The speakers and demonstrators all have extensive experience of teaching electron microscopy and are drawn from the RMS membership and from the University of Leeds.
There are three streams:
1) Biological EM (SEM and TEM)
2) General SEM and TEM for Physical Scientists
3) Advanced TEM
Summary of Topics covered
Basic principles of imaging and diffraction; basic principles of electron beam interactions and electron microscopy; Radiation damage; Instrument maintenance; Sample preparation and Processing (Biological/Materials); SEM, TEM, STEM imaging; environmental SEM; CryoSEM; EBSD; Immunolabelling; CryoTEM; EDX; EELS and EFTEM; Tomography; Image Recording and Processing.
There are plenty of practical demonstrations in addition to lectures.
Click here to download the 2011 programme.
Course Lecturers and demonstrators
Course Organiser - Proferssor Rik Brydson (University of Leeds)
| Andy Brown (Leeds) | Geoff Lloyd (Leeds) |
| Rik Brydson (Leeds) | Mathew Maclaren (Leeds) |
| Steve Chapman (Protrain) | Stephen Muench (Leeds) |
| Eric Condliffe (Leeds) | Quantin Ramasse (Liverpool) |
| Heather Dyson (Quorum) | Neil Ranson (Leeds) |
| Peter Evennett (RMS) | Kasim Sader (Leeds) |
| Kim Findlay (John Innes Centre) | Miroslava Schaffer (Liverpool) |
| Martin Fuller (Leeds) | Andrew Scott (Leeds) |
| John Harrington (Leeds) | Che Seabourne (Leeds) |
| Pippa Hawes (IAH) | Richard Walshaw (Leeds) |
| Nicole Hondow (Leeds) | Peiyi Wang (Leeds) |
| Gareth Jackson (Leica Microsystems) | Mike Ward (Leeds) |
| Mike Keeble (Buehler) | Alice Warley (KCL) |
| Rowan Leary (Cambridge) | Neil Wilkinson (Gatan) |
Social Programme
Monday evening: Welcome Dinner in Leeds City Centre.
Tuesday evening: Dinner at the historical Whitelocks Pub
Thursday evening: Evening Guest Lecture, Drinks Reception and Course Dinner.
The 2011 Annual EM Lecture was given by Kay Grunewald from STRUBI, University of Oxford (on Thurs 7th July)
Feedback
"Overall I thought the course was excellent and would not hesitate to recommend it. The quality of the notes is superb. The guys in Leeds Uni could not have been more helpful. All that and the great social side in the evenings made for a very enjoyable and informative week."
"Found the course very useful for TEM and gave me an insight in other aspects of all electron microscopy."
"I thought all lectures were presented well and I took away new knowledge from them all."
"Great to have the chance of one-to-one to try out a new technique."
"Thank you for a very well organised course. A good range of equipment was available for the demonstrations."
