The MMC (Microscience Microscopy Congress) is well known for its huge, free to attend exhibition and this year it will boast Europe’s largest microscopy, cytometry and imaging exhibition.
Alongside ISS Group Services and over 80 manufacturers and suppliers to speak to, the exhibition will play host to a large number of free training opportunities taking place each day from Tuesday 4 – Thursday 6 July.
Register for free at www.mmc-series.org.uk
Take a look at the floorplan. You can find us at stand 315!
Poster Village
At the side of the exhibition, the poster village is where you will find over 150 posters submitted to the mmc2023 incorporating EMAG 2023 conference. The work spans all disciplines in both physical and life sciences including some fascinating, cross-disciplinary collaborative work. You can browse the posters at any time during mmc2023 and can discuss the research with the authors during the three dedicated poster sessions.
Commercial Workshops
Dotted around the hall will be the four workshop areas, each hosting their own daily programme of drop-in, informative workshops presented by industry experts.
Pre-Conference Workshops & Meetings
As well as all these exhibitors and opportunities for day-visitors, you also have the option of attending one of the Pre-Conference Workshops and Meetings:
ImageJ Workshop – 13:30 – 16:30, Monday 3 July
ImageJ is a powerful public domain image processing and analysis programme written in Java, freely available for download from the internet. Fiji is an ImageJ distribution focussed on the visualisation and analysis of microscope images in 2D, 3D, 4D and 5D.
This workshop gives a brief introduction on the use of ImageJ/Fiji and will account for all learning styles as a mix of lectures, demonstrations and hands-on sessions.
EMAG Workshop – Introduction to python for electron microscopists – 13:30 – 16:30, Monday 3 July
This workshop is aimed at researchers in electron microscopy who have no or little experience in coding, but would like to learn how to use the python programming language to acquire and analyse their data. We will guide participants through the basics of python, including loading and displaying images from the electron microscope. We will cover basic image analysis, including segmenting images and making measurements, with the aim to cover analysis of TEM and STEM images. Participants will be introduced to the large ecosystem of packages with python, with packages available to acquire data, analyse images and spectra, in addition to specific data such as atomic resolution images and 4DSTEM.
BioImagingUK Meeting – Monday 3 July
This pre-congress meeting provides an opportunity for the UK Bioimaging community to discuss priorities and strategies in national infrastructure, technology development, training, careers and ways to share knowledge across different disciplines. The session will consist of short talks from members of the BioImagingUK community and industrial/institute collaboration partners to update on progress, new opportunities and initiatives. There will be interactive Q+A sessions to encourage discussion and enable emerging priorities and ideas to be highlighted. The meeting is free to attend, and open to everyone with an interest in bioimaging.
Early Career Symposium – Monday 3 July
The Early Career Symposium is an interdisciplinary event aimed at students, postdocs and early career professionals working in the field of microscopy. This will be a great opportunity for you to network ahead of the main mmc2023 conference, as well as to showcase your research with peers.
The meeting will include an invited speaker and short talks, as well as flash talks from the shortlisted applicants for the Early Career Award. The winner of the award will be announced at the end of the symposium.
Super-resolution Workshop – Friday 7 July, University of Leeds
This meeting is designed to talk about the current challenges in developing and using super-resolution microscopy. With short talks and lots of time for discussion, the workshop will discuss recent advances in super-resolution imaging from new developments in imaging to analysis of super-resolution data. Register separately at www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-calendar/super-resolution-workshop
Join us for free at mmc2023 incorporating EMAG 2023 by booking your place at www.mmc-series.org.uk or just turn up at Manchester Central from 4 – 6 July and register for free on the day.
We look forward to seeing you in Manchester on stand 315!
