Dear Fellow Microscopists, As your newly appointed 43rd president, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to another exciting year for microscopy in New England. I am delighted to have the opportunity to update the membership on the status of our society and discuss some of the Read more…
On February 25th, 2014, the Spring meeting was held the Cabot Corporation headquarters in Billerica, MA starting at 5:30pm. The evening started with members socializing over a delicious meal generously provided by Cabot, before the Welcome address from NESM President Blair Rossetti. Dr. Toivo Kodas from Cabot Corporation spoke first and Read more…
Dear Fellow Microscopists, This is a reminder to save the date for NESM’s 31st Annual Spring Workshops & Symposium on May 1st and 2nd at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts! The event will consist of concurrent workshops on Thursday, May 1st, and will continue on Friday, May 2nd with a day-long symposium, Read more…
Registration is now opened for the upcoming Fall Symposium & Business Meeting hosted by Brandeis Unviersity. Please see our Upcoming Meetings page for more information.
The NESM fall meeting was held at Brandeis University this year. Lab tours were offered during registration. Interim President Fettah Kosar opened the meeting with the unfortunate news that Xiaowei Zhuang had lost her voice and would be unable to speak. Luckily, Jeff Gelles from Brandeis University stepped in Read more…
NESM is proud to feature the “Women of Science” blog actively maintained by our very own president-elect, Dr. Jennifer Ross. In her blog, Dr. Ross addresses the issues and stereotypes that woman often face as they move forward with their careers in science. We find that her blog contains a Read more…
Dear Fellow Microscopists, We are getting ready to say goodbye to yet another successful year. At our Spring Meeting, Spring Symposium, and Fall Meeting this year we had 38, 85 and 34 attendees, respectively. Also, a total of 22 members attended our Spring Workshops at MBL. As of this writing, NESM Read more…
Registration is now opened for the upcoming Fall Symposium & Business Meeting hosted by Brandeis Unviersity. Please see our Upcoming Meetings page for more information.
On Thursday, October 17th, NESM held its annual Fall Meeting at the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s new Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovations Center (ETIC). The evening meeting kicked off with tours of the ETIC’s state-of-the-art nanofabrication facilities. Next, attendees socialized over a buffet-style dinner before being officially welcomed by NESM’s Read more…
My fingers are still not used to typing properly and fast on a computer keyboard, let alone on the tiny “virtual” keys of a smart phone. You see, I am of the TV generation of the last century. I was in high school by the time personal computers were starting Read more…