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 The RMS School consists of a number of parallel courses covering most aspects of electron microscopy in both the physical and life sciences.
Students can attend either 4 or 5 days - the 5 day course includes a day of principles of EM lectures for beginners or as a refresher. During the week, students will have the opportunity to choose to attend lectures and workshops from either course, to tailor it to their specific needs.
• Principles of Electron Microscopy Course
This five day course teaches the fundamental principles and operational practices of both the scanning (SEM), transmission (TEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM).
A set of core lectures introduces the basic design of the electron microscope and the fundamental principles of the interaction of electron and matter. These are followed by a parallel series of lectures highlighting techniques employed in both the physical and life sciences.
Lectures are supplemented with extensive “hands-on” practical sessions involving both use of electron microscopes and related specimen preparation equipment.
Core modules:
Principles of microscopy; electron beam generation and manipulation; electron beam specimen interactions; microscope maintenance and calibration; mage formation in SEM and TEM; image recording; principles of EDX microanalysis; introduction to EELS and EFTEM.
Additional Physical Science Modules:
SEM and TEM specimen preparation; Electron diffraction and crystallography; interpreting SEM and TEM images, thin film EDX
Additional Life Science Modules:
SEM and TEM specimen preparation – staining, fixation, sectioning, EDX of biological materials
• Advanced Electron Microscopy and Analysis Course
This four/five day course, consisting of both lectures/tutorials and practicals, is designed to enable more experienced electron microscope users to learn specific techniques and also expand their expertise. Participants have the opportunity to select lectures relevant to their particular discipline in either the Physical or Life Sciences. In addition to SEM and TEM-based techniques, the course will contain a significant component on Electron energy Loss Spectroscopy and Energy filtered TEM.
Core modules:
Microscope maintenance and calibration; image interpretation in SEM and TEM; image recording; Low voltage SEM; ESEM; EDX microanalysis; EELS and EFTEM; STEM.
Additional Physical Science Modules:
EBSD, electron diffraction techniques, HREM , advanced EELS.
Additional Life Science Modules:
Immunocytolabelling; CryoTEM, Biological electron crystallography
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Course instructors are expected to include:
Rik Brydson, Andy Brown, Andrew Scott, John Harrington, Peter Evennett, Chris Hammond, David Horner, Geoff Lloyd, Eric Condliffe, John Trinick, Adrian Hick, Matt Walker, Per Bullough, Brad Thiel, Crispin Hetherington, Patrick Echlin, Alice Warley, Steve Chapman, Andrew Bleloch and Paul Monaghan.
The Annual EM Lecture is to be given by Peter Evennett. |
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