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| International Conference on Electron Microscopy | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Conference on Electron Microscopy |
| Abbreviation | ICEM |
| Status | Active |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Venue | Various |
| First | 1930s |
| Organizers | International Federation for Electron Microscopy |
International Conference on Electron Microscopy is a recurring global meeting that brings together researchers, engineers, and instrument manufacturers in the fields of transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and related instrumentation from institutions such as Max Planck Society, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and École Normale Supérieure. The conference has served as a forum for presenting advances linked to laboratories like CERN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and for interactions among societies including the Royal Microscopical Society, Microscopy Society of America, and Japan Society of Applied Physics.
The conference lineage traces roots to early 20th‑century meetings connected with pioneers such as Ernst Ruska, Max Knoll, and organizations like Kaiser Wilhelm Society and Niels Bohr Institute. Post‑World War II reconstructions saw influence from institutions including Imperial College London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and California Institute of Technology, with major sessions held in cities such as Cambridge, Massachusetts, Berlin, Tokyo, Paris, and Moscow. Cold War-era editions involved delegates from Stanford University, Moscow State University, University of Cambridge, and Tsinghua University, expanding techniques first reported at venues linked to Bell Labs, Argonne National Laboratory, and Baker Hughes. Technological milestones reported at the conference intersected with developments from Hitachi, JEOL, FEI Company, and Nikon Corporation.
Governance typically involves international bodies including the International Federation for Electron Microscopy, national societies such as the Microscopy Society of America, British Society for Cell Biology, and university committees from University of Oxford, University of Tokyo, and ETH Zurich. Program committees have historically included members affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Columbia University, Seoul National University, and Australian National University, while sponsorships and partnerships appear from corporations like Thermo Fisher Scientific, Siemens, and Samsung Electronics. Venue selection has engaged municipal authorities in Vienna, Barcelona, Singapore, and Chicago, coordinated alongside cultural institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution.
Proceedings and abstracts have been published in outlets linked to publishers like Elsevier, Springer, Nature Publishing Group, and journals such as Ultramicroscopy, Journal of Microscopy, and Micron. Presentation formats include plenary sessions featuring speakers from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, and workshops run by groups from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Satellite symposia co‑organized with societies such as the American Physical Society, European Microscopy Society, and Asian Electron Microscopy Association have been staged with parallel meetings at venues like Palais des Congrès de Paris, ExCeL London, and Moscone Center.
Technical focus spans developments in high‑resolution electron microscopy, cryo‑electron microscopy, electron tomography, and instrumentation using advances from companies including Gatan, Oxford Instruments, and Hitachi High‑Tech. Cross‑disciplinary applications draw participants from National Institutes of Health, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Wellcome Trust, and research groups at Salk Institute, Weizmann Institute of Science, and Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia. Sessions address methods intersecting with work at IBM Research, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and topics influenced by Nobel laureates associated with Columbia University, University of Oxford, and Rockefeller University.
Keynote rosters have included figures affiliated with Ernst Ruska Centre, Joachim Frank-linked groups, contributors from Richard Henderson’s circle at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and innovators from Aaron Klug’s legacy. Award recipients have been drawn from University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, and laboratories recognized by awards such as the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Prize, and Lasker Award, with corporate innovators from FEI Company and Thermo Fisher Scientific also honored.
Contributions presented have accelerated structural biology programs at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, materials science efforts at Argonne National Laboratory, and semiconductor research at Intel Corporation, TSMC, and GlobalFoundries. Collaborative projects emerging from conference interactions have linked consortia including Human Cell Atlas, Graphene Flagship, and initiatives funded by agencies like the National Science Foundation, European Research Council, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Technology transfer has resulted in instrumentation deployed at facilities such as Brookhaven National Laboratory, Diamond Light Source, and EMBL.
Typical attendance comprises delegates from universities such as University of California, San Diego, University of Melbourne, National University of Singapore, and research centers including Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, and Riken. Participation mixes academics, industrial R&D from Canon Inc., Sony Corporation, and government lab scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with poster and oral sessions featuring early‑career researchers from University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign, Peking University, and McGill University.
Category:Conferences in microscopy