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Saturday
10.30am - 3pm,
University of Manchester, Stopford
Building/Medical School
M13 9PT (corner of Oxford Road and Aker
Street next to the Holy Name Church).
Meetings take place in the new facility of
the Anatomy & Histology unit providing
access to microscopes, slides, books,
computers and projection.
(MAPS: How to
find us at Streetmaps)
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- See also Season 2025-2026
- See Previous
Meetings (2025 back to 1998)
and to view our successful All Day
Summer Meetings 2023
& 2019
and Anglesey Exhibition and Zoom
meetings.
- 2026-2027 (147th
Season)
(PDF
printable MMS Flyer & Programme)
Provisional Programme
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- September 26th 2026
(Saturday 10.30-3.00)
- Manchester
University Med Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
- Members .. My Latest
Acquisition / My Favourite Microscope or
Accessory
- ** The Art of Ultra
Macro Photography ** ....
Tony North
Talk and demo from multi-award
winning photographer and educator,
including tips on fieldcraft, equipment,
lighting, photostacking etc. www.artofmacro.com
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- Meeting
Report:
- Following
interesting discussions the morning was
spent mainly perusing the outstanding
video images which won the Nikon
Small World Photo Competition this
year led by Chris Power.
Controversy
....
- Phil
Whiteman (Oldham Micro) also brought
along his very first microscope, a
proper metal construction with 5 lens
purporting x100-x500 magnification.
- In
the afternoon we were entertained by a
highly informative talk with outstanding
ultramacro images from professional and
prizewinning local photographer Tony
North.
- We were also informed by
Bente Louden of Digital
Microscopy - a tool for heritage &
conservation... and by John
Charlton of an interesting series of
talks by the Manchester
Association of Engineers.
- October
24th 2026 (Saturday
10.30-3.00)
Manchester University Med
Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
- Members &
Guests ... My Favourite Slide
- Updates on
Recent Advances in Microscopy (CP,
MM & Others)
including 40 years of AFM
& 10 years of Expansion Microscopy
- Practical Session on
Focus Stacking for Macro & Micro
bring specimens or images,
USB sticks etc and have a go ....
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- Meeting Report
- We started with a brief overview by Mike
of Microscopy Updat
 es (Journals,
Magazines, Societies, Books, Nobel prizes
... etc). We were informed of two new
societies recently formed .. the Welsh
Microscopical Society and SLIME (Society
of Light Microscopy Enthusiasts) !
- Following an overview of Focus Stacking
for macro and micro we spent much time
stacking images of some excellent 3D
specimens provided by Steve Dawson.
  
- Phil brought a useful device for
allowing microscope focus stacking with a
smartphone.
- We also observed some excellent Brunel
slides belonging to Ron Powell and found a
rare Owens college (pre Manchester
University) slide in our own society
collection.
- November
21st 2026 (Saturday 10.30-3.00)
Manchester
University Med Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy -
including microscopes &
accessories for sale
- Microscopy of Microbeasts
& Minibeasts ! (RP & Others)
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- Darkfield
microscopy (MM & others)
- February 20th
2027 (Saturday 10.30-3.00)
Manchester University Med
Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
This morning is set aside for members
& guests to bring and show material.
- Microscopy of
Food Adulteration (John Charlton
& Others)
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- Human Skin under
the Microscope (Mike Mahon)
- March 20th 2027
(Saturday 10.30-3.30pm)
Manchester University
Med Sch Oxford
Rd
- AGM 147 -
Reports, Plan events, Election of
Officers, ...
- Agenda AGM 147
(2027)
- Approved Minutes of AGM
146 (2026)
- ?????????????
TBC
- ????????????? TBC
- April 13th 2027
World Microscopy Day 402
- May
??? 2027 (Saturday 10am
- 4pm)
- All-Day
Outreach Event - Etherow Country
Park Sailing Club
- Collect
& Display
- Members
Guests, Visitors are welcome to
bring along microscopes or samples
or go collecting around the country
park, nature reserve & lake -
pondwater etc viewing at the Club
House, refreshments available.
- Location SK6
5HN (Between Marple Bridge
& Romiley)
- Organiser
Phil Slatter
- Other
Local Meetings in 2026-2027
- July 5-8 2027
MMC (Microscience Microscopy
Congress)
- MMCseries
- 148th
Season 2027-2028 (Provisional
Programme)
- October .. 2027
- November .. 2027
- February ... 2028
- March ... 2028
- May ... 2028
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