World Microscope Day 2024
World Microscope Day was launched in 2021 and is masterminded by Quekett member Robert Ratford. It is actually a three-day event intended to help promote microscopy, and the date commemorates the first use of the word “microscope” on 13th April 1625. It is a wholly on-line event made possible through Zoom.
Here is the Programme as it was presented. We hope you enjoy the show!
Day 1 – Friday April 12th
Microscopy Techniques & Technology
Wim van Egmond – ‘Photomicrography’
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Jacky McPherson – ‘Flies, Microscopes and changes – I want to see more!’
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Brooke Weinger Kammrath – ‘Solving Problems with Microscopy: Real‐life Examples in Forensic, Life and Chemical Sciences’
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Tommy Gunn – ‘The Particle Solution’
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Michael Bachhofer – ‘The 3D-Microscan Project’
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Julian Gray – ‘The Polarised Light Microscope’
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Julian Gray – ‘Recognising Crystal Forms and Habits’
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Day 2 – Saturday April 13th
Microscopes Types, History, Maintenance, Restoration, and miscellaneous topics.
Chris Thomas – ‘The Norris Museum 2024’
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Andy Chick – ‘Pseudoscorpions and the equipment used to observe them’
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Lesley Robertson – ‘Van Leeuwenhoek’s Toolbox’
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Chris Thomas – ‘The Norris Museum. Visit 2’
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Chris Thomas – ‘The Norris Museum. Visit 3’
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Jay Holmes – ‘Darwin’s view – what he was using and what was he looking at?’
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Graham Matthews – ‘Photomicrography – Flashes of Inspiration’
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Day 3 – Sunday April 14th
Specimens, Slides, Photomicrography of specimens, Drawing, Sculpture and Art.
Mike Gibson – ‘Sands’
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Tony Pattinson – ‘Freshwater Creatures – Large and Small’
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Brian Snyder – ‘Wandering Through Art & Science with Microscopy’
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Jacky McPherson – ‘The Forth Bridge of Slide Collections: Trials, Tribulation and Successes’
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Grenham Ireland – ‘Why and How to isolate Tardigrades’
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Shyam Rathod – ‘Crystal Photomicrography’
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John Gregory – ‘Gall wasps’
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Mike Smith – ‘Photomicrography of Bee Sections’
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Gordon Brown – ‘Deep Cell Mounts of Foraminifera and Microfossils’
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Graham Matthews – ‘The Microscopy of Medical Materials’
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