EMC 2024 Report
Dear Members, Following the 17th European Microscopy Congress (EMC2024) held at the Bella Center in the Danish capital Copenhagen, August 26-30, 2024, you will find the exiting report from the EMC Chair Klaus Qvortrup. The 17th European Microscopy Congress (EMC2024) took place at the Bella Center in the Danish capital Copenhagen, August 26-30, 2024, with an attendance of 2,500 registrants from at least 51 countries, who had the opportunity to hear from researchers at various career levels from both academia and industry. Eight years have passed since the latest EMC (Lyon, 2016); in the meantime, the Covid pandemic most regrettably caused a last-minute cancellation of the attempted organized EMC2020 in Copenhagen. Accordingly, EMC2024 was planned in the wake of the pandemic at a time where we did not know whether physical conferences would ever happen again – at least to the same extent we have grown used to in the past. Fortunately, in Copenhagen 2024 it seemed as if all the unpleasant memories of the past pandemic were almost forgotten, even though most of the world was in lock-down less than 3 years before. Some prayers must have been taken into consideration, because even the late August weather was perfect for outdoor social activities. The 1,310 submitted abstracts for the three main symposia complemented the impressive number of registrants and paved the road for an extensive and dynamic conference programme spanning advances in Life Science, Physical Science, and Instrumentation & Methodology. Accordingly, EMC2024 featured six parallel tracks with 35 scientific sessions giving room for 422 oral presentations, 50 invited speakers, and 5 plenary and 775 poster presentations. Approximately 250 registrants decided to arrive early and attend one of the seven preconference workshops offered on the Sunday before conference kick-off. However, not only pre-conference workshop students had decided to arrive in good time, because the welcome reception Sunday evening welcomed more than 1,300 conference delegates for a truly memorable event. The spacious conference hall – shaped to host all EMC2024 scientific activities for the five full days − consisted of a plenary lecture theater seating 1,500 delegates, five breakaway theaters with a capacity of 350 pax each, and a generous poster area with a capacity of 400 posters. The trade exhibition was the centerpiece of the hall, featuring many of the world’s leading companies in the field. More than 500 registrants from the attending companies were on hand to show-case their latest cutting-edge instrumentation and accessories, and EMC2024 warmly welcomed a total of 105 exhibitors including 10 Open Science contributions and the two EMC2028 bidders, Brno and Barcelona. During the lunch breaks the five breakaway theatres were generously booked by the vendors for introduction and presentations of new technologies. Thursday evening, the Conference dinner at the Bella Center was jam-packed to capacity with 800 seated guests, who enjoyed a 3-course dinner accompanied by a full jazz big band in Sinatra style. The dance floor was quickly fully packed with happy conference delegates. Numerous feedbacks indicate that all attendants – academia and vendors − had a great, busy, and productive time at EMC2024. Taken into consideration that the pandemic with lock-down precautions had just been left behind us, my personal outstanding memory would probably the great pleasure of seeing the buzzing activity in the conference hall. Colleagues finally catching up in person, the impressive activity with all the vendors’ booths, and four days of truly amazing activity in the poster-sessions – handshakes and even hugs – who would have believed this possible again just three years ago. The 18th European Microscopical Congress (EMC2028) will be organized by the Spanish Microscopy Society in Barcelona, September 18-22, 2028 – we are all looking forward for the continuation of this important cornerstone in the microscopy scientific world. Klaus Qvortrup EMC2024, Conference Chair
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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