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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 2008 Fall Technical Meeting will be held in conjunction with the 97th Annual Technical Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science on Friday, October 31, 2008, at Southern Nazarene University, Bethany (NE OKC area). OMS has a number of talks, one keynote speaker and stiff competition for the Timpano Award for the best student presentation. We also displayed lots of great images. It will be hard, as usual, to choose a winner for the 2008 UglyBug Contest!!!! Watch here for the news!

Future meetings:

2009 November 6: East Central University, Ada (~60 mi SE of OKC)

Spring Meeting:

The Oklahoma MicroscopySociety (OMS) 30th Annual Spring Workshop will be held on April 25, 2008 at the Samuel Roberts Moble Microscopy Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Here is our Program of Events for the 2008 Spring Workshop as a PDF file.

Again this year we have a Special Pre-Meeting SEM Exhibition, where we host a Kids' SEM Night on Thursday evening prior to the meeting. Children will have an opportunity to operate an actual scanning electron microscope (Hitachi TM-1000) using a sample of their own choosing.

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.

For more information:

Information about EM and societies:

2008 contest underway!! also 2007 OMS Ugly Bug Contest results are in!!
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
Newsgroup on Microscopy Techniques
Join the MSA MICROSCOPY listserv - or send messages
Ugly Bug Contest - Flagstaff Festival of Science Annual Event (this is the last year available)
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 Microscopy - EM and hologram! Cross-eyed and anaglyph ()!
- Schools Section
News mail servers for EM
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
  - MICRO (Microscopy In Curriculum - Research Outreach) - Pre-Collegiate Educational Activities of MSA
  - 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
- David London, Ph.D., Director
- George B. Morgan VI, Ph.D., Microprobe Operator
University of Oklahoma Confocal Facility
- Randall S. Hewes, Ph.D., Director

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