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Microscopy & Microtechniques by Heather Hobbs mmc2019: an Arena for Knowledge Exchange


He is set to receive the accolade in July at the mmc2019 Congress, where he will also be giving a plenary talk.


More information about the Pearse Prize can be found on the RMS website.


Congress Banquet, Weds 3rd July


Star of BBC’s The One Show Marty Jopson is bringing his ‘Invisible Worlds’ talk to mmc2019. Marty is the BBC1 programme’s resident scientist and he will drop in to give an exciting pre-dinner talk.


Packed with topics from six parallel conference sessions, an extensive exhibition


of the latest technology, learning zones and hands-on


workshops, a huge poster village and the ever popular display of shortlisted images for the RMS Scientifi c Imaging Competition, mmc2019 which returns to Manchester on 1st to 4th July, promises to offer something for everyone with a microscope from hobbyist to workplace user.


The exhibition, free to all delegates and day visitors, will feature a new comers area, showcasing ideas and products from smaller companies, start-ups and spin-offs exhibiting at mmc for the fi rst time.


Organised by the Royal Microscopical Society, a UK-based Charity dedicated to furthering the science of microscopy through a wide range of activities, mmc2019 also hosts a wide range of popular meetings catering for specifi c interest groups including;


EMAG 2019, SPM Meeting 2019, Frontiers in Bioimaging Microscopy Society of Ireland, Scottish Microscopy Group.


RMS Medals to be awarded at mmc2019


The RMS is delighted to be recognising outstanding contribution to microscopy by a distinguised group who will gather at mmc2019.


They are: Wolfgang Baumeister, Klaus Hahn, Caterina Ducati, Cristina Lo Celso, Suliana Manley, Wanda Kukulski and Cyrus Hirjibehedin.


Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Microscopical Society Honorary Fellowships are bestowed by the Society for eminence in microscopy or related branches of science or for exceptional service to science.


Professor Dr Wolfgang Baumeister (Max Planck Institute of


Biochemistry) is the recipient of an Honorary Award, which will be presented during his plenary talk at mmc2019.


Professor Dr Wolfgang Baumeister The Pearse Prize


The Pearse Prize was established by the RMS Histochemistry and Cytochemistry Section (now Life Sciences)) in 1982 to honour the contribution made to histochemistry by Professor AGE Pearse. The prize is awarded to a scientist who has made a signifi cant contribution to histochemistry and life sciences and is still active in their fi eld. It will not be restricted to any particular age group.


It is typically awarded every four or fi ve years (and not more frequently than every two years) and only then when it is felt there is a suitable candidate. It is generally regarded as one of the international honours in histochemistry and the life sciences, with an emphasis on microscopy.


Professor Klaus Hahn (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) is the recipent of the 2019 Pearse Prize. A ground-breaking professor who has consistently pushed the boundaries with his work examining protein activity within living cells. Proffesor Klaus Hahn has pioneered the design of biosensors and optogenetics to visualise and control signalling in living cells. His work was once rated among the “10 breakthroughs of the decade” by Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.


The Cambridge graduate, who gained a PhD in plant cell biology before embarking on a lengthy TV career, promises to take mmc2019 on a journey from the very beginnings of microscopy, through hugely magnifi ed insects, bacteria and plants to the most up-to-date fl uorescent techniques.


The pre-dinner talk, supported by Zeiss, will take place at 6pm in Central 5, 6 and 7. No pre-booking is required.


Travel Bursaries


The RMS is offering travel bursaries to those planning to attend the mmc2019 Conference and/or the Exhibition. This is a limited bursary fund and awards will be made on a fi rst come fi rst served basis. mmc2019 bursaries are open to both RMS members and non-members. What’s stopping you?


Registration


Registration for the Microscience Microscopy Congress 2019 is now open. Early bird registration rates for the conference will be in place until 17 May.


Free exhibition registration will remain open online until 25 June, but you can also turn up on the day in Manchester and register for free at the venue.


The mmc2019 conference is open from 1 – 4 July and the exhibition is open from 9am on 2 – 4 July.


Find out more about mmc2019 and register at: www.mmc-series.org.uk


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EPSRC Grant £7.2 Million for XMaS Makeover


Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Warwick have been celebrating a £7.2 million “gift” from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).


The funding will help upgrade and operate the XMaS (X-ray Materials Science) beamline, a National Research Facility


that


allows scientists to use x-rays to examine materials for purposes as diverse as reducing corrosion on metal artefacts to re-growing teeth from stem cells. Further studies will be carried out into the atomic and microscopic structures of materials and their properties under different conditions at length scales of 10,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.


XMaS is owned by Liverpool and Warwick Universities and is located at the European Synchotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) at Grenoble, France. It works with more than 90 active research groups,


representing several hundred researchers, in diverse fi elds ranging across materials science, chemistry, physics and engineering and contributes to societal challenges including energy storage, tackling climate change and advances in healthcare.


Originally built in the mid-1990s, the facility will, for the fi rst time, undergo a major upgrade over the next 18 months, which will allow a more diverse research programme.


Professor Christopher Lucas, Professor of Physics at Liverpool and co-Director of XMaS, said: “Materials science, in its generality, requires a strong cross-disciplinary research approach. XMaS will provide a core set of advanced X-ray metrologies from scattering to spectroscopy which, when coupled to a state-of-the-art synchrotron radiation source, will allow users to characterise and explore structure-function relationships in a wide range of materials


systems. “The balance of science on XMaS will encompass both long-term discovery-led research and shorter term impact-focused research, thereby providing an environment for transformative, challenge-led material science research.”


Dr Thomas Hase, co-Director of XMaS from the University of Warwick’s Department of Physics, said: “This continued funding is a real vote of confi dence in the quality and breadth of science we do at XMaS. The funding and refurbishment of the facility acknowledges the fast changing scientifi c landscape with its new opportunities and challenges.”


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