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Oklahoma Microscopy Society (OMS)

The Oklahoma Microscopy Society is a local affiliate society of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA), the Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS) and the Oklahoma Academy of Science (OAS). The Society was founded as the Oklahoma Society for Electron Microscopy (Ok-SEM) in September 1977, becoming the 18th local affiliated society of MSA (then EMSA) and the 11th section of OAS. There are two scheduled meetings each year: (1) a technical meeting is held every fall in conjunction with the OAS and (2) a one- or two-day workshop is held every spring. Information about these meetings is located below.

An OMS membership form is available online in PDF format. A free reader for PDF files is at the Adobe web site. Membership in the Oklahoma Microscopy Society is available to anyone with an interest in microscopy. Corporate membership is $50, regular professional membership is $15 and student membership is $5 annually. Membership privileges include participation in society events, two newsletters and access to mailing lists. Advertisements are accepted from Corporate Members through the Secretary-Treasurer and Newsletter Editor (see Officers) and a free link to their WWW Corporate Home Page is provided.

The OMS newsletter is now available online in PDF format.

Fall meeting:

The 2009 Fall Technical Meeting was held in conjunction with the Annual Technical Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science on Friday, November 6, 2009, at East Central University, Ada (in central Oklahoma). OMS had a number of great talks, one excellent keynote address presented by Dr. Kent McDonald from the EM Core Facility for the Life Sciences at University of California, Berkeley and three speakers presenting competing for the Timpano Award for the best student presentation. We conducted a straw vote on the winner of the 2009 UglyBug Contest--winner to appear soon!

The 2010 Fall Technical Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Annual Technical Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science on Friday, November 5, 2010, at Northeastern State University's Broken Arrow campus (just east of Tulsa). OMS will have a number of talks, one keynote speaker and competition for the 2010 Timpano Award for the best student presentation. We will also choose a winner for the 2010 UglyBug Contest!!!! Watch here for the news!

2009 Spring Meeting:

The Oklahoma MicroscopySociety (OMS) 31st Annual Spring Workshop was held on April 24, 2009 at the OSU Microscopy Laboratory and Meridian Technology Center at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Click here for online registration, a program of events, and directions to the meeting.

A listserv list is now available for all of the members at: OMS-L@lists.ou.edu, to the OMS Executive Board at: OMS-EXEC@lists.ou.edu, and to all of the OMS Corporate members at: OMS-CORP@lists.ou.edu.

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Information about EM and societies:

2009 contest nearing the judging phase!!. Past OMS Ugly Bug Contest gallery is awesome!!
The WWW-Virtual Library in Microscopy opened on September 16, 1996 (hosted by the Noble Microscopy Lab) - This is part of the web index site that was started by Tim Berners-Lee (father of http, the Web). The WWW-VL was special prize winner of the 1999 Pirelli Award!
Meetings, Short Courses and Workshops -- From MAS
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Newsletters and Online Microscopy Journals
Microscopy UK - Microscopy organization featuring an online magazine, software, and information for professionals and amateurs
- Micscape Magazine - "Bringing our world a little closer"
- Past Micscape Articles
  - Symbion pandora - first SEMs of a new animal phylum?!
  - Article: Darwin - The Microscopist?
- Micscape Movie Player and Movies - Demo version of the Player is free of charge
- 3-D Stereo Imaging
- EM and hologram! Cross-eyed and anaglyph ()!
- Schools Section
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Microscopy Society of America
- Educational Resources:
  - Fun Science Gallery - Build your own microscope!
  - Ask A Microscopist - A project for use by Students and Educators
  - MSA DVD collection
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  - Microscopy & Microanalysis Software Library
- Technologists Forum
- MSA Local Affiliate Societies (LAS)
- MSA Membership Information and Forms
Microbeam Analysis Society
Oklahoma Academy of Science
Explore Internet Resources -- A general reference about resources available on the Internet.
Electron Microprobe Laboratory
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- George B. Morgan VI, Ph.D., Microprobe Operator
University of Oklahoma Confocal Facility
- Randall S. Hewes, Ph.D., Director

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