Late summer/fall microscopy events

August 19-21, 2009 
International Tutorial Workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM)

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Tsukuba, Japan

The workshop is the 5th in a series and precedes the IMF-ISAF conference at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China. It will feature a series of tutorial and invited lectures on instrumental and theoretical aspects of PFM, nanoscale ferroelectricity, and emerging techniques such as Scanning Nonlinear Dielectric Microscopy. More information here. 

August 26, 2009

Materials Electron Microscopy: At the Limit

University of Illinois at Chicago

USA

This Midwest Microscopy & Microanalysis Society Meeting is a day of invited speakers discussing advanced electron microscopy in materials science. More information here. 

September 8-11, 2009
EMAG Conference and Exhibition 
University of Sheffield

UK
The Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group’s (EMAG) biennial conference captures the latest in the development and applications of electron microscope techniques. This year's themes are advanced electron microscopy techniques; investigating structure-property relationships in advanced material; and nanophysics and nanotechnology. The conference includes exhibitors, lectures, posters and technical workshops. More information here. 

September 22-25, 2009

Force Measurement and Manipulation in Biological Microscopy
University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC USA

Learn the theory and techniques of measuring forces in biological samples in this course presented by Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation, an NIH NIBIB Biotechnology Resource Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Attendees will use AFM, laser tweezers, and 3-D magnetic force systems on live biological samples, learn the theory and applications of force measurement, and receive an overview of mechanisms of force generation in biology and consequences at molecular and cellular level. More information here. 

October 14-15, 2009

8th International Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy & 

2nd International Symposium on Optical Tweezers in Life Sciences
Umspannwerk Ost, Berlin

This joint meeting is a forum for applications in scanning probe and optical tweezers technologies in life sciences. Applications covered include biophysical, biochemical and medical research. Leaders in the field together with novices are encouraged to learn from each other, discuss the presentations and share their experiences. More information here.

These events are also listed in the calendar on the right of this page.