What’s new?
This page gives notices and pointers to what’s new at the Quekett Microscopical Club, being (roughly) the last six months’ events of the Club, some important forthcoming events, and any other items of interest we can’t find a place for elsewhere…
Quekex25
Event 11th October 2025
The information and entry form pages for Quekex25, the Club’s Annual Exhibition of Microscopy, are now live and entries are invited. Clicking the link above will take you to the General Information page from where all the other pages may be accessed. The Exhibition will be held, as usual, at the Elm Court Community Centre in Potters Bar on Saturday October 11th.
Entries are invited for the usual branches of microscopy, and the closing date for submissions is 5 p.m. on Monday 1st September 2025. We hope to see a wide range of entries, and certificates will be awarded for those judged to have special merit. Get your entries in soon, and good luck!
Visualisation of chemical solutions under polarised light
Posted 16th June 2025
Carl Burrows has made polarised light preparations of paracetamol, aspirin and other chemicals, and of ocean sand and mammalian hair.
Sodium Carbonate
You can see some of his slides here and read some tips for preparation.
World Microscope Day 2025
Posted 23rd May 2025
Video presentations of World Microscope Day 2025 are now available for members to view.
“Your Go-To Equipment”
Posted 28th April 2025
The video of the Zoom Gossip Meeting on “Your Go-To Equipment” is now available for members to view. Apologies for the late appearance of this item.
Dinoflagellates videos
Posted 7th March 2025
Zena Henderson has written a comprehensive review article for the Winter 2024 issue of the Journal (“The dinoflagellates: a review”, Henderson, Z. (2024) The Quekett Journal of Microscopy, 44: 597–612.
Dinoflagellates are unicellular organisms that are not only colourful and fascinating, but which play an important role in the ecosystems of marine and freshwater habitats. These four videos which accompany the article portray the more dynamic aspects of the lives of the dinoflagellates.
The contents of the videos are as follows:
- Transverse flagella in action.
- Corkscrew motion of swimming dinoflagellates.
- Birefringent nature of dinoflagellate chromosomes.
- Peduncular feeding mode of certain dinoflagellates.
Your Bulletin Needs You!
Posted 10th February 2025
Chris Thomas, Bulletin Editor, is putting the Spring edition together with the few articles and reports he has to date. However, he needs more contributions, no matter how large or small – articles, letters, methods, microscopy-related stories, all with any accompanying pictures.
Closing date for contributions is the end of February 2025. Please send your contributions to either [email protected] or to [email protected].
Bulletin Archive
Posted 27th January 2025
In case you’ve lost or loaned out your copy of a past Quekett Bulletin, members can now view a new batch of past issues in .pdf format. Issues of October 2021 to November 2023 are now available.
New Videos
Posted 19th January 2025
Members can now view the videos of the Quekex24 Lectures:
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- “Recreating John B Dancer’s Microphotograph Technique”, by Mark Osterman (Rochester, NY)
- “Touched with Prolifick Virtue: the Art & Science of Pollen“, by Prof Rob Kesseler (London)
- “The Good, the Bad, and the Algae“, by Prof Chris Howe (Cambridge)
and also:
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- The Christmas Lecture “Our Heroes Don’t Always Win“, by Phil Greaves
- and the Christmas Quiz, devised and presented by Robert Ratford.