Awards & Competitions

The Royal Microscopical Society runs a number of competitions each year and bestows the top names in microscopy with a selection of exclusive awards

Awards

The Lovecraftian World - LML

RMS President's Award

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The Hidden Structure of a Daisy - EML

RMS Vice President's Award

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Peptide snowflakes - AFM

RMS Winton Prize

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Tied up in Notts - EML

RMS Section Awards

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Polarized light photomicrograph of a thin section of 'Crazy Lace' Agate from Mexico.

RMS Scientific Achievement Award

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Somewhere in the Server Room - EMP

Chris Hawes Award for Outreach and Education

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Tardigrade (Water bear) - LML

Early Career Award

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Basalt (thin section)

The Pearse Prize

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Potato starch in situ photographed from a prepared slide using polarized light

RMS Award Competition

The Royal Microscopical Society runs a number of competitions each year and bestows the top names in microscopy with a selection of exclusive awards

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The Society is also currently accepting nominations for Honorary Fellowships. These are bestowed by the Society for eminence in microscopy or related branches of science or for exceptional service to science.

Competitions

Red Blood Cells in Single File

RMS Scientific Imaging Competition

A biennial Scientific Imaging Competition from the Royal Microscopical Society, welcoming both images and videos from all microscopy disciplines

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Immortalised human brain microvascular endothelial cells

RMS Beginners' Competition

The RMS Beginners' Competition is hosted by The Society of Electron Microscope Technology (SEMT), at their annual One Day Meeting in December at The Natural History Museum in London

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