706
Tel +1 608-263-3147
Fax +1 608-265-5315
E-mail jbpawley@facstaff.wisc.edu
30-31 July
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
September
Cambridge, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
2-6 September
Oxford, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
9-10 September
Leeds, UK
This workshop is organised jointly with the Physiology Society.
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
16-20 September
London, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
November
Berkeley, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
11-15 November
Sutton, UK
Contact The Administrator, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements,
Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK
Tel. +44 1865 248768
Fax +44 1865 791237
E-mail rms@vax.ox.ac.uk
Please note that inclusion of an event does not imply that it is recommended to readers of this page. Details are supplied by the organisers or have been copied from other notices and have not been checked for accuracy.
If you wish to attend any of these courses you should check carefully with the organisers before committing time or money to the event.
It's always worth checking these other lists, they may include different kinds of courses, or they may cover a different range of topics.