World Microscope Day 2023

Thursday 13th April 2023

World Microscope Day was launched in 2021 and is masterminded by Quekett member Robert Ratford.  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 Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/344883400175472

To mark the event, a 2-day Zoom meeting was organised featuring talks and demonstrations by amateur and professional microscopists.  Everything was presented in ‘real time’.  Most of the presentations can be found here, although the full set won’t be available for a while, so meanwhile more information may be available on the Facebook links.

Here is the Programme as it was presented.  We hope you enjoy the show!

Thursday April 13th

Session 1.  The Stromness Project.
Robert Ratford and Chris Thomas

Session 2.  Clubs, Groups and Societies – What’s happening in the World of Microscopy?
Robert Ratford

 

Session 3.  Gossip Meeting – “My Microscope”
Various speakers

Session 4.  Image J – Image Processing Software
Shiraz Kaderuppan

Session 5.  The Norris Museum
Chris Thomas

Session 6.  Diatom Lab
Stefano Barone

 

Session 7. The Norris Museum (2)
Chris Thomas

 

Session 8. Electron Microscopy
Alex Strachan

 

Session 9. Art & Design of Early Microscopes – My Microscope Collection
Joe Glavy (USA)

 

Session 10. The Norris Museum (3)
Chris Thomas

 

Session 11. Zooming: Evolution – Technicalities – Solutions
Paul Smith

 

Session 12. Light Sheet Microscopy
Franco Cheli

 

Session 13. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek – 300 years on
Lesley Robertson

 

Session 13. Moss Safari
Andrew Chandler-Grevatt

 

Session 14. Restoration – Why Investigate Lacquer Fading?
Penny Thoyts

 

Session 15. Tony talks to…. Robert Ratford about Microscopes and Microscopy
Tony Sutera and Robert Ratford chat about all things to do with microscopes in this animated podcast on YouTube.

 

Session 16.  Wim van Egmond’s Recent Projects – What’s he been up to?
Wim van Egmond

 

Session 17. Crystals
Bevil Templeton-Smith

 

Session 18. Geology and Microrefractometry
Julian Gray

 

Session 19. Lens Grinding, Polishing, and Microscope Making
Jay Holmes

 

Session 20. Freshwater Life Videos
Tony Pattinson

 

Session 21. Microtools And How To Make Them
Graham Matthews

 

Session 22. Scientific Imaging and Art
Robert Simmons (USA)

 

Session 23. Atomic Force Microscopy
Rawil Fakhrullin

 

Session 24. Marine Interstitial Protist Diversity
Jeffrey Silverman (USA)

 

Session 25. Identitification of Mineral Grains and Fragments
Julian C Gray (USA)

 

Session 26. Clubs, Groups and Societies
Robert Ratford

 

Session 27. Microscope Adventures
Chris Thomas

 

Session 28. van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope
Wim van Egmond

 

Session 29. Children and Microscopy in South America
Elisa Castro-Ravelo

 

Session 30. The Big, Huge, Mega Microscopy Quiz
Robert Ratford