The Microscopical Society of Ireland (MSI) is an all – island society which aims to foster discussion and co-operation between those who use microscopy. The primary forum for discussion is the annual symposium which is held in one of the academic institutions on the island of Ireland.
This year it was held at the Focas Institute, DIT, and organised by Louisa Hartnett,
Mary McNamara, Eoghan Ó Faoláin, Aidan Meade, Hugh Byrne, Martin Wyer and Fiona Lyng. 65 delegates from all over Ireland attended the Symposium - TCD, UCD, NUI Galway,
NUI Maynooth, University of Limerick, RCSI, the Mater Hospital, QUB, University of Ulster and of course DIT.
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The scientific programme comprised three main sessions; Materials Science and Microscopy, Life Science and Microscopy and New Frontiers in Microscopy. A total of 14 contributed oral presentations and 30 poster presentations were made over the three days. Of these,
12 presentations were from DIT staff and students.
Five keynote speakers gave entertaining and informative talks; Pamela Hamer, Forensic Alliance UK; Pr. Jean Yves Buffiere, INSA Lyon; Dr David Cottell, UCD; Dr Takeshi Fukuma, TCD and
Dr Gerwin Puppels, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Student prizes were awarded to Eoghan Ó Faoláin, DIT (best oral presentation, Life Science); Valeria Nicolosi and Andrew Waldron, TCD (best oral presentation, Materials Science);
Jade Allister and Joanne Savage, QUB (best poster presentation, Life Science); Yee Low, QUB (best poster presentation, Materials Science).
The winner of the Micrograph Competition was Fiona Lyng, DIT, who received a 7.1 mega pixel digital camera sponsored by Mason Technology.
The Focas Institute also hosted Workshops on Digital Imaging for Transmission Electron Microscopy and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy in its core laboratories and a Trade Exhibition, featuring Deben, Gatan, Hitachi, Jeol, LOT Oriel, Mason Technology, Media Cybernetics and Micron Optical, during the Symposium.
The Symposium was generously sponsored by Andor Technology, Biosciences, CREST, Gatan, Hitachi, Horiba Jobin Yvon, Jeol, Mason Technology, Roche, the Royal Microscopical Society and Zeiss. |
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