World Microscope Day
Tuesday 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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- Brian Stevenson’s website: Historical Makers of Microscopes and Microscope Slides
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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- Jacky McPherson’s blog: Jacky’s microscopy | My experiments with microscope and microtome, and my photomicrographs; now extended to field notes of forays too
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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- Survey of British freshwater Cladocera (website)
- Cladocera Project Quekett Microscopical Club (Facebook Group)
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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- Stacking step sizes for objectives (table at bottom of page)
- Tethering, stacking and image editing programs
- Alan Wood’s website: Olympus microscopes and photomicrographic equipment
- Alan Wood’s blog: Alan Wood’s microscopical diary
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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- Chris Thomas’ website: Milton Contact
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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- Penny Thoyts’ website: Brass and Glass
- Penny Thoyts’ blog: Brass and Glass Microscope Restoration Blog
21:30 Franco Cheli (Nidhogg Maboh)
Structured illumination microscopy (SIM)
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- Franco Cheli’s blog: Experiences in optical and electron microscopy
22:15 Jeffrey Silverman
The history of the microscope
An informal look at Jeffrey’s collection of mostly antique microscopes.
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- Jeffrey Silverman’s Facebook page: Scope Porn
23:15
Open forum
Events from the day.
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