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ECMA – Welcome to our latest members: Euclid Techlabs
The EMC would like to welcome its latest ECMA member Euclid Techlabs You can consult the whole list of our Corporate Members here. Euclid Techlabs and Euclid Beamlabs Euclid actually consists of two companies. Euclid Techlabs created our core technologies utilizing high energy physics and energy sciences. Euclid Beamlabs was formed to focus on research and development of solutions and critical materials for use in these demanding applications. Together, they represent the cutting edge of innovation. Big power in small packages One touchstone of Euclid innovation is the delivery of high power and high performance in small packages: our low cost TEM upgrade, our HPHT and CVD diamonds and applications, our compact accelerator, and more. From the U.S. National Laboratories to customers in Europe and Asia, our unique expertise and capabilities are an important contributor to the advancement of global accelerator and materials technology. Euclid achieves big breakthroughs and traction with a compact team of scientists and engineers who thrive on interdisciplinary collaboration. Not limited by the silos you find in big organizations, we give you direct access to an acclaimed team of scientists who develop out-of-the-box solutions at speed. More info
Welcome to our latest members: RaySpec, SenseAI, AdvaScope, Renishaw
The EMC would like to welcome its latest ECMA members: RaySpec SenseAI AdvaScope Renishaw More info RaySpec is a specialist manufacturer of energy dispersive x-ray detectors based on Silicon Drift Detector technology. Our products are found worldwide in scanning electron microscopy systems, x-ray fluorescence analysers and on specific beamlines at synchrotrons and other accelerator based laboratories. Our innovative products have helped drive technology, enabled detailed materials analysis for quality assurance or regulatory compliance and facilitated advances in x-ray analytical techniques. We deliver high quality, high performance products, underpinned by excellent application support and customer service. RaySpec has formerly traded as Gresham Scientific Instruments Ltd, e2v scientific instruments Ltd and SGX Sensortech (MA) Ltd. More info SenseAI dramatically changes the image sensing landscape. Using proprietary sub-sampling methodologies, it can generate the same high-quality images and video feeds with up to 100x less data (1% of the original data). Applications include Analytical Equipment, Biological Materials Imaging & Medical Imaging. More info We are a team dedicated to developing the most advanced hybrid pixelated detectors for electron microscopy. We combine decades of experience in cutting edge detector design with a deep understanding of customer requirements. We focus on long term partnerships across the industry, optimizing our detectors for each application. Our team covers all aspects of detector design and manufacture, high speed readout electronics and bespoke software developments. We provide the most flexible detector design, long term support and the most advanced detectors on the market. More info We are a global company with core skills in measurement, motion control, healthcare, spectroscopy and manufacturing
3rd Edition of Unbiased Stereology
by C.V. Howard & M.G. Reed This book is a simple and practical guide to making unbiased 3-D measurements of microstructure via the microscope. It is not full of complex mathematics and is of use to biologists, toxicologists, pathologists, geologists and materials scientists. The techniques presented, which are statistical in nature, are tried and tested, and presented in a clear didactic style. Exercises, together with detailed worked answers are provided. The second edition, published in 2005, had three new chapters covering single object stereology, ‘Petrimetrics’, or the application of survey sampling techniques to in vitro experiments, and second order stereology for local measures of spatial organisation. Unbiased stereology has been requested for nerve cell counts in neurotoxicology by the United States Food & Drug Administration, and is now being required by many journals as a condition of acceptance for research articles. This book has been continuously in print since 1998 and has more than 2,000 citations. We published a 20th Anniversary reprint of the second edition in 2018. Available as a free download! More info
Kristóf Kovács (°1948 – † 23.06.2023)
Kristóf Kovács graduated as a chemical engineer in 1972 from the University of Chemical Industry in Veszprém and was employed by the University of Pannonia. In 1974 he received his doctorate, in 1994 his PhD in chemistry, and in 1995 he was appointed associate professor at the University. He later became Director of the Institute of Materials Engineering. After his retirement he continued to be actively involved in teaching and research and development.He was an internationally renowned expert in imaging techniques (microscopy, electron microscopy, computed tomography, computer image processing), with particular expertise in the correlation between the structure and properties of technical ceramics, the utilisation of glass and electronic waste, and the development of functional material systems for alternative energy sources. In addition to his mother tongue, he also spoke English, Russian and German. He was a member of the Veszprém County Chamber of Engineers, the Hungarian Society for Microscopy, the European Microscopy Society and the Society for Materials Science. Throughout his career, he worked continuously – for many years as Head of External Relations of the University – to strengthen the links between the University and its city, Veszprém and the region, with particular emphasis on the promotion of the scientific results of the University, the exploitation of scientific results and the promotion of the engineering profession. His city honoured him this spring the Pro Urbe medal of Veszprém. We, the members of the Hungarian Microscopy Society (HSM), remember him as an outstanding member of our society. Kristóf succeeded Professor Pál Röhlich as President of the then Hungarian Electron Microscopy Society between 1994 and 2002. Besides to being the organizer of the annual national conferences in Balatonalmádi, he was one of the initiators of the Multinational Congress on Microscopy (MCM), a biennial conference series that brings together nine countries from 2015 and promotes collaborations. He was also the chairman of the fourth MCM event, held in Veszprém in 1999. This alone should be enough for us, the members of the HSM, to remember him with respect and appreciation, even if we did not mention his professional recognition, the fact that he was one of the favourite lecturers at the University of Pannonia, his excellent popular scientific lectures, and that his company (SPI) sponsored even this year’s our conference. Most of these facts will be eventually forgotten in time, but we will remember the always energetic, active, helpful, warm-hearted friend who loved us – and we loved him.
In memory of Arvid B. Maunsbach (°1937 – † 14.05.2023)
Arvid Bernhard Maunsbach, born May 9, 1937, passed away Sunday evening May 14, 2023, in Århus, Jylland, at the age of 86. We wish to extend our sincere condolences to Arvid’s wife, Kaarina Pihakaski-Maunsbach, his children and grandchildren. Arvid Maunsbach was honorary member of the Nordic Microscopy Society (SCANDEM). On behalf of SCANDEM Board, I have the honour of presenting here a brief summary of Arvid Maunsbach’s life-long contribution to microscopical sciences and to the Nordic Microscopy Society. Arvid Maunsbach began his medical study in 1956 at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. During the first three years of study, he had a unique opportunity to visit University of California at Los Angelis as a research associate, to train on electron microscopy methods in ultrastructural studies. At the time electron microscopy was still a very new but fast-growing methodology. Arvid Maunsbach returned later to the University of California to work at the laboratory of Professor Fritiof Sjöstrand, whom he had known at Karolinska before Sjöstrand moved to California. In 1966, Arvid Maunsbach defended his doctoral thesis at Karolinska, including eight published papers based on ultrastructural studies he had performed in Sjöstrand laboratory. One of the articles in his thesis was re-published over 30 years later, 1997, in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology (8, 323-351), with the comment that his study had in a fundamental way increased the understanding of the kidney structure and function. Only 32 years old, in 1970, Arvid Maunsbach was appointed professor of anatomy at Aarhus University, Denmark, but in 1971 he was also affiliated to Yale University, USA. At Aarhus, he successfully continued his research. Together with Professor Peter Leth-Jørgensen, he received the Novo Nordisk Prize 1991, in recognition of their pioneering work on the fundamental correlation between the structure and function of the kidney. During his professorship at Aarhus, he also attended administrative work, as prorector (1977-80) and dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences (1992-99). He retired in 2007. Arvid Maunsbach was among the leading members of SCANDEM. Just a few months before he passed away, he gave the society the original hand-typed minutes of the founding meeting (Protokoll vid sammanträde den 16 oktober 1948) at Manne Siegbahnlaboratoriet (Nobelinstitutet för Fysik) in Stockholm, signed by Docent Fritiof S. Sjöstrand, appointed Secretary. The meeting was chaired by Docent K. Siegbahn and was attended by professors, physicists and engineers from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, with the purpose to establish Scandinavian collaboration on electron microscopy. Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn (1918 – 2007) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy. Fritiof Sjöstrand (1912 – 2011), one of the founders of SCANDEM, was a pioneer in developing electron microscopy methods and especially ultrathin sectioning. As Arvid Maunsbach got to know him already during his studies in Stockholm and later at Sjöstrand laboratory in California, he had a unique insight into the history of electron microscopy as well as about SCANDEM. Arvid Maunsbach became involved in the society early during his career, and later served both as President (1977-80) and Treasurer of the society. Many colleagues remember Arvid delivering SCANDEM travel grants in cash(!) at the annual conferences, as well as his friendly way of supporting and encouraging young researchers. In 1996 Arvid Maunsbach wrote, together with Björn Afzelius, the paper entitled ‘The Development of Electron Microscopy in Scandinavia’ including a brief history of the SCANDEM society (Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics 96, 301-321). Today SCANDEM includes all the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland), but has also members from other countries. The by-line “Scandinavian Society for Electron Microscopy” was in 2002 changed to “Nordic Microscopy Society”. Kesara Anamthawat-Jónsson, SCANDEM President (2014-2024)
HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01-01 grant led by R Ciancio
2023 – 2027 Title: “Interoperable electron Microscopy Platform for advanced RESearch and Services” (IMPRESS). The aim of this project is instrumentation development for electron microscopy. Start: February 1, 2023
HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01-04 grant (project number 101058414) led by S Facsko
2022 – 2026 Title: “Recyclable materials development at analytical research infrastructures” (ReMade@ARI). A radical shift to the Circular Economy is urgently needed to cope with the challenge of finite resources decreasing at a frightening pace while the quantity of waste increases alarmingly. The European Commission?s (EC) Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) adopted in March 2020 has identified seven key product value chains that must rapidly become circular, given their environmental impacts and circularity potentials. This requires substantial research on materials with a very high recycling capability while exhibiting competitive functionalities. In ReMade@ARI, the most significant European analytical research infrastructures join forces to pioneer a support hub for materials research facilitating a step change to the Circular Economy. ReMade@ARI offers coordinated access to more than 50 European analytical research infrastructures, comprising the majority of the facilities that constitute the Analytical Research Infrastructures in Europe (ARIE) network. ReMade@ARI offers comprehensive services suiting any research focusing on the development of new materials for the Circular Economy in the key areas highlighted in the CEAP and plays an important role in the preparation of the common technology roadmap for circular industries. Senior scientist, facility experts and highly trained young researchers contribute scientific knowledge and extensive support to realise a user service of unprecedented quality, making each promising idea a success. Particular attention is attributed to the implementation of attractive formats to support researchers and developers from industry. The comprehensive service catalogue is complemented by an extensive training programme. Communication and dissemination activities are underpinned by a continuous impact assessment, which also enables evidence- based decision-making in the context of the proposal selection. Routes to sustainability of the platform will be explored towards the end of the project. Start: September 1, 2022 More info
Prof. John Spence (°1947 – † 28.06.2021)
Dear Members, We deeply regret to announce the death of Professor John Spence on Monday June 28, in Boston. John C. H. Spence was a Regents’ Professor of Physics at Arizona State University (ASU) with a joint appointment at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He completed a PhD in Physics at Melbourne University in Australia, followed by postdoctoral work in Materials Science at Oxford University, UK. He was a Fellow of the American Physical Society, of the Institute of Physics, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of Churchill College Cambridge, UK. He was co-editor of Acta Crystallographica and served on the editorial board of Reports on Progress in Physics. He has served on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Molecular Foundry and the Advanced Light Source at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the DOE’s BESAC committee. For his microscopy achievements, Spence received the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Microscopy Society of America in 2006, the Buerger Award of the American Crystallographic Society in 2012, the J.M. Cowley Medal of the International Federation of Societies of Microscopy in 2014, the Burton Medal of MSA and a Humboldt Senior Scientist Award. Spence was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2015. In 2017 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (HonFRMS) for his contributions to microscopy. Spence is a (corresponding) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and the author of the book “Lightspeed” (OUP 2019) on the history of attempts to measure the speed of light leading to Einstein’s theories. This year he was awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize. From the European Microscopy Society, we offer our condolences to the family and close colleagues
The Kavli Prize 2020
The Kavli Prize, awarded every second year, is endowed by a partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Kavli Foundation. It acknowledges seminal work of scientists in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. This year, the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience has been awarded to four high-standard European microscopy researchers, Harald Rose (Ulm University and Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany), Maximilian Haider (CEOS GmbH, Germany), Knut Urban (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany), and Ondrej Krivanek (Nion Co., US), for their contributions on “sub-Ångstrøm resolution imaging and chemical analysis using electron beams.” Their discoveries enabled humanity to see the structure and chemical composition of materials in three dimensions on unprecedentedly short length scales. The prize consists of $1 million € shared by all 4 winners. The work of these brilliant scientists led to the creation of aberration corrected lenses and made sub-Ångstrøm imaging and chemical analysis in three dimensions a standard characterization method. Two of them have founded companies (Nion Co and CEOS GmbH) and commercialized their correctors contributing further to the major impact of their scientific work. Since then their microscopes have played an enormous role both in fundamental science and technology, where they are used, among others, by semiconductor, chemical and automotive industries. Harald Rose’s recognition is owed to proposing a novel lens design, the Rose corrector, enabling aberration correction in transmission electron microscopy that can be applied to both conventional and scanning microscopes. Maximilian Haider’s award is for the realization of the first sextupole corrector, based on Rose’s design, and for his role in the implementation of the first aberration corrected conventional transmission electron microscope. Knut Urban is awarded for his role in the implementation of the first aberration corrected conventional transmission electron microscope. Ondrej L Krivanek: The prize is in recognition of his work on the realization of the first aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscope with sub-Ångstrøm resolution, well suited for spatially resolved chemical analysis using a quadrupole-octupole corrector. The European Microscopy Society (EMS) congratulated these four geniuses of microscopy and wished them the best for the future. More info