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- September 21st
2023 (Thursday 7.15pm) -
LIVE Face to Face meeting (Oxford
Road, Manchester)
- Exhibits &
Demos, Slide & Book
Library
- October 26th
2023 (Thursday 7.15pm) - Manchester
University Med Sch Oxford
Rd
- Exhibits &
Demos, Slide & Book
Library
 
- November
20th 2023 (Monday 6-7pm) -
Poynton Scouts & Beavers
- Practical Microscope Activity
Session
- Around twenty
6-7 year olds collecting
samples & enjoying
microscopy
- Demos of Brine
Shrimps, stereo,
polarising, darkfield etc
from
Phil Slatter & Mike
Mahon
- Powerpoint/PDF
- Microscopy
for Beavers - Mike
Mahon
  
- February
17th (Saturday) 2024 -
Oxford Rd, 11-3pm
- March 14th (Thursday)
2024 -
Oxford Rd, 7.15pm
- April
11th (Thursday) 2024 - Liverpool
World Museum
All Day
- MMS
Demo for World
Microscope Day
399
years
since the term
'Microscope'
first used !
- Event cancelled due to
Museum industrial action
- June 8th
(Saturday) 2024 (10am - 4pm)
- Special
All-Day 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 -
viewing at the Club
House, refreshments
available.
- Location
SK6 5HN
(Between Marple
Bridge & Romiley)
- Organiser: Phil Slatter
- Eight
microscopes,
telescopes &
plenty of specimens
on display
 
  Meeting Report (pdf)
- Summer
2024
- Events &
Date to be
confirmed
- 2022-2023
143rd Season
- 2022
- November 23rd
2022 (Wednesday 7.15pm) -
LIVE Face to Face meeting
- Exhibits &
Demos
- Howse
Microscopes &
Accessories
 
- Biolam
Microscope
- JB Dancer
self-portrait Daguerrotypes
?
- Pathology Slides
- Boxes &
Slide trays available
- Welcome
to Members of Oldham
Microscopical & Natural
History Society
- 2023
- February
23rd
2023 7.15pm
- Exhibits &
Demos
- Steve
Dawson - Magnetic
Slides!
- Stewart
Thompson
- Butterfly
Prints
- Visitor
- Geology Slides
Polarised
- John
Charlton/Phil
Slatter - Ringing
tables
- Mike
Mahon - Macro
&
Microphotography
of a Sock!
- March 16th 2023
7.15pm
- April
13th 2023
- World
Microscope Day
MMS
members will be
exhibiting at
World Museum
Liverpool - Microscope
Week
-
 
- May 13th
2023 (Saturday 10am-4pm)
- Special
All-Day Event
- Collect
& Display at
Etherow Country Park
Sailing Club
- Members,
Guests, Visitors are
welcome to bring
along microscopes or
samples or go
collecting around
the country park,
nature reserve &
lake - viewing at
the Club House,
refreshments
available.
- Location
SK6 5HN
(Between Marple
Bridge &
Romiley)
 
 
- Local moss
sample showing
Tardigrade (Water
Bear) 0.15mm (150um)
long by darkfield
microscopy
(MM)
(Click on image to
see video)
- July
4-6th 2023 MMC
Microscience Congress
- Free Trade
Exhibition ... see you
there.
- 2021-2022
142nd Season
- 2021
- October-December
Meetings postponed due to
Covid
-
2022
- March
17 (Thursday
7.30pm)
LIVE - Face to
Face meetings
re-start!
- Unapproved
minutes of 142nd Meeting
- Exhibits
- chat
& items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images, books)
- Graham
Marsh
on JB Dancer&
Microdot
wartime images
at the siege
of Paris
- Mike
Mahon on
recently
acquired
Doherty slide
collection
- Steve
Dawson on his
prepared
slides
- Chris
Power on
Diatoms,
Butterfly
Scales
and Zeiss
multi Terabyte
files
- Derek
Haworth on
sales and
wants inspecting
the Vickers
M17
- April 13
(Wednesday)
- World
Microscope Day
- WMD
Website
- MMS
at Liverpool
World Museum
Attended
by MMS
members Mike
Mahon &
Phil Slatter
showing stereo
images of
sand, rocks,
flies
&
butterflies,
polarising
images of
hair, brightfield
of gut, ... to
over 1200
members of the
public
over 2 days. A
well
worthwhile
event.
     
After
a few hair
raising
moments of
children 'interacting'
with our
delicate
microscopes we
fell in love
with the
sturdy museum
microscope
'Microeye'.
Thanks to
organisers
Patrick
Kiernan &
Tony
Morgan.
- June/July
SUMMER MEETING
2022
- 2020-2021 141st
Season (restricted
due to Covid pandemic)
- 2020
- November 12
(Thursday) MEETING on Zoom
- Members
Exhibits, Slide &
Book Library
-
December
10 (Thursday 8pm)
Meeting on Zoom
- Microscopy
Now & Future /
Condensor
Mount / Lightsheet
DIC,
+++
... great
turnout!
 
- MMS
hosting Zoom meeting
Click
^ Microscopy Now
& Future (Mike
Mahon)
  
See
Images page .. DIC
(Gordon Brown)
Zeiss Lighsheet
(Chris Power)
- January
21 (Thursday
7.30pm) Meeting on Zoom
- Members
Exhibits, Chat,
Slide & Book
Library
- Gordon
Brown - DIY Auto
Stacking
Equipment
- Dave
Furness -
Electron
Microscopes in
the Garage
- February
25* (Thursday
7.30pm) Meeting on Zoom *date
change
- Members
Exhibits & Chat
- Another
great Zoom
meeting
including attendees
from the
Quekett &
the USA !
- Jeffrey Silverman on
Antique
Microscopes;
Robert
Ratford
on Sorting
the Workshop;
Gordon
Brown/Andy
Johnston
on Earwig
Wings;
Mike
Mahon on USB
Microscopes; Chris
Power
on Lightsheet
Time-Lapse
Microscopy;
Michael Gilligan
-
Web Links
See
also our
updated 'Web
Links'
and
'Images' pages
- March
18 (Thursday)
- 7.30pm:
141st
Annual General
Meeting (including
140th AGM)
- 8.15pm:
Exhibits - chat
& items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images)
Rasberry Pi
Photography /
World
Microscopy Day
/ 3D Printing
Microscope
Parts /
Timelapse Seed
Growth /
Mystery
Antique
Microscope /
Zeiss Books
.... .... ....
(See Links on
Homepage)
- Approved
Minutes AGM
(139) 2019
- Approved Minutes
AGM (140/141)
2020-2021
- April 13
(Tuesday)
- July
??
SUMMER MEETING
- Topics
& Location
- to be announced
- 2019-2020 140th
Season (restricted
due to Covid pandemic)
- 2019
- September
14 (Saturday)
- Quekett
& Postal
Micro
Societies -
Penkridge,
Stafford
- October
17 (Thursday)
- Members
Exhibits, Slide &
Book Library
- November 21
(Thursday) MEETING CANCELLED
- Members
Exhibits, Slide &
Book Library
- 2020
- February
20 (Thursday)
- Members
Exhibits, Slide
& Book Library
- March
19 (Thursday)
- Members
Exhibits - Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images)
- 140th
Annual General
Meeting MEETING
POSTPONED
Due
to Covid-19 pandemic
- July
24 (Friday)
5th ALL
DAY SUMMER
MEETING
(10am-4pm)
- Topics
& Location
- to be
announced MEETING
ON-HOLD
- 2018-2019
139th Season
- 2018
- September
20
- Members
Exhibits /
Sales
& Wants
-
lots
of goodies to
peruse
- October
18
- Slide
Library &
Demos
- 2019
- February
14
- Alan
Turnock
Bequest
- microscopes,
tools, 700+
slides, 100
books
- Members
Exhibits
-
- +
Library, Microscopes,
Digital
Imaging, ...
  
- March
21
- Members
Exhibits - Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images)
- 139th
Annual General
Meeting
- July 1-4 MICROSCIENCE MICROSCOPY CONGRESS at GMex
Europe's
Leading &
Largest Microscope
Event
- July
26
4th ALL DAY
SUMMER MEETING
(Friday 10-4)
- 10.00
Setup Exhibits
& Demos etc
- 11.00
Mike
Mahon - Future
Microscopy (Talk)
- 11.15
Exhibits, Books,
Imaging, Demos
- 12.20
James
Battersby -
The Amazing Mr
Haeckel
(Talk)
- 1.00
Lunch -
Exhibits ...
- 2.00
MMS Future
Meetings etc
(Discussion)
- 2.10
Grenham
Ireland -
Marine Larval
Worms
(Talk/Demo)
- 2.30
Exhibits,
Books,
Imaging, Demos
- 3.00
Michael Gilligan
-
Meopta
Portable and
Wild M11
Microscopes (Demos)
- 3.20
Sales
- 4.00
Finish &
Packup
-
 
- Video (Nectochaete larval stage spionid
worm 0.8mm
long)
- August
10/11/17/18 1st Anglesey Drop-in
Microscopy Sessions
- Stereo
/ Binocular / Polarising
/ Reflectance
.. collect
local
specimens
- Location:
Aberffraw,
Old School
Gallery,
Anglesey, LL63
5LQ
Poster
Image
- More Information:
http://www.aberffraw.wales
Next Gathering
- Saturday
September 14th 2019 at
Penkridge with Quekett
& Postal
- 2017-2018
138th Season
- 2017
- October
26
- Very
busy meeting with lots
of exhibits and lots
of discussion - including
microscopy as
textile art,
3D printed
templates for
slide mounts and
an excellent
inverted microscope
display.
- 2018
- February
15
- Brain
& Spinal
Cord Cells Under
the Microscope -
(MM)
 
- Members
Exhibits
-
including PMS
slides (MG),
...
- +
Library, Microscopes,
Digital
Imaging, ...
- April
19
- Members
Exhibits - Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images)
- 138th
Annual General
Meeting
 
- June
30 Lancashire
Science
Festival at
Preston
(Saturday)
- MMS
Exhibits ..
brilliant
day - nearly
1000 visitors
to our stands
- July
27 ALL DAY
SUMMER MEETING
(Friday)
- Prospect
Brewery Microscopy
Trip, Wigan, 1pm
- Meet
12
noon at Wigan
Central Pub, 10
Great George
Street, next to Wigan
North Western
Railway & Bus
Station
- Organisor
- Stewart
Thompson
  
  Lots of discussion
about microscopy, yeast, beer,
pies .. freeby books and equipment
.. plus a brewery tour!
- 2016-2017
137th Season
- September
22
- T.B.A.
- Exhibits
- Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens, images)
- Plus
- October
20
- November
17
- 2017
- February
16
- March
16
- Members
Exhibits - Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images)
- 137th
Annual General
Meeting
- July
28 ALL DAY
SUMMER MEETING
(Friday)
- 10.00
Setup & View
Microscopes for
Sale
- 10.30-11.30
Short Talks
MMS
History, LEDs,
Diatoms
- 11.30-12.30
Exhibits &
Digital
Photomicrography
Library,
Coaker
Microscope
Collection,
...
- 12.30-1.30
Lunch
- 1.30-2.00
Business
Meeting
Newsletter,
Ideas
for next
year's
meetings
- 2.00-3.00
Short Talks
& Exhibits
Gregarians
&
Honeybees,
Stereoviewing,
Library
- 3.00-4.00
Microscope Auction
& Digital
Photomicrography
- 4.00
Close &
Packup
 
- 2015-16
.... 136th
Season
- September
17
- Exhibits
- Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens, images)
- Plus
antique MMS equipment
returned from Manchester
Science Museum
- October
15
- November
19
- 2016
- January
21
- T.B.A.
- Exhibits
Includes a
variety of
objectives,
stage slide
holders,
condensors,
lamps,
magnifiers for
sale. Also some
Victorian slides
and a drawing
tube added to
the Society's
collection.
   - A
great set of
exhibits, high
quality digital
imaging and
items for sale
... note the
very low turnout
for this January
meeting! Perhaps
more next time.
- February
18
- Super-resolution
microscopy or is it?
The
technique
which won the
2015 Nobel
Prize !
- Dr
Nazim Ali discusses
his recent
research using
these methods.
- Exhibits
including
those from the
previous
meeting.
- March
17
- Members
Exhibits - Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens,
images)
- 136th
Annual General
Meeting
- April
14
- July 29 Our
First All Day Summer
Meeting !
- Digital
Imaging
- Sorting
the MMS Collection
- Demonstration
and sale of 8
bequeathed
microscopes
- 2014-15
..... 135th
Season
- September
18
- Modern Microscope
Illumination - L.E.D.s
- talks and
demosntrations by members
Michael Gilligan
& Tom Green
- Exhibits
- Bring
along items of
interest (equipment,
specimens, images)
- October
16
- Roy
Winsby (1926-2014)
Memorial Meeting - Roy's
contributions as the
Society's Honorary
Secretary,
Membership
Secretary,
Treasurer, Meetings
Organiser, Booklet
Author, and
Newsletter and
Newssheet Editor are
remembered along
with ...
- Exhibits
- Roy
has donated his
microscopes,
accessories and
tools, slides,
books, papers and
collection of
fossil sands to
the society for
the use of members
- November
20
- Photomicrography
-
An opportunity to
take digital images
of your specimens
via a microscope or
stereomicroscope and
edit them in
PhotoShop. Also see
them on the big
screen.
- Exhibits
- 2015
- January
15
- February
12
- Inside
the Microscope - Peter
Evennett of
the RMS and Leeds
Microscopical
Society reveals
the microscope's
inner secrets
- March
19
- Members
Exhibits - Bring
along items of
interest
(equipment,
specimens, images)
- 135th
Annual General
Meeting
- April
16
2013-2014
134th
Season
|
NEW
FORMAT Future
meetings will take
place in the new
facility of the
Anatomy &
Histology unit
providing access
to microscopes,
slides, books,
computers and
projection. This
season we are
going back to
basics where
members and guests
will bring along
equipment and
specimens for
demonstration and
discussion. Any
external speakers
will be added
below as
applicable.
- 2013
- October
17
- Exhibits
- Much
of this
meeting was
taken over by
members
enthusiastically
perusing over
the wonderful
material
donated by
Lilian Gray;
glassware,
microscopes,
lenses, many
microtomes,
slide boxes,
tissue blocks
and knives. We
also had
demonstrations
of polarising
microscopy and
fossils from
Steve Dawson
and Derek
Haworth.
- November
14
- Exhibits
-
Again members
exhibits are
welcome and we
will also have
more of
Lillian's
gifts - sledge
microtome,
ovens,
centrifuge
etc.
- 2014
- January
23
- February
20
- March
20
- Exhibits
- 134th
Annual General
Meeting
- April
17
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2012-2013
133rd
Season
2012
- September
- October
11
- Exhibits
and Short Talk
- Meeting
devoted to members and
guests exhibits, offers, sales.
Plus a short illustrated
talk on Lungs under
the Microscope (Mike
Mahon).
- Members
& Guests
- November
15
- Garage
Microscopy
- Optical,
Transmission & Scanning EM
services run from the garage!
- Dave &
Carole Furness
2013
- March
21
- 133rd
Annual General Meeting
& Member's Exhibits
& Gossip Meeting
- The
A.G.M. is a short business
meeting followed by a members
exhibits and gossip meeting
and demonstrations. All
exhibits welcome
- Members
& Guests
- April
11
- Stanhopes
and other
Microphotographic
Novelties
- A
multimedia slideshow on some
of the great uses of Dancer's
work.
- Jean Scott
|
2011-2012
132nd Season
2011
- September
- October
13
- Open
Meeting: Theme – Microscopy on the
Web
- Meeting
devoted to members and guests
exhibits, offers, sales.
Show off your favourite
microscopy related web sites.
- Members
& Guests
- November
17
- Bear
Hunting for Microscopists!
- Ever
seen a Tardigrade?
- Bill
Jones
      Click- PoP
2012
- After
the success of 'So you want to
be a medical student learning to
operate a microscope' -
another fiendish practical class is
under development to keep members on
their toes!
- Andrew
Morris
- PoP
- February
16
- Wildlife
Photography Around the UK
- Images
from a professional wildlife
photographer based in Greater
Manchester.
- David
Winnard
- March
15
- 132nd
Annual General Meeting &
Member's Exhibits & Gossip
Meeting
- The
A.G.M. is a short business meeting
followed by a members
exhibits and gossip meeting and
demonstrations. All exhibits welcome
- Members
& Guests
- April
4 (Note Wednesday Meeting at
Manchester YMCA - opposite Science
Museum)
- John
Benjamin Dancer - Manchester
Microscope Manufacturer & Microphotographer
- This
is an opportunity for MMS members to
meet with the Manchester Victorian
Society
- Mike
Mahon
__________________________________________________________________
2010-2011
131st
Season
2010
- September
- October
14
- Open
Meeting: Theme – Digital Apps /
Newsletter Articles
- Meeting
devoted to members and guests
exhibits, offers, sales.
- Members
& Guests
- Meeting to be preceded
(6.30-7.00) by MMS Council Meeting
- November
18
- Basic
Tissue Histology Under the
Microscope
- All
mammalian and human organs have a
common composition – let’s have a
look!
- Mike
Mahon
2011
- January
20
- February
17
- Microscope
Exam
- Following
on from last year’s class in setting
up a microscope and making a drawing
we now introduce a simple 5 minute
practical exam – can you do it under
pressure!
- Mike
Mahon & Grenham Ireland
- March
17
- 131st
Annual General Meeting &
Member's Exhibits & Gossip
Meeting
- The
A.G.M. is a short business meeting
followed by a members exhibits and
gossip meeting and demonstrations.
All exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- PoP
2009-2010 (130th
Season)
- 2009
- September
17
- October
15
- Open
Meeting: Theme - Microscopes
- Meeting
devoted to members and guests
exhibits, offers, sales.
- Members & Guests
- PoP
- November
19
- Thomas
Brittain
- See,
touch and hear about the microscope,
slides and microfungi belonging to
the 3rd president of the MMS (1882).
- Sue McLamb, Dave Place, Mike
Walton
- PoP
- January 21
- Beginners
Digital Microscopy
- From
equipment, setup, adjustment to
picture editing and presentation.
- Derek Haworth & Graham Marsh
- PoP
- February
18
- Beginning
Microscopy & Histology
- Opportunity for members to be a first
year medical student for an hour and
re-enact their first practical
introduction to the microscope,
stained slides and tissues of the
human body.
- Mike Mahon
- March
18
- 130th
Annual General Meeting &
Member's Exhibits & Gossip
Meeting
- The
A.G.M. is a short business meeting
followed by a members exhibits and
gossip meeting and demonstrations.
All exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
15
- Bees,
Honey, Pollen
- Explore
the many bees in your garden and the
nectar and pollen they collect. The
talk will be of interest to young
persons, members and families.
2008-2009
- 2008
- September
18
- Moths
under the Microscope
- Talk
from an expert on how to study,
identify and photograph these
creatures
- Shane Farrell, Macro-Moth
Recorder, Cheshire County Moth
Officer, Butterfly Conservation,
Cheshire & Peak District
Branch
- + Open
Meeting for Members & Guests
Exhibits (8.30-9pm)
- October
16
- Digitising
the MMS Slide
Collection
(7-8pm)
- Hayley Derricott, Prosector,
Keele University
- + Open
Meeting for Members & Guests
Exhibits (8-9pm)
- November
25 (Tuesday Date at Jodrell
Bank Observatory Visitors Centre)
Directions
- Astronomy
& Microscopy for Beginners
- Joint
meeting with Maccastro
(Bring a microscope & show it
off!)
- Members
- 2009
- January
22
- Looking
at Hearing!
- How
microscopes help us to see how our
inner ears work - talk from one of
the world's leading authorities on
the subject..
- Dave Furness, Keele University
- February
19
- Bioimaging
- A
guided tour of a state of the art
Bioimaging Facility
- Peter March & Colleagues,
Manchester University Bioimaging
Facility
- March
19
- Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
7.00-7.45pm
- Demonstration
- Preparing Diatoms 7.45-8.30pm Derek
Haworth
- Annual
General Meeting 8.30-9.00pm
- Members & Guests
- April
23
- Life
& Death in Freshwater
- What
can we see here - with or without a
lens?.
- John Hobson, Otley, Leeds
2007-2008
- 2007
- September
20
- Open
Meeting - MICROSCOPIC ACCESSORIES
THEME
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
any microscopical accessory topic.
Feel free to bring along
demonstrations, slides, pictures,
books etc and explain them to
colleagues.
- Members
- October
18
- Electron
Microscope Unit Talk & Tour
- A
tour of Manchester University's Life
Sciences EM Unit.
- Les Lockey & Alex Mironov, Manchester University
- November
15
- Medical
Microbiology
- A
look at the bugs which give you
diarrhoea!
- Jens Wurthner, AstraZeneca
- 2008
- January
17
- Specimen
Preparation
- Another
opportunity to learn the tricks of
the trade.
- MMS Members & Colleagues
- February
14
- March
13
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
plus
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
15th (Note NEW Tuesday date)
- Museum
Microscopes
- Microscopes
at the Manchester Museum.
- Paul Dearden, Manchester Museum of
Science & Industry
- 2006
- September
21
- Open
Meeting - EQUIPMENT THEME
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
any microscopical or equipment
topic. Feel free to bring along
demonstrations, slides, books etc
and explain them to colleagues.
- Members
- October
19
- A
Microscopical Tour of the Human
Gut
- What's
it like inside our insides!
- Mike Mahon
- November
16
- Advanced
Microscopy Imaging in Practice
- How
advanced microscopy and imaging
facilities contribute to cancer
research from the head of the unit
in Manchester
- Steve Bagley, Paterson Labs
- 2007
- January
18
- Specimen
Preparation
- Another
opportunity to learn the tricks of
the trade.
- MMS Colleagues
- February
22
- Electron
Microscope Unit Visit
- A
tour of Manchester University's Life
Sciences EM Unit.
- Les Lockey, Manchester University
- March
22
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
26th
- The
Country Diary of a Manchester Lady
- Naturalist Bessie Harthan
1905-2002
- Hear
about the life and times of a former
prominent MMS member.
- Margaret McCormick
2005-2006
Meeting Pictures
2005
- September
22
- Open
Meeting - IMAGES THEME
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
any microscopical topic but
esopecially relating to images or
imaging. Feel free to bring along
demonstrations, slides, books etc
and explain them to colleagues.
- Members
- October
20
- Fossils
- An
illustrated talk on some of our
ancestors.
- Philip Manning (Curator,
Manchester Museum)
- November
24
- Slide
Collection
- A
chance to view some of the amazing MMS slide
archive and have a go at producing
digital images.
- John Charlton (MMS Slide Curator) & colleagues
- PoP
2006
- January
19
- Specimen
Preparation
- A
hands on opportunity to learn how to
do mounting, ringing and pollen
preparations.
- Derek Haworth & Colleagues
- PoP
- February
23
- Antique
Telescopes
- From
viewing the very small to the very
large and distant.
- Tom Moon
- PoP
- March
23
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- PoP
Sat 25th
March 11.00 a.m.
o
Visit
to the Liverpool
World Museum
(click here for
more details)
o
to see the
artefacts of the now deceased Liverpool
Microscopical Society
o
click here
for map of Liverpool showing museums
o
David
Rome
o
PoP
- April
20th or 27th
- Challenging
Finds
- A
unique opportunity to learn about
the immense variety of material
unearthed by the Challenger
Expedition.
- Henriy McGhie (Curator, Manchester
Museum)
- PoP
2004-2005
- September
23
- Open
Meeting / Slides Evening
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
any microscopical topic. Feel free
to bring along demonstrations,
slides, books etc and explain them
to colleagues.
- Members
- October
21
- Staining
& Slide Peparation
- By
popular request from the members two
key areas of microtechnique are
covered in this 'How to do it'
presentation.
- Colin Kirk
- November
25
- Diatom
Preparation & Dry Mounting
- Two
more key preparation methods are
explained and demonstrated by
tonight's duo.
- Steve & Derek
- 2005
- January
20
- Time-Lapse
Cine, Video & Digital
Microscopy
- A
night at the movies! How did it
begin and what are the tricks of the
trade?
- Dr Grenham Ireland
- February
17
- Back to
Basics 2
- Setting
up the microscope for different
specimen types. When to use dark
ground, polarising, phase contrast,
or reflection microscopy.
- Mike Mahon
- March
17
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
21
- Fossils
- Illustrated
talk on microscopy & natural
history.
- Curator, Manchester Museum
- TALK POSTPONED
- replaced by Microscopy quiz
2003-2004
- September
11
- Open
Meeting / Slides Evening
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
any microscopical topic. Feel free
to bring along demonstrations,
slides, books etc and explain them
to colleagues.
- Members
- October
16
- Imaging
Solutions
- An
update on commercial hardware and
software available to solve a whole
range of imaging problems. Link
- Ian Corless
- November
13
- Back to
Basics
- Setting
up the microscope for Kohler
illumination, calibrating
resolution, choosing magnification,
and making simple measurements.
- Mike Mahon
- 2004
- January
15
- My
Microscopical Life!
- Applications
of the electron microscope - a
lifetime's experiences.
- Dr Max Lawton
- February
19
- Microscopy
without Light
- Touching
cells with a sharp point!
- Dr Lindsay Bashford
- March
18
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
22
- Foraging
behaviour of slugs and snails
- Illustrated
talk on our crawling cousins, with
applications to slug control and
snail farming.
- Dr Bill Bailey
2002-2003
- September
26
- Open
Meeting / Slides Evening
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
the theme of mystery slides. Also
feel free to bring along
demonstrations, slides, books etc
and explain them to colleagues.
Jenny Brettell will outline the
digitisation of the slide
collection. The meeting will begin
with a brief resume from the
Society's new President.
- Members
- October
24
- Phase
Contrast Microscopy
- A
talk and demonstration wth user
participation of pahse contrast in
action.
- Mike Mahon
- November
21
- Local
science in the spotlight: the new
science gallery at the Museum of
Science and Industry in Manchester
- Hear
about the latest exhibition -
including manchester microscopists from the
Curator of Science at the museum.
- Dr Jenny Wetton
- 2003
- January
23
- From One
to a Thousand
- From
macrophotography to
photomicrography: a practical
approach to close-up photography
using a Single Lens Reflex camera
and as little non-specialist
equipment as possible.
- Dr Sean Edwards
- February
20
- Antique
Microscopes
(View
Talk)
slides
31-33,38,44 have been reduced in
quality to increase download speed
- All
you need to know about the early
microscopists equipment.
- Mr Graham Marsh
- March
20
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
24
(Moved
to May 1st)
- History
of British Mammals
- Illustrated
talk on British fauna from a world
expert in the field.
- Dr Derek Yalden
2001-2002
Season
- September
20
- Open
Meeting / Slides Evening
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
the theme of microscope slides. Feel
free to bring along demonstrations,
slides, books etc and explain them
to colleagues.
- Members
- October
18
- Turkeys
under the Microscope
- A
research talk showing how the
microscope and quantitative
histological and histochemical
methods can be used to analyse your
Christmas dinner!
- Mr Mike Mahon
- November
15
- Digital
Photography & Digital
Photomicroscopy
- How
to get the best out of your images
whether for prints or for the web.
Plus practical workshop session -
bring your images, specimens or
photographs.
- Mr Ian Miller
- 2002
- January
17
- Advanced
Microscopical Imaging
- How
time lapse video and image
enhancement methods can show us more
about cell behaviour.
- Dr Viki Allan
- February
14
- Rocks
under the Lens
- How
we can identify rocks from thin
sections.
- Mr Martin Elsworth
- March
14
- Annual
General Meeting & Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- Members & Guests
- April
18
- Microscopy,
Taxonomy & Natural History of
Land Flatworms
- Illustrated
talk on these ubiquitous creatures.
- Dr Hugh Jones
2000-2001
Season
- September
21st
- Open
Meeting / Dancer Evening
- Short
talks and exhibits from members on
the theme of JB Dancer. Feel free to
bring along demonstrations, slides,
books etc and explain them to
colleagues.
- Members
- October
19th
- Diagnostic Electron
Microscopy
- A
multitude of microscopical
experiences from the central
reference pathology laboratory !
- Dr Alan Currie
- November
16th
- Measuring
Microscopical Objects
- How to
measure sizes, surfaces, volumes,
lengths, numbers, shapes and
patterns of microscopical objects.
Bring along your specimens and
micrographs to this hands-on
workshop.
- Mr Mike Mahon
- 2000
- January
18th
- Bacteria
and Dental Plaque under the
Microscope
- Or
'Bacteria: What makes them stick?' -
a microbiologist's view of oral
biofilms - alias Dental Plaque.
- Dr Pauline Handley
- February
15th
- Microtechnique
Discussed
- Tissue
processing, wax embedding, section
cutting, histological staining, and
slide mounts - what everyone needs
to know.
- Several contributors
- March
15th
- Annual
General Meeting &
- Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- April
19th
- A Pest
in Need of Control
- Illustrated
talk on a lifetime of researches on
the Mediterranean Fruit Fly or
medfly.
- Dr Roger Wood
1999-2000
Season
- 1999
- September
16th
- Open
Meeting
- Short
talks and exhibits from members.
Feel free to bring along
demonstrations, slides, books etc
and explain them to colleagues.
- Members
- October
21st
- Experiences of an Ageing
Microscopist
- What
happens to our bodies when we age.
Hear how the microscope has
contributed to our understanding of
bodily changes.
- Dr Ioan Davies
- November
18th
- Microscopy
of Freshwater Algae
- See
stunning scanning electron
microscopy images and hear how
modern microscopy and x-ray
microanalysis have helped us
understand some of the earliest
freshwater organisms to inhabit the
Earth.
- Dr Dave Sigee
- 2000
- January
20th
- Hands-On
Microscopy
- An
opportunity to hear about the
workings of and gain hands-on
experience of modern microscopes
including dark ground, polarising,
phase contrast, interference,
confocal and fluorescence.
- Mr Mike Mahon & Dr Grenham Ireland
- February
17th
- 120th
Anniversary Lecture &
Exhibition
- Recreating
the Origins of Modern Biology.
- See and
hear about the beginnings of
microscopy, the power of the simple
lens, and the origins of modern
biology, from the famous author,
biologist, science reviewer,
lecturer and broadcaster. Also -
trade and book exhibition.
- Brian J Ford
- March
16th
- Annual
General Meeting &
- Member's
Exhibits & Gossip Meeting
- All
exhibits welcome
- April
20th
- Honey
Bees
- Illustrated
talk and ‘Honey Tasting’. Bring your
family and friends for this
entertaining evening.
- John Charlton & Frank Coaker
1998-1999
Season
- 1998
- September
17th
- Open
Meeting
- Short
talks and exhibits from members.
Feel free to bring along
demonstrations, slides, books etc.
and explain them to colleagues.
- Members
- October
15th*
- Microscopy & Natural
History on the Internet -
Revisited.
- Hands on
experience of the World Wide Web.
Come and visit our new state of the
art 120 PC multimedia computer
laboratory and surf the spectrum.
- Mr Mike Mahon
- November
19th
- How is
the microscope image formed?
- A live
television demonstration of Ernst
Abbe's famous experiments from an
Honorary Secretary of the Royal
Microscopical Society and key member
of the Leeds Microscopical Society.
- Dr Peter Evennett
- 1999
- January
14th
- Microscopy
of trace metals in humans, fish,
and moss!
- Have you
got too much aluminium in your
bones? How do we find out? Hear what
a Manchester Research Pathologist
has to say!
- Mr John Denton
- February
18th
- The
Secret World of Ferns
- See the
microscopic structures that allow
ferns to fly through the air with
the greatest of ease, and watch them
mate. A slide and video show!
- Dr Elizabeth Sheffield
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