Programme Outline
Please note this programme is provisional and may be subject to change.
All timings are BST.
Wednesday 30 September
11:15 – 11:45
2026 Annual General Meeting of the Royal Microscopical Society
RMS President Peter O'Toole, RMS Executive Honorary Secretary Michelle Peckham and Honorary Treasurer Rod Shipley
11:45 – 11:50
Angus Kirkland Honorary Fellowship Presentation
Presented by Peter Nellist, University of Oxford
11:50 – 12:00
Early Career Section Annual General Meeting
Katherine Paine, Early Career Committee Chair
12:00 – 12:10
Flow Cytometry Section Annual General Meeting
Yanping Guo, Flow Cytometry Committee Chair
12:10 – 12:20
Life Sciences Section Annual General Meeting
Steven Thomas, Life Sciences Committee Chair
12:20 – 12:25
Address from Baroness Julia Brown of Cambridge CBE, FRS
Baroness Julia Brown of Cambridge CBE, FRS
12:25 – 12:55
Scientific Achievement Award Talk
Presented by Periklis (Laki) Pantazis, Imperial College London
12:55 – 13:05
Electron Microscopy Section Annual General Meeting
Roland Fleck, Electron Microscopy Committee Chair
13:05 – 13:15
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) & other Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) Section Annual General Meeting
Jamie Hobbs, AFM & Scanning Probe Microscopies Committee Chair
13:15 – 13:25
Outreach and Education Section Annual General Meeting
Kerry Thomson, RMS Honorary Secretary of Education and Outreach & Education Committee Chair
14:10 – 14:15
Welcome
RMS President Peter O'Toole, RMS Executive Honorary Secretary Michelle Peckham and Honorary Treasurer Rod Shipley
14:15 – 14:25
Data Analysis in Imaging Section Annual General Meeting
Rocco D'Antunno, Data Analysis in Imaging Science Committee Deputy Chair
14:25 – 14:55
Data Analysis in Imaging Award Talk
Presented by Francisco de la Pena, University College London
14:55 – 15:05
Engineering, Physical & Material Sciences Section Annual General Meeting
Anna Baldycheva, Engineering, Physical & Material Sciences Committee Chair
15:05 – 15:35
Engineering, Physical & Material Sciences Award Talk
Presented by Emilie Ringe, University of Cambridge
15:45 – 15:50
Early Career Award Talk
Presented by Nathan Day, The Francis Crick Institute London
15:50 – 16:00
Light Microscopy Section Annual General Meeting
Kurt Anderson, Light Microscopy Committee Chair
16:00 – 16:30
Light Microscopy Award Talk
Presented by Ilaria Testa, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
17:00 – 17:05
Early Career Award Presentation
Katherine Paine, Early Career Committee Chair
17:05 – 17:10
Scientific Achievement Award Presentation
Prescented by Michelle Peckham, RMS Executive Honorary Secretary
17:10 – 17:40
Scientific Achievement Award Talk
Presented by Steven Lee, University of Cambridge
17:40 – 17:45
Chris Hawes Award for Outreach and Education Presentation
Kerry Thomson, RMS Honorary Secretary of Education and Outreach & Education Committee Chair
17:45 – 18:00
Chris Hawes Award for Outreach and Education Talk
Presented by Kang Nee Ting, University of Nottingham