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30 Local Affiliates across the Unites States

81 Annual Meetings Since 1942

Featured Members

A warm welcome to our new President, President-Elect, and Directors on MSA Council! Learn more about our Society Leadership here.

Grant Jensen

President-Elect

Term | 2025

Brigham Young University
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Elizabeth Villa

Term | 2025 - 2027

Professor/Investigator
UCSD/HHMI
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Juan Carlos Idrobo

Term | 2025 - 2027

Associate Professor
University of Washington
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Paul Voyles

President

Term | 2025

Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Annual ConferenceMicroscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) 2025

Salt Lake City, UT | July 27th - 31st, 2025 | Learn More

Upcoming Events

MSA Webinar - Green Cards & Visas for Scientific Reasearchers

January 9, 2025| Zoom Webinar

Are you an international scientist wanting to maintain your status in the U.S. and apply for a green card? Or, maybe you want to know how to obtain a USA visa to attend a scientific conference (like M&M 2025)? Register now to get advice from a lawyer specializing in U.S. immigration, ask him your questions, and maximize your chances for success!

EMX Stanford

January 13, 2025| Stanford, CA, USA

We are pleased to invite you to our January 2025 Stanford Electron Microscopy-X (EM-X) Symposium on Monday January 13th, 2025, 8-9:30am (PST). We expect a large attendance, please register soon at https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vXcipB2yR9O3T1DDfxflJQ and visit our official website at https://emx.stanford.edu/ and https://emx.stanford.edu/previous-speakers to see our previous speakers.

MSA Webinar - M&M 2025 - How to Submit Your Proceedings - All You Wanted to Know!

January 15, 2025| Zoom Webinar

Submitting M&M Proceedings via the MSA online system is easy and convenient. Join us for M&M 2025, How to Submit Your Proceedings: All You Wanted to Know! Our speaker will be our M&M Proceedings Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Gail Celio. The webinar will run about one hour, with ample time for frequently asked questions (FAQs) and expert guidance from Dr. Celio and her MSA Team.

International Student Microscopy Mixer

January 26, 2025| Virtual (Zoom)

Join us for the International Student Microscopy Mixer —a dynamic space to: network with global peers, share innovative ideas and build lasting professional connections. This event features: engaging activities and exciting games, opportunities to expand your scientific network, inspiring conversations with fellow microscopy enthusiasts.

RMS Virtual Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Course Spring 2025

March 3, 2025| Online

This online course will run over four half-days from Monday 3 March to Thursday 6 March 2025, plus one optional additional Clinical Module on Monday 10 March 2025. The course will cover the basics of analysis for a number of different applications including antibody phenotyping, DNA and cell cycle kinetics, cell proliferation and death, and functional studies. There will also be the opportunity to explore high-dimensional analysis using dimensionality reduction and clustering techniques.

59th Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Microscopy (TSM)

March 6, 2025| The University of Houston (Houston, TX)

Texas Society for Microscopy (TSM) will be hosting its 59th annual meeting at The University of Houston (TX) from March 6th-8th, 2025. For further information visit https://texas.microscopy.org/events/annual-tsm-meeting/

Spring Meeting of the Appalachian Regional Microscopy Society (AReMS)

March 13, 2025| Boone (NC)

Appalachian Regional Microscopy Society (AReMS) will be hosting its spring meeting in Boone (NC) from 13th-14th of March, 2025. For further information visit https://arems.org

Electron Microscopy Spring School 2025

March 31, 2025| University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

The Electron Microscopy Spring School aims to provide a basic training in both the theory and practice of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The course covers imaging, diffraction and chemical microanalysis as well as the highly important area of sample preparation.

Microscopy Data Analysis - Machine Learning and the BioImage Archive

March 31, 2025| Virtual (run by EMBL-EBI, based at Hinxton, United Kingdom)

This virtual course will show how public bioimaging data resources, centred around the BioImage Archive, enable and enhance machine learning based image analysis. The content will explore a variety of data types including electron and light microscopy and miscellaneous or multi-modal imaging data at the cell and tissue scale. Participants will cover contemporary biological image analysis with an emphasis on machine learning methods, as well as how to access and use images from databases

3rd International Conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics

May 5, 2025| City Seasons Suites Hotel, District, Deira - 8th St - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Join us for the 3rd International Conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics, taking place from May 05-06, 2025, in the vibrant city of Dubai, UAE under the theme "Global Perspectives in Gynecology and Obstetrics".

January 26, 2025

International Student Microscopy Mixer

March 3, 2025

RMS Virtual Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Course Spring 2025

March 6, 2025

59th Annual Meeting of the Texas Society for Microscopy (TSM)

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