We are delighted to announce that we are running our 49th annual symposium, hosted in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Dundee. Registration is now open, and will remain open until Monday 6th November.

We encourage ECRs to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. This is a great opportunity to present in a friendly environment, to win prizes and to interact with peers in the microscopy community. Submit an abstract here.

We have a really exciting programme of talks from across disciples, techniques and Universities.

Our JEOL-sponsored keynote lecture will be given by Dr Laura Young from the University of Newcastle. Dr Young’s research research combines optical instrumentation and psychophysical research, developing adaptive optics systems to study human vision – from imaging the light sensitive cells in the retina in vivo to studying the impact of refractive disorders on visual performance.

We have invited talks from Dr Ramasubramanian Sundaramoorthy about CryoEM at Dundee, Dr Callum Graham about using microscopy for conservation, Prof Carlos Penedo about C-TRAP optical trapping at University of St Andrews, and Dr Simon Plummer about using micromatricies for your research.  There will be a breakout room focussing on techniques, hints and tops for expansion microscopy. The RMS will also be giving a talk on their remit and how they can help you. 

There’s plenty of chance to interact with trade, with technobites from Miltenyi Biotec, Jeol, Laser2000 and Andor, and facility managers from different universities around Scotland will be available to give you more information on the microscopes and techniques available in Scotland. The RMS are sponsoring our best oral presentation prize, Bruker are sponsoring the best poster prize and our annual image competition is sponsored by Nikon!