Calendar of Meetings and Courses

Microscopy Microanalysis AND

DOI: 10.1017/S1431927604040541

Following is a list of microscopy-related meetings and courses. The editors would greatly appreciate input to this list via the electronic submission form found in the MSA World-Wide Web page at http:// www.msa.microscopy.com. We will gladly add hypertext links to the notice on the web and insert a listing of the meeting in the next issue of the Journal. Send comments and questions to JoAn Hudson, [email protected] or Nestor Zaluzec, [email protected]. Please furnish the following information ~any additional information provided will be edited as required and printed on a spaceavailable basis!: • • • • • • • • • •

Meeting/Course name Meeting/Course dates Meeting/Course topic or short description Sponsor ~Society/organization/university! Contact person Full postal address Telephone number Fax number E-mail address URL to a Worldwide Web information page if available

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The Materials Research Society April 12–16, 2004 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA Contact: Members Services, MRS, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 Telephone: ~724! 779-3003 Fax: ~724! 779-8313 E-mail: [email protected]

Experimental Biology April 17–21, 2004 Washington, DC Contact: SEB, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OLQ, UK Telephone: 144~0!20-7439-8732/1375 Fax: 144 ~0!20-7287-4786 E-mail: [email protected]

Scanning 2004 April 27–29, 2004 Washington, DC, USA Contact: Phaedra E. McGuinness, P.O. Box 485, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Telephone: ~201! 818-1010 Fax: ~201! 818-0086 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.scanning.org

Analytica 2004—19 th International Trade Fair and Analytica Conference

MEETINGS IN 2004 MicroMat 2004—4th International Conference on Micro Materials and Materials April 4–7, 2004 Berlin, Germany Contact: Prof. Dr. B. Michel, Secretariat Micro Materials 2004, Fraunhofer Institute IZM Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, D-13355 Berlin, Germany Telephone: 1149 ~0! 30 46403 200 Fax: 1149 ~0! 30 46403 211 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.micromaterials.com

May 11–14, 2004 Neue Messe, Munchen, Germany URL: www.5.analytica-world.com

China Med 2004—Medical Instruments and Equipment May 17–20, 2004 Beijing, China URL: www.chinamed.net.cn

10 th International Conference on Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission and Its Analytical Applications (PIXE 2004) June 4–8, 2004 Ljubljana, Slovenia Contact: Dr. Matjaz Kavcic

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E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.pixe2004.ijs.si

8APEM—Asia-Pacific Congress on Electron Microscopy June 7–11, 2004 Kanazawa, Japan Contact: Department of Anatomy, Kanazawa Medical University Uchinada, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.kanazawa-med.ac.jp/ ; 8apem

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology June 12–16, 2004 Boston, MA Contact: ASBMB Meeting Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3996 Telephone: ~301! 634-7145 Fax: ~301! 634-7126 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.asbmb.org

IFBLS’ 26 th World Congress June 13–18, 2004 Stockholm, Sweden Contact: Birgitta Svensson Congress Secretariat, c/o The Swedish Association of Health Professionals, Box 3260, SE-103 65 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: 1146 8 14 78 09 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.vardforbundet.se/ifbls2004

NANO 2004—7 th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials June 20–24, 2004 Wiesbaden, Germany Contact: Ms. Barbara FeiBt, DECHEMA e.V., Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, DE-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Telephone: 1149 69 7564 333 Fax: 1149 69 7564 441 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.nano2004.org

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The Polymer Processing Society June 20–24, 2004 Akron, Ohio E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.pps20.com

ECM V.—The Cell Biomaterials Reaction, ECM-European Cells & Materials Conferences June 28–30, 2004 Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland Contact: Miss Sonia Wahl, AOI Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse, Davos, Switzerland Telephone: 1141814142541 E-Mail: [email protected] URL: www.ecmjournal.org/ecm_ meetings/index.shtml

MicroScience 2004 July 6–8, 2004 London, United Kingdom Contact: The Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AJ, UK Telephone: 1144 ~0! 1865 248 768 Fax: 1144 ~0! 1865 791237 E-mail: [email protected], exhibitions@rms. org.uk URL: www.microscience2004.org.uk

Ultrapath XII July 11–16, 2004 Barcelona, Spain Conference on Diagnostic EM, with Related Surgical, Clinical, and Molecular Pathology Contact: Dr. Josep Lloreta, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar-IMAS-IMIM, Uniersitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Maritim, 25–29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Telephone: 13493 248 30 31 Fax: 13493 248 31 31 E-mail: [email protected]

Recent Trends 2004—Recent Trends in Charged Particle Optics and Physics Instrumentation July 12–16, 2004 Skalsky Dvur, Brno, Czech Republic Contact: Dr. Ilona Mullerova, Institute of Scientific Instruments, ASCR, Kralovopolska 147, CZ-61264 Brno, Czech Republic Telephone: 11420 541514300

Fax: 11420 541514402 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.trends.isibrno.cz

Fax: 132-3-218-02-57 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.emc2004.be/

IFT—The Institute of Food Technologists

The Second International Symposium on 3DPTV

July 12–16, 2004 Las Vegas, NV E-mail: [email protected]

ICHC 2004—12 th International Congress of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry July 24–29, 2004 LaJolla, CA Contact: Dr. William L. Stahl, Executive Director, The Histochemical Society, Seattle, WA, USA Fax: ~206! 764-2164 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.ifshc.org/index2004.html

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2004 August 1–5, 2004 Savannah, Georgia, USA Sponsor: Microscopy Society of America ~MSA!, Microbeam Analysis Society ~MAS!, & International Metallographic Society ~IMS! Contact: Mary Beth Rebedeau, The Rebedeau Group, 7000 W. Southwest Hwy., Chicago Ridge, IL 60415, USA Telephone: ~708! 361-6000 Fax: ~708! 361-6166 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.msa.microscopy.com

American Chemical Society August 22–26, 2004 Philadelphia, PA Contact: American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: ~800! 227-5558 ~US only! ~202! 872-4600 ~Outside US! Fax: ~202! 872-4615 E-mail: [email protected]

EMC2004, The Thirteenth European Microscopy Congress (former EUREM) August 22–27, 2004 Antwerp, Belgium University of Antwerp, RUCA Campus Telephone: 132-3-218-02-47

~3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission! September 6–9, 2004 Thessaloniki, Greece URL: www.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/ 3dpvt04/

NCAFM’04—Seventh International Conference on Non-Contact Atom Microscopy September 12–16, 2004 Seattle, Washington, USA E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.phys.washington.edu/ ;ncafm04

National Society for Histotechnology September 18–23, 2004 Toronto, Canada Contact: National Society for Histotechnology, 4201 North View Drive, Suite 502, Bowie, MD 20716-2604 Telephone: ~301! 262-6221 Fax: ~301! 262-9188 E-mail: [email protected]

Society for Neuroscience October 23–28, 2004 San Diego, CA Contact: Society for Neuroscience, 11 Dupont Circle N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: ~202! 462-6688 E-mail: [email protected] Focus: Molecular and cellular levels of the nervous system; systems within the brain such as vision and hearing and behavior produced by the brain.

American Society for Human Genetics October 26–30, 2004 Toronto, Canada Contact: ASHG, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: ~301! 634-7300 Fax: ~301! 634-7079 E-mail: [email protected]

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4 th International Congress on Autoimmunity November 3–7, 2004 Budapest, Hungary, Hotel Inter-Continental Telephone: 136 1 327 6333 Fax: 136 1 327 6356 URL: www.intercont.com

International Society for Testing & Failure Analysis (ISTFA) November 14–18, 2004 Worcester, MA Telephone: ~800! 336-5152 or ~440! 338-5151 ~dial 6 outside US! E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.edfas.org/istfa

Eastern Analytical Symposium November 15–18, 2004 URL: www.eas.org

The Materials Research Society November 29–December 3, 2004 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA Contact: Members Services, MRS, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 Telephone: ~724! 779-3003 Fax: ~724! 779-8313 E-mail: [email protected]

The American Society for Cell Biology December 4–8, 2004 Washington, DC Contact: The American Society for Cell Biology, 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814-2762 URL: www.ascb.org/meetings/am2004/ main04mtg.htm

COURSES IN 2004 EMAS 2004 Electron Probe Microanalysis Today—“Practical Aspects” Regional Workshop May 9–11, 2004 Bled, Slovenia Hotel Golf Telephone: 132 3 820 23 43 Fax: 132 3 820 23 43 E-mail: [email protected]

Advanced Techniques in Scanning Microscopy & Microanalysis for Materials Characterization May 17–21, 2004 McGill Univesity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Telephone: ~514! 398-8951 Fax: ~514! 398-4492 E-mail: [email protected]

Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis: A Course of the Lehigh Microscopy School June 6–18, 2004 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, USA Telephone: ~610! 758-5133 Fax: ~610! 758-4244 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.lehigh.edu/microscopy

Electron Crystallography 2004 (36 th International Crystallographic Course) June 9–20, 2004 Erice, Italy Contact: Lodovico Riva di Sanseverino, International School of Crystallography, Department Earth Sciences, Piazza PortaSan Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy Telephone: 1139 051 209 4912

3D MLC 2004—Ninth Annual International 12-Day Short Course on 3D Microscopy of Living Cells June 12–24, 2004 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Contact: Dr. James Pawley, University of Wisconsin, Zoology Research Bldg, Room 223, Johnson Ave. 1117, Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: 11608 263 3147 Fax: 11608 265 5315 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.3dcourse.ubc.ca/brochure.htm

3D IP 2003—Eighth, Post-course Workshop on 3D Image Processing June 26–28, 2004 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Contact: Dr. James Pawley, University of Wisconsin, Zoology Research Bldg., Room 223, Johnson Ave. 1117, Madison, WI 53706

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Telephone: 11608 263 3147 Fax: 11608 265 5315 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.3dcourse.ubc.ca/

Cryo-HRSEM/STEM/TEM July 28–30, 2004 Emory University, Atlanta, GA Sponsor: Integrated Micrscopy & Microanalytical Facility Telephone: ~404! 727-7766 Fax: ~404! 727-7760 E-mail: [email protected]

MEETINGS IN 2005 TMS February 13–17, 2005 San Francisco, CA Contact: TMS Programming Department, 184 Thorn Road, Warrendale, PA 15086 Telephone: ~724! 776-9000, ext. 253 Fax: ~724! 776-3770 E-mail: [email protected]

AAAS—American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting February 17–22, 2005 Washington, DC Telephone: ~202! 326-6450 Fax: ~202! 289-4021 E-mail: [email protected]

The Materials Research Society March 28–April 1, 2005 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA Contact: Members Services, MRS, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 Telephone: ~724! 779-3003 Fax: ~724! 779-8313 E-mail: [email protected]

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology April 2–6, 2005 San Diego, CA Contact: ASBMB Meeting Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3996 Telephone: ~301! 634-7145 Fax: ~301! 634-7126 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.asbmb.org

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Experimental Biology

American Chemical Society

April 2–6, 2005 San Diego, CA Contact: SEB, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OLQ, UK Telephone: 144~0!20 7439 8732/1375 Fax: 144 ~0!20 7287 4786 E-mail: [email protected]

August 28–September 1, 2005 Washington, DC Contact: American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: ~800! 227-5558 ~US only! ~202! 872-4600 ~Outside US! Fax: ~202! 872-4615 E-mail: [email protected]

Scanning 2005 April 30–May 2, 2005 New Orleans, LA, USA Contact: Phaedra E. McGinness, P.O. Box 485, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Telephone: ~201! 818-1010 Fax: ~201! 818-0086 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.scanning.org

IUMAS-3, 3 rd Meeting of the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies and EMAS 2005, 9 th European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis May 22–26, 2005 Firenze, Italy Contact: EMAS Secretariat, c/o University of Antwerp, Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, BE-2610 Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.emas.ac.uk

IFT—The Institute of Food Technologists July 16–20, 2005 New Orleans, LA E-mail: [email protected]

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2005 July 31–August 4, 2005 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Sponsor: Microscopy Society of America ~MSA!, Microbeam Analysis Society ~MAS!, & International Metallographic Society ~IMS! Contact: Mary Beth Rebedeau, The Rebedeau Group, 7000 W. Southwest Hwy., Chicago Ridge, IL 60415, USA Telephone: ~708! 361-6000 Fax: ~708! 361-6166 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.msa.microscopy.com

DM 2005—Dreilandertagung Mikroskopie 2005 August 28–September 2, 2005 Davos, Switzerland Contact: Kurt Pulfer, President SSOM Switzerland E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.ssom.ch/davos2005/davos.html

National Society for Histotechnology September 10–15, 2005 Fort Lauderdale, FL Contact: National Society for Histotechnology, 4201 North View Drive, Suite 502, Bowie, MD 20716-2604 Telephone: ~301! 262-6221 Fax: ~301! 262-9188 E-mail: [email protected]

American Society for Human Genetics October 25–29, 2005 Tornoto, Canada Contact: ASHG, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: ~301! 634-7300 Fax: ~301! 634-7079 E-mail: [email protected]

International Society for Testing & Failure Analysis (ISTFA) November 2005 San Jose, CA Telephone: ~800! 336-5152 or ~440! 338-5151 ~dial 6 outside US! E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.edfas.org/istfa

Society for Neuroscience November 12–16, 2005 Washington, DC Contact: Society for Neuroscience, 11 Dupont Circle N.W., Suite 500,

Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: ~202! 462-6688 E-mail: [email protected]

The Materials Research Society November 28–December 2, 2005 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA Contact: Members Services, MRS, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 Telephone: ~724! 779-3003 Fax: ~724! 779-8313 E-mail: [email protected]

The American Society for Cell Biology December 10–14, 2005 San Francisco, CA Contact: The American Society for Cell Biology, 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814-2762 URL: www.ascb.org

COURSES IN 2005 EMAS 2005/ IUMAS-3 9 th European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis May 22–26, 2005 Florence, Italy Convitto della Calza Contact: EMAS Secretariat c/o University of Antwerp ~UA!, Department of Chemistry Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, BE-2610 Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium URL: www.emas.ac.uk

MEETINGS IN 2006 TMS March 12–16, 2006 San Antonio, TX Contact: TMS Programming Department, 184 Thorn Road, Warrendale, PA 15086 Telephone: ~724! 776-9000, ext. 253 Fax: ~724! 776-3770 E-mail: [email protected]

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology April 1–5, 2006 San Francisco, CA Contact: ASBMB Meeting Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3996 Telephone: ~301! 634-7145 Fax: ~301! 634-7126 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.asbmb.org

National Society for Histotechnology September 9–14, 2006 Phoenix, AZ Contact: National Society for Histotechnology, 4201 North View Drive, Suite 502, Bowie, MD 20716-2604 Telephone: ~301! 262-6221 Fax: ~301! 262-9188 E-mail: [email protected]

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology April 2007 Washington, DC Contact: ASBMB Meeting Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3996 Telephone: ~301! 634-7145 Fax: ~301! 634-7126 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.asbmb.org

American Chemical Society Experimental Biology April 1–5, 2006 San Francisco, CA Contact: SEB, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V OLQ, UK Telephone: 144~0!20 7439 8732/1375 Fax: 144 ~0!20 7287 4786 E-mail: [email protected]

IFT—The Institute of Food Technologists July 22–26, 2006 Orlando, FL E-mail: [email protected]

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006 August 6–10, 2006 Chicago, Illinois, USA Sponsor: Microscopy Society of America ~MSA!, Microbeam Analysis Society ~MAS!, & International Metallographic Society ~IMS! Contact: Mary Beth Rebedeau, The Rebedeau Group, 7000 W. Southwest Hwy., Chicago Ridge, IL 60415, USA Telephone: ~708! 361-6000 Fax: ~708! 361-6166 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.msa.microscopy.com

September 10–14, 2006 San Francisco, CA Contact: American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: ~800! 227-5558 ~US only! ~202! 872-4600 ~Outside US! Fax: ~202! 872-4615 E-mail: [email protected]

American Society for Human Genetics October 10–14, 2006 New Orleans, LA Contact: ASHG, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: ~301! 634-7300 E-mail: [email protected]

The American Society for Cell Biology December 9–13, 2006 San Diego, CA Contact: The American Society for Cell Biology, 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814-2762 URL: www.ascb.org

MEETINGS IN 2007 ICEM XVI, XVI International Congress on Electron Microscopy

PITTCON 2007

September 3–8, 2006 Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan Contact: Kazuo Furuya, General Secretary of JSEM, National Institute for Materials Science, 3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://edpex104.bcasj.or.jp/jsm/ eng/icem/icemxvi.html

March 12–15, 2007 New Orleans, LA Contact: The Pittsburgh Conference, 300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503, USA Telephone: ~412! 825-3220 or 1-800-825-3221 Fax: ~412! 825-3244 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.pittcon.org

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2007 August 5–9, 2007 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Sponsor: Microscopy Society of America ~MSA!, Microbeam Analysis Society ~MAS!, & International Metallographic Society ~IMS! Contact: Mary Beth Rebedeau, The Rebedeau Group, 7000 W. Southwest Hwy., Chicago Ridge, IL 60415, USA Telephone: ~708! 361-6000 Fax: ~708! 361-6166 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.msa.microscopy.com

American Chemical Society August 19–23, 2007 Boston, MA Contact: American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036 Telephone: ~800! 227-5558 ~US only! ~202! 872-4600 ~Outside US! Fax: ~202! 872-4615 E-mail: [email protected]

American Society for Human Genetics October 23–27, 2007 San Diego, CA Contact: ASHG, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: ~301! 634-7300 Fax: ~301! 634-7079 E-mail: [email protected]

Meetings in 2008 PITTCON 2008 March 3–6, 2008 New Orleans, LA Contact: The Pittsburgh Conference,

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MicroStar

300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503, USA Telephone: ~412! 825-3220 or 1~800!825-3221 Fax: ~412! 825-3244 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.pittcon.org

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology April 3–9, 2008 San Diego, CA Contact: ASBMB Meeting Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3996 Telephone: ~301! 634-7145 Fax: ~301! 634-7126 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.asbmb.org

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 August 3–7, 2008 Albuquerque, New Mexico Sponsor: Microscopy Society of America ~MSA!, Microbeam Analysis Society ~MAS!, & International Metallographic Society ~IMS! Contact: Mary Beth Rebedeau, The Rebedeau Group, 7000 W. Southwest Hwy., Chicago Ridge, IL 60415, USA Telepone: ~708! 361-6000 Fax: ~708! 361-6166 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.msa.microscopy.com

American Chemical Society August 17–21, 2008 Philadelphia, PA Contact: American Chemical Society,

1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: ~800! 227-5558 ~US only! ~202! 872-4600 ~Outside US! Fax: ~202! 872-4615 E-mail: [email protected]

American Society for Human Genetics November 12–15, 2008 Philadelphia, PA Contact: ASHG, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: ~301! 634-7300 Fax: ~301! 634-7079 E-mail: [email protected]