World Microscope Day

World Microscope DayTuesday 13th April 2021

World Microscope Day is the brainchild of Quekett member Robert Ratford and was launched this year.  It is intended to help promote microscopy, and the date commemorates the first use of the word “microscope” on 13th April 1625.

You can find out more on the website and the Facebook Group:
https://www.worldmicroscopeday.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/344883400175472

To mark the day, Robert organised a 24-hour meeting on Zoom, with talks and demonstrations by amateur and professional microscopists.  As you can see, everything was presented in ‘real time’: we hope posting on the website will allow you to enjoy the presentations whenever you like!

00:01 Robert Ratford

Introduction


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00:15 Brian Stevenson

My microscope life

A bacteriology research lab, fun with the family, and historical research & collecting.


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01:00 Jacky McPherson

The Douglas Turnbull Richardson bequest to the QMC

Who, why, what, when and where do we go from here?
The slides of Douglas Turnball Richardson (DTR):


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Introduction to project; Comparison of DTR and Axioscan images
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Beetles
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Flies and ‘flies’
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Neuroptera / Hemiptera
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Porifera, Hymenoptera, Aranea
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02:00 Paul Smith

A little knowledge…

The problem of using a camera with my Olympus BX41 trinocular “cause it’s just another eyepiece!”


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03:00 David Hill

Pioneers of medical microscopy

Including a talk on a Carl Zeiss Brain Section Microscope from 1907.


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03:30 Jacky McPherson

The Douglas Turnbull Richardson bequest to the QMC

Who, why, what, when and where do we go from here?
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Spiders, Mites, Cat, Crustacea
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Harvestmen, Salamander, Cat, Bird, Protozoa, Polychaetes, Bryozoa
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Stems, wood, pollen
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Ferns, Equisetae, Gymnosperms, Yeast, Bacteria, a Gall
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Diatoms, experimental mounts
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04:00 Robert Ratford

Open forum

What are you doing today?
PowerPoint presentation of posts in the World Microscope Day Facebook Group.


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05:00 Robert Ratford

Quekett Microscopical Club Cladocera Project


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05:30 Robert Ratford

Quiz


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06:00 Robert Ratford

Microscopy clubs and societies


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06:30 Phil Verwaerde

Introduction to silver staining ciliates


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07:00 Robert Ratford

Slides by Ernie Ives


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08:00 Sue Greenham

An enthusiastic microscopist

The start of the journey.


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08:30 Mike Gibson

Cameras for photomicrography

A range of cameras that Mike has used to take photomicrographs.


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09:00 Graham Matthews

Leaf litter: Litter bugs under your feet


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10:00 Rawil Fakhrullin

Dark Field Hyperspectral Microscopy

Dark-field/hyperspectral microscopy can be used for detecting nanoscale particles in environmental nanotoxicology research.


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10:30 Rawil Fakhrullin

Atomic Force Microscopy

For live nematode cuticle imaging

11:00 Wim van Egmond

Van Leeuwenhoek and Berkelse meer

Mud microbes, soil life and stuff that Wim has been working on.


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11:45 Chris Power

Fluorescence microscopy

Theory, kit, amateur use, confocal and high end, Q&A.


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12:25 Tony Pattinson

How to do measurements

Tony covers this in one of his books as the purely manual, scale micrometer and graticule system, then goes on to show how to use software such as ToupView to produce a calibration file, carry out measurements and add a scale. Once the basics are grasped, there are many other things that can then be done. A presentation package for the manual elements, and the software part as a live demo.


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13:10 Alan Wood

Live demonstration of taking a photomicrograph

Starting with adjusting the field diaphragm and the aperture diaphragm, then adjusting the image in a tethering program, taking a series of images, combining them in a stacking program, and then editing the merged image.


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13:50 Joan Bingley

Birds’ nests

A preliminary to a possible Club project.
Variety, timing, invertebrates, materials of construction and other interesting things to look for.


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14:35 Robert Ratford

Quiz

Repeat of the quiz held at 05:30.


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15:00 Chris Thomas

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and how microscopy can be used to encourage the up and coming generations.


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16:00 Mike Gibson

QMC Exhibition: photomicrographs of 2020

A selection of the photomicrographs from 2020.


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Looking towards Quekex 2021, and an opportunity for discussion and feedback.

16:45 Willem Cramer

Art in science


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17:00 Julian Gray

Geology

Polarized light microscopes: An introduction and their application in geology, forensic science and art.


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18:00–20:00 M. C. Cooke Lecture

“The marvellous Mister Towne” by Bill Edwards

Joseph Towne made the wonderful anatomical and dermatological wax models in the Gordon Museum of Pathology.
This lecture was restricted to Quekett and NYMC members. Some of the images are not suitable for a public website, so the lecture was not open to the public and it was not recorded.

20:00 Gordon Brown

LOCA, ringing, stacking, LED conversions


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LOCA (Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive) as a microscopy mountant
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DIY stacking system for microscopes
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21:00 Penny Thoyts

Brass & Glass, and the technique of lacquering


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21:30 Franco Cheli (Nidhogg Maboh)

Structured illumination microscopy (SIM)


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22:15 Jeffrey Silverman

The history of the microscope

An informal look at Jeffrey’s collection of mostly antique microscopes.


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23:15

Open forum

Events from the day.


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23:59 End

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