17th MCM in Portorož

From the 7th – 12th of September, 2025, the 17th Multinational Congress on Microscopy will be taking place in Portorož – more info at https://17mcm.si/

See you there!

Joyful holidays and a happy new year!

Novice IJS (IJS News)

Summer reading about science and a little around it.

Read the latest issue of IJS News.

https://ijs.si/ijsw/Novice%20IJS (pdf. file)

Competition: Best Microscopy Image Award (SDM2024)

At the 5th Slovene Microscopy Symposium (SDM24), which took place on May 16 and 17, 2024 in Rogla, a competition was held for the best microscopic image. The cover features an award-winning image in the field of materials science. It is a complex microstructural study of welds of two high-strength Al alloys (Al-Cu-Mg and Al-Cu-Mg-Zr). The picture shows a detail of a crystal structural alloy with parallel defects, aquired in the HAADF technique on the new “state of the art” scanning transmission electron microscope Spectra 300. TEM preparation of the sample and analysis is the author’s work of Sandra Drev.

5th Slovenian Microscopy Symposium, -May 16th and 17th 2024- ROGLA

The main purpose of the conference is to encourage collaboration between younger and well-established Slovenian researchers and other users of microscopic techniques working in the fields of life science, material science, and industry. In addition to presenting the latest achievements in microscopy, the conference is also intended to showcase the activities of various groups using microscopic techniques at all levels of resolution.

The registration fee is 100 EUR for members of the Slovenian Society for Microscopy and 150 EUR for non-members, including participation in the symposium, abstract book, coffee breaks, and lunch on Friday. We have negotiated a special rate for accommodation with Hotel Superior on Rogla, including full board. When making a hotel reservation (reservation email: rogla@unitur.eu), please mention that you will be attending the SDM 2024 meeting.

Registrations, submission of contributions, and more information about the conference can be found on the website: https://www.mikroskopsko-drustvo.si/posvet/.

The deadline for abstract submissions is April 1, 2024, and the hotel reservation deadline is May 2, 2024.

See you at Rogla!