The Scientific Programme for emc2012
comprises eight parallel sessions with the Life Sciences featuring more
strongly than ever before.
The Scientific Programme for
the 15
th European Microscopy Congress includes six plenary talks,
123 invited speakers and 330 oral presentations spread across 72 sessions that
embrace light and electron microscopy.
The Congress has built its reputation on the Physical Sciences, but
recent conferences have included sessions on the Life Sciences. For 2012, the
conference is presenting a balanced programme.
"Introducing a full Life Science programme to an EMC for the first time
was always going to be a challenge," said Professor Tony Wilson, President of
the RMS, and a Vice Chair of the Conference. "But, it has been achieved, and
the programme is tremendously inclusive with sessions ranging from
the
biology of the cell nucleus, to
advances in high content imaging.
And, for the first time we have sessions that focus on neuroscience and flow
cytometry. It promises to be a very busy and inspiring five days."
"We received over 1,200 abstracts, and many subject areas proved very
popular," said Dr Debbie Stokes, the emc2012 Congress Chair. "The committees
were faced with the very difficult but rewarding task of selecting those papers
that would be presented orally. We were seeking innovative work that will make
a big impact on the audience, and that will prompt questions and discussions
long after a session has finished. We are very pleased with the final programme
and we are now looking forward to a great conference."
The quality and balance of the conference is matched by an exhibition
that will have over 1,700m
2 of stand space. This has been booked by
more than 100 manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and consumables for light, electron
and scanning probe microscopy, plus spectroscopy and cytometry.
The
conference includes an extensive "poster village" with over 730 posters being
presented over the course of five days. It promises to be a busy and vibrant
place.
"We have ‘late-breaking' sessions in the Life and Physical Science
symposia, and we are accepting abstracts for poster presentations right up
until 31
st August," said Dr Stokes. "If you are anticipating
exciting results between now and then, I would encourage you to submit an
abstract and to play your part in emc2012."
The 15
th European
Microscopy Congress opens on Sunday 16
th September with registration
from 1pm. The Pre-Congress workshops are scheduled for the afternoon, and
are followed by two plenary lectures, and then a drinks reception in the
evening. The conference and exhibition run from Monday 17
th to Friday
21
st September.
Full details of the 15
th European Microscopy
Conference can be found at
www.emc2012.org.uk
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