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CALL FOR PAPERS
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 18, 2021
www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021
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TECHNICAL MEETING CONTENT:
Letter from the Presidents
2021 Program Chair
Elizabeth Wright On behalf of the Microscopy Society of America and the Microanalysis
University of Wisconsin-Madison Society, we invite you to join us, in-person, August 1-5, 2021, for Microscopy
MM2021ProgramChair@microscopy.org & Microanalysis 2021 in Pittsburgh, PA. With a distinguished industrial history,
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activities! At this time, MSA and MAS are planning to move forward with the
EXHIBITS & EXHIBITORS: in-person meeting. However, in this age of COVID-19, there is uncertainty on
Exhibits Manager the public health situation next year. If the conditions do not improve and we
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GENERAL:
The Program Committee, led by Elizabeth Wright, Eric Stach, Vincent
Meeting Manager
Smentkowski, and Andrew Herzing, has developed an exciting group of
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symposia, spanning advances in instrumentation and techniques development,
as well as applications in the analytical, biological, and physical sciences.
We encourage you to browse this Call for Papers for complete symposium
Are You a Member? descriptions and to submit one or more scientific papers for platform or poster
presentations. Tables will continue to be provided at the poster boards for fully
Join Today and Save on M&M 2021 dynamic multimedia poster presentations.
Registration Fees!
The main meeting will be preceded by the ever-popular Sunday Short Courses
and three Pre-Meeting Congresses. Students and early-career professionals
are especially encouraged to participate in the MSA Student Council’s 5th
Annual Pre-Meeting Congress that highlights outstanding work by student and
Visit http://microscopy.org to join the postdoctoral fellow attendees. Join us Sunday evening to officially kick off the
Microscopy Society of America online, or for meeting at the Opening Welcome Reception and reconnect with colleagues
more information about the benefits of MSA and meet new friends. On Monday morning, the Plenary Session kicks off the
membership. scientific program with an exciting set of lectures in Physical and Biological
sciences and the presentations of the M&M meeting awards and awards from
the sponsoring societies.
In addition to the strong scientific program, what sets the M&M meeting apart
Visit http://the-mas.org to find out the is the Exhibit Hall, the world’s largest annual microscopy exhibition, which
benefits of MAS membership. showcases the latest instrumentation and accessories. Don’t miss the highly
popular vendor tutorials, held Monday through Wednesday after hours in the
Exhibit Hall. Other educational opportunities throughout the week include
IMAGES: focused biological and physical science tutorials, educational outreach
programs, and our Technologists’ Forum special and roundtable sessions.
Cover, top; footer of page 3:
Rat endothelial cells by Damon Strom,
WITec GmbH, Ulm, Germany As always, M&M 2021 will be the premier meeting to attend to stay abreast
Cover, bottom left: of the latest technologies, hear about new developments in applications
Aloe vera leaf copy by Jose Martinez-Lopez, across all areas of microscopy and microanalysis, and most importantly
Química Tech Microscopy and Microanalysis,
Juarez, Mexico network with colleagues.
Cover, bottom right: Peter A. Crozier, Arizona State University
Native vanadium dendrites by Sarah Gain, Centre
for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, President, Microscopy Society of America
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Heather Lowers, United States Geological Survey
Footer on page 2: President, Microanalysis Society
Detail from Ciliate expels its organelles byJulia Van
Etten, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
For more information on each of the M&M 2021 Plenary Speakers, visit the
website at www.microscopy.org/2021/plenaryspeakers
Physical Science Plenary Speakers Biological Science Plenary Speakers
Maximilian Haider Harald Rose Ondrej Krivanek Knut Urban Kizzmekia S. Corbett Jason McLellan
CEOS Gmbh Ulm Universität Nion Co Forschungszentrum National Institutes of Health, University of Texas at Austin,
Jülich Vaccine Research Center College of Natural Sciences
KAVLI AWARDEES COVID-19 VACCINE DEVELOPERS
ANALYTICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA
A01 Diffraction Imaging Across • Enhancing analytical SEM with FIB, A04 New Frontiers in In-Situ Electron
Disciplines including 3D EDS/EBSD and other Microscopy in Liquids and Gases
correlative analytics including WDS, CL, (L&G EM FIG Sponsored)
ORGANIZERS:
Andrew Minor, Professor of Materials Science
Raman spectroscopy, EBIC, TKD, u-CT,
ORGANIZERS:
and Engineering, Facility Director of the National SIMS, and atom probe
• Advances in cryo-FIB and working with Huolin Xin, University of California, Irvine
Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular
Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory beam-sensitive materials Wei-Chang D. Yang, NIST
• Innovative micro and nano-structure Stephen House, University of Pittsburgh
Jose Rodriguez, Department of Chemistry
& Biochemistry, University of California, prototyping • Solid/gas and solid/liquid interaction,
Los Angeles electrochemistry and biological and soft matters
• 4D-STEM techniques A03 Microscopy and in liquids
• Micro/Nano diffraction for biology and • Multidimensional and multidimenional in situ
Microanalysis for Real electron microscopy
soft materials
• Analysis methods for diffraction patterns World Problem Solving • In situ electron microscopy driven by artificial
and image reconstruction ORGANIZERS: intelligence
• In situ diffraction imaging Ke-Bin Low, BASF Corporation • Big data analysis using deep learning and neural
• Cryo diffraction imaging Xiaofeng Zhang, Nanosys Inc. networks
• Cryo electron microscopy Jeremy Beebe, Dow
Abigail Lindstrom, NIST A05 Advances in Analytical STEM-in-SEM
A02 Advances in Focused Ion Beam • Real world problem solving using all ORGANIZERS:
Instrumentation, Applications forms of microscopy and microanalysis Jason Holm, National Institute of Standards
and Technology
and Techniques in and Materials • Practical applications of correlative
methods employing microscopy and Dagmar Gerthsen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
and Life Sciences
related techniques Hendrix Demers, Hydro-Québec, Center of Excellence
ORGANIZERS: in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage,
• Quantitative approaches for increased
Suzy Vitale, Carnegie Institution for Science Dmers
confidence in results from non-ideal
Annalena Wolff, Queensland University of
samples • Transmission imaging in the SEM (BF, DF, mixed
Technology
• Creative methodologies for preparation imaging modes, Z-contrast, diffraction contrast,
Joshua Sugar, Sandia National Laboratories phase contrast, defect analysis)
and analysis of real world samples
• Latest developments in novel ion sources • Equipment testing, calibration and • Transmission electron diffraction and
and FIB instrumentation quality assurance channeling in the SEM (t-EBSD/TKD)
• Advances in helium ion microscopy • Transmission spectroscopy in the SEM
including scripting, SIMS, nanofabrication, (EDS, EELS)
lithography and floodgun imaging • Combined FIB-SEM transmission methods for
• Novel geometries, milling strategies sample prep and analysis
and non-standard lift outs for TEM/ • Instrumental developments and new detectors
STEM and APT • 4D STEM-in-SEM applications (data acquisition,
analysis, instrumentation, and control schemes)
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ANALYTICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA continued
A06 Full System and Workflow A09 Moon Dust, Minerals and A11 Portable- and Laboratory-
Automation for Enabling Big Microscopy based Approaches to Analysis
Data and Machine Learning in ORGANIZERS: in Cultural Heritage
Electron Microscopy Kate Burgess, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory ORGANIZERS:
ORGANIZERS: Michelle Thompson, Purdue University Thomas Lam, Smithsonian Institution, Museum
Andrew Barnum, Thermo Fisher Scientific Jessica Barnes, University of Arizona Conservation Institute, Suitland, MD
Joerg Jinschek, Ohio State University • Investigations of natural, experimental, Barbara Berrie, National Gallery of Art,
Wouter Van den Broek, Humboldt University and analog materials to further Washington, DC
of Berlin understanding of terrestrial and planetary • Portable- or laboratory-based XRF, FTIR,
environments NIR or Raman
• Big data in electron microscopy enabled
• Advances in sample preparation and • Correlative laboratory-based optical,
through full system automation
analysis relevant to lunar, planetary, and electron microscopy, or atomic force
• Methodologies and software created
by the community to combine machine terrestrial materials microscopy
• Use of microscopy to explore the origins • Other relevant or emerging approaches
learning with microscope operation
• and evolution of Earth and planetary of portable or laboratory-based
Data augmentation strategies to increase
materials approaches will be considered
data diversity and close the simulation-
• Lunar samples, meteorites and
experiment gap
micrometeorites, terrestrial samples,
• Workflows and data tracking from sample
interplanetary dust particles, minerals,
preparation through to imaging and
planetary building blocks, returned
A12 Microscopy and Microanalysis
analysis of Biomineralized and
samples
• TEM, SIMS, FIB, SEM, Microprobe, STXM, Biomimetic Materials and
A07 Vendor Symposium atom probe, uXCT Structures
ORGANIZERS: ORGANIZERS:
Jay Potts, University of South Carolina A10 Unresolved Challenges Kenneth Livi, Johns Hopkins University
Lena Kourkoutis, Cornell University in Quantitative X-Ray Sue Okerstrom, Lichen Labs LLC
• New methods and techniques; new Microanalysis • Advances in microscopy of combined
developments and technologies hard and soft materials
ORGANIZERS:
• Breakthroughs and new instrumentation • Natural, biomimetic, experimental, and
• Improvements to existing instrumentation Aaron Torpy, CSIRO Mineral Resources, engineered materials
Clayton, Australia
• New analysis programs and data • Correlative microscopy and microanalysis
processing packages Nick Wilson, CSIRO Mineral Resources, techniques
Clayton, Australia
• Approaches, applications and discoveries
Hendrix Demers, Hydro-Québec’s Center of • Biominerals as archives of Earth
A08 Data Management, Version Excellence in Transportation Electrification and
environmental history
Energy Storage, Varennes, Canada
Control, and Multiformat
Aurélien Moy, Department of Geoscience,
Analysis in Electron Microscopy University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison,
ORGANIZERS: WI, USA
Josh Sugar, Sandia National Laboratories • Quantification using low-energy x-rays
Suzy Vitale, Carnegie Institution for Science (e.g. Li K, Fe L, REE M lines)
Joe McKeown, Lawrence Livermore National • Valence / chemical state determination
Laboratory by x-ray spectroscopy
• Advances in backed-up permanent • Improvements to quantification
archival systems for storage of large data algorithms, procedures, and standard
sets and methods for transfer to these reference materials
systems • Quantification of micro/nano-scale
• Methods for file version control that allow particles and structures
multiple users to share and analyze the • Quantification of beam sensitive materials
same data set, with the ability to return to • Improvements to detector/instrument
the original when needed technology
• Methods for analyzing data between
Native vanadium dendrites by Sarah Gain, Centre
multiple proprietary formats across Diatom triangle by Larry Gouliard, Jr., for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis,
different microscopy/software platforms, Independent Microscopist, Pekin, IL University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
including file format converters
• Information architecture for local and
server-based data analysis software and
data storage
• Novel methods for analyzing and
visualizing large correlated datasets (e.g.,
3D serial section, tomography, and 3D plus
analytical EDS, EBSD, SIMS, CL, etc.)
• Methods for determining the scientifically
interesting data when overwhelmed with
information (e.g., finding the needle in the
haystack)
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA
B01 3D Structures: From • Historical perspectives and current • Instrument hardware development
Macromolecular Assemblies to developments in the field of high- • Cryogenic sample handling / transfer
resolution cryo-EM • Artificial Intelligence based Image
Whole Cells (3DEM FIG) • Hybrid structural approaches to study Analysis, Big Data Management
ORGANIZERS: macromolecular complexes
Melanie Ohi, University of Michigan Life • Assembly and architecture of plant,
Sciences Institute
B07 Challenges and Advances in
animal, and bacterial viruses
Teresa Ruiz, University of Vermont • In-situ structural investigations of viral Electron Microscopy Research
Cheri Hampton, UES, Inc. · AFRL/RXAS infection and assembly and Diagnosis of Diseases in
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base • Structural biology of proteins involved in Humans, Plants and Animals
William Rice, NYU Langone Health metabolism, immunity and pathogenesis (FIG associated)
• Structure and function of macromolecular ORGANIZERS:
complexes in vitro and in vivo B05 Imaging, Microscopy, Claudia Lopez, Oregon Health & Science
• Single particle cryo-electron microscopy University
• Cryo-electron tomography
and Micro/Nano-Analysis
Marcela Redigolo, West Virginia University
of Pharmaceutical, Ru-Ching Hsia, University of Maryland
Biopharmaceutical, and Han Chen, Penn State
B02 Visualizing Cells with Cryo-ET
Medical Health Products– • Enhancement of sample preparation
ORGANIZERS:
Grant Jensen, Caltech
Research, Development, workflow for EM analysis of complex
Analysis, Regulation, and tissue for diagnosis or research
Yi-Wei Chang, University of Pennsylvania • Application of advanced or innovative
Danielle Grotjahn, Scripps Research Institute Commercialization EM techniques to study host-pathogen
(FIG associated)
Matt Swulius, Penn State College of Medicine interactions, virulence factors and
ORGANIZERS: ultrastructural changes
• Cryo-ET allows large macromolecular
Daniel Skomski, Merck & Co. Inc. • Ultrastructural characterization of
assemblies to be visualized within cells
in a near-native state Annie Muske-Dukes, Thermo Fisher Scientific diseases including the use of organoids,
• The range of targets that can be • Novel microscopic or spectroscopic xenografts and animal models
analyzed by cryo-ET is rapidly expanding methods applied to pharmaceutical, • Novel approaches and applications for
to both larger and smaller biopharmaceutical, medical, and health correlative or hybrid microscopy
• Sub-tomogram averaging methods can fields (API, excipient, drug, device, etc.)
result in high-resolution structures • Root cause analysis of issues related
• Many technical advances in to the manufacturing of drugs, medical
B08 Cryo-EM in Drug Discovery
instrumentation, methods, and software products, and devices in both R&D and ORGANIZERS:
are dramatically expanding both the good manufacturing practice (GMP) Leah Frye, Schrodinger
power and applicability of the method settings Giovanna Scapin, NanoImaging Services
• Utilization of techniques and methods to Anke Mulder, Thermo Fisher Scientific
overcome unique product performance • Cryo-EM in structure-based drug
B03 From Images to Insights: and pharmacology challenges discovery
Working with Large Multi- (polymorphs, contaminants, particles, • Cryo-EM in optimization of potency and
Modal Data in Cell Biological etc.) selectivity
• Regulatory and data integrity compliance • Use of cryo-EM to address classical
Imaging of instrumentation and methods in the ADMET issues such as hERG inhibition
ORGANIZERS: pharmaceutical industry • Rapid and efficient determination of cryo-
Kedar Narayan, NIH/NCI & FNL • Investigations and evaluations of testing EM structures for drug discovery
Cam Robinson, St. Jude Children’s and drug and vaccine development
Research Hospital throughout a product lifecycle
Jonathan Lefman, nvidia (identification, development, testing, B09 To Fix or Not to Fix? A Question
• Correlating images and appropriate supply chain, regulatory, etc.) for Biological Samples
metadata from LM, EM, other modalities • Device and throughput challenges (failure ORGANIZERS:
(XRM, chemical imaging...) mode analysis, biocompatibility, sterility,
Alice Dohnalkova, Pacific Northwest National
• Efficiently segmenting and visualizing etc.) Laboratory
features of interest Gail Celio, University of Minnesota
• Adapting and applying open-source tools
and frameworks for image processing
B06 Multi-Modal Multi- • Legitimate advantages and deficiencies,
and analysis Dimensional Microscopy and how to control them
• Implementing scaleable solutions for ORGANIZERS: • Recognizing artifacts in chemically and
small and mid-sized labs and facilities cryo- processed material
James Fitzpatrick, Washington University
School of Medicine
• Preparing problematic samples, e.g.,
volume limitations, high material
Xiao-Ying Yu, Pacific Northwest National
B04 Michael Rossmann Laboratory
density, etc.
Memorial Symposium • Immunolabelling in cryo- and
Si Chen, Argonne National Laboratory
chemical fixation
ORGANIZERS: Ben Giepmans, University Medical Center • Handling damage from the electron beam
S. Saif Hasan, Department of Biochemistry Groningen, Groningen, NL
• Development and applications of post-
and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland • Multi-Modal Microscopy, Volume EM, fixation preparation
School of Medicine, Baltimore MD
CLEM
Terje Dokland, Department of Microbiology, • X-Ray Imaging & Analysis
University of Alabama at Birmingham, • Analytical Spectroscopy / SIMS
Birmingham AL
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA continued
B10 Cryo-EM at Local, Regional, and • Hardware and software upgrades to ORGANIZERS:
National Cryo-EM Centers optimize data collection Michelle Digman, University of California Irvine
• On the fly data processing. When to Matthew Lew, Washington University in
ORGANIZERS:
stop data collection? St. Louis
Claudia Lopez, Oregon Health & Science • Best practices in a cryoEM facility Kevin Welsher, Duke University
University and Pacific North West CryoEM • How to best store, analyze, and
Center (PNCC) Andreas Gahlmann, University of Virginia
share your data
Elizabeth Wright, University of Wiscsonsin- • Data processing: what are we missing? • Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
Madison and Midwest Center for CryoET • Super-resolution microscopy
(MCCET) • Single molecule spectroscopy
Clint Potter, New York Structural Biology
B11 Frontiers in Fluorescence • Computational image analysis
Center and National Center for CryoEM Lifetime and Super-Resolution
Access and Training (NCCAT) Imaging of Biological Structures
• Sample preparation: screening optimization and Dynamics
PHYSICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA
P01 Advanced Imaging and • Measurement of light elements in earth P05 Evaluation of Materials for
Spectroscopy for Nanoscale and material sciences. Nuclear Applications
Materials Characterization ORGANIZERS:
ORGANIZERS: P03 Exploring Beam-Sample Mukesh Bachhav, Idaho National Laboratory
Lin Zhou, Ames Laboratory Interactions for Uncovering Assel Aitkaliyeva, University of Florida
David Cullen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory the Atomic or Dynamic Jing Wang, Pacific Northwest National
Ping Lu, Sandia National Laboratories Laboratory
Nature of Matter
• Advances in imaging and spectroscopy • Current and advanced nuclear fuels and
ORGANIZERS:
methods for structural and chemical materials
Joe Patterson, University of California, Irvine
characterization • Irradiation-induced defect analysis:
• Correlative approaches combining Stig Helveg, Technical University of Denmark dislocations, loops, RIS, RIP, SFT, etc.
spectroscopic and imaging methods (e.g. Jennifer Cookman, University of Limerick • Microscopy and microanalysis advances
ABF/HAADF, 4D-STEM, EDS/EELS) to • Development of theories for electron- in nuclear research
provide new insight into material structure sample interactions • Data science and data mining of
• Real-time and multi-dimensional structural • Precise control over electron probes in microscopy-based datasets
and chemical imaging time and space • Standards and interpretation of data for
• Defect structural studies in materials • Precise, accurate and reliable high Z materials
such as nanoparticles, thin-films, and measurement and reporting of electron
multiplayers flux and dose
• Optimization of imaging conditions (low • High spatial / temporal resolution imaging
P06 Defects in Materials: How We
voltage, low dose, cryo etc.) for structure- of beam-sensitive materials See and Understand Them
property relationship studies • Using the electron beam to modulate ORGANIZERS:
structures and processes Jinwoo Hwang, The Ohio State University
• Understanding structure and dynamics Tyler Grassman, The Ohio State University
P02 Many Detectors Make from noisy data Honggyu Kim, University of Florida
Lights Work: Advances in
• Imaging, diffraction, and spectroscopic
Microanalysis of Light Elements
P04 Emerging Low-Dimensional methods that directly investigate
in Synthetic and Natural defects of any nature in both crystalline
Nanomaterials and Their
Materials and amorphous (disordered) materials
Heterostructures • Determining atomic and electronic
ORGANIZERS:
ORGANIZERS: structure of point defects, extended
Anette von der Handt, University of Minnesota Moon Kim, University of Texas at Dallas
Jed Mosenfelder, University of Minnesota
defects, defect complexes
Zonghoon Lee, Ulsan National Institute of • Dynamics of defects – nucleation,
Owen Neill, University of Michigan Science and Technology (UNIST) / Institute for
interaction, migration, diffusion,
Jamie Weaver, National Institute of Standards Basic Science (IBS)
annihilation, formation of complexes
and Technology • Various allotropes of carbon such as • Defects in next-generation
• Advances in technologies for the detection carbyne, nanotube, graphene, and semiconductors and metals, low-
of light elements. diamond dimensional materials, energy-
• Improvements to existing methods for light • Heterostructure with other emerging generating materials, materials for
element analysis. nanomaterials such as TMDs and MXenes quantum information
• Soft X-ray spectrometry, neutron • Growth morphology, defects, surfaces • Novel and quantitative digital data
activation, EDS, WDS, SIMS, FTIR. and interfaces processing methods for visualizing
• Analysis of light elements for energy • Applications in nano-electronics, energy, defects with high sensitivity, accuracy,
technology applications. and other emerging devices and precision
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA continued
P07 Quantum Materials Probed P10 Investigating Phase P12 Microscopy & Spectroscopy
by High Spatial and Energy Transitions in Functional of Energy Conversion and
Resolution in Scanning/ Materials and Devices by In Storage Materials
Transmission Electron Situ/Operando TEM ORGANIZERS:
Lianfeng Zou, Pacific Northwest
Microscopy ORGANIZERS:
National Laboratory
ORGANIZERS: Michele Conroy, University of Limerick
Katherine Jungjohann, Sandia
Nasim Alem, Penn State University Trevor Almeida, University of Glasgow National Laboratories
Mary Scott, University of California Berkeley Leopoldo Molina-Luna, TU Darmstadt Pengfei Yan, Beijing University of
• High resolution S/TEM imaging of Judy Cha, Yale Technology, China
nanostructures and quantum materials • Phase transitions in functional materials Michael Zachman, Oak Ridge National
• Electronic and chemical structure of and devices Laboratory
nanostructures and quantum materials • In-situ TEM capabilities (heating, biasing, • Characterization of materials related to
• Understanding of the phonon and plasmon cooling, magnetic fields) energy generation, capture, conversion, or
resonances and their coupling behavior, • Combination with advanced TEM storage across multiple length scales.
particularly at defects, interfaces, and techniques (Phase related, spectroscopy, • In situ/operando techniques for studying the
surfaces in nanostructures 4D STEM) dynamic structural and chemical evolution
• Studies of topological, skyrmionic, • Controlled electron-beam-induced of energy-related materials under synthesis,
superconducting and other quantum transitions working, or processing conditions.
materials • Developments and applications of
emerging techniques such as 4D-STEM and
P11 Fast and Ultrafast Dynamics monochromated EELS for characterization of
P08 Advanced Characterization
Using Electron Microscopy energy-related materials
of Components Fabricated by • Low-dose, low-voltage, and cryogenic
ORGANIZERS:
Additive Manufacturing Ilke Arslan, Argonne National Laboratory, techniques that provide new insights into
ORGANIZERS: Center for Nanoscale Materials the structure, chemistry, structural-property
Isabella van Rooyen, Idaho National laboratory David Flannigan, University of Minnesota, Dept. relationships of energy-related materials
Subhashish Meher, Idaho National Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science • New computational tools for imaging,
Federico Sciammarella, MXD USA Pietro Musumeci, University of California, Los diffraction, spectroscopy, or tomography
Angeles, Physics Dept. datasets collection and analysis
• TEM and STEM studies (imaging, EDS,
electron diffraction, EELS) and atom probe • Techniques and instrumentation for
tomography (APT) to understand phase high frame-rate S/TEM and SEM P13 Advanced Application of Atom
transformations, and microstructural • Method and instrument development for Probe Tomography: Specimen
evolution in components produced by improved combined temporal, spatial,
various AM processes and energy resolutions
preparation, Instrumentation,
• 3D microstructure analysis methods on • Methods for reaching sub-femtosecond and Data analysis
the micro-, nano-, and atomic scale to stroboscopic and sub-nanosecond ORGANIZERS:
understand the integrity of AM fabricated single-shot resolutions Daniel Perea, Pacific Northwestern National Labs,
products • Advances and new developments in high- Richland, Washington, USA
• Microstructural response of AM components precision generation of discrete electron James Douglas, Dept of Materials, University of
to post-processing conditions packets in S/TEM and SEM Oxford, Oxford, UK
• Microstructure and defect analysis by both • Discoveries, new insights, and Daniel Haley, Dept of Materials, University of
characterization and modeling for insights paradigm-changing observations Oxford, Oxford, UK
into solidification and melt pool dynamics in resulting from UEM in physical, • Advances in data processing for improved
AM processes chemical, and materials systems accuracy and signal detection in APT,
• Current challenges in analytical tools
including noise processing, chemical
for microscopy and microanalysis of
quantification and error processing
AM products
• New methods for improving reproducibility
• In-situ characterization experiments on
and reliability of APT data reconstruction
AM products
and spatial analysis, including advanced
Gold nanocubes by
data modeling, improved cluster analysis
Vasile-Dan Hondoroaba,
P09 - Nanoscale X-Ray and Electron Federal Institute for and machine learning approaches.
Microscopy Techniques and Materials Research and • Atom probe analysis and sample
Testing, Berlin, Germany preparation of materials exposed to
Applications in Material Science extreme environments such as temperature,
ORGANIZERS: irradiation, corrosion and pressure.
Xianghui Xiao, Brookhaven National Laboratory • Multi-length scale and complementary
Hanfei Yan, Brookhaven National Laboratory techniques for optimized APT analysis of
Huolin Xin, University of California, Irvine complex material systems.
• Correlative high-resolution electron and • Advanced specimen preparation,
x-ray microscopy applications in material Aloe vera leaf instrumentation, and experimental protocols
science by Jose Martinez-Lopez, that enable atom probe analysis of
• Correlative microscopy and bulk technique Química Tech Microscopy environmentally sensitive materials for direct
applications in material science and Microanalysis, observation of hydrogen, hydrated phases,
• Advanced data analysis and modeling for Juarez, Mexico biological and other soft materials, and
multimodal and multiscale experiments liquid/solid in
• Challenges in correlative microscopy
applications
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AWARDS
How to Apply For an M&M Meeting Award: Onsite Awards
1. As part of the on-line paper submission process, an applicant The M&M meeting’s co-sponsoring societies confer
must flag their paper for award consideration. Only one paper competitively judged awards at the meeting.
may be designated per applicant.
MSA Student Poster Awards
2. The applicant must appear as first author and presenter of the We believe poster presentations are
paper submitted for award. an excellent format for all participants
to engage in intensive discussion
3. The applicant must provide the name, title, institution, and with other researchers in the field. To especially encourage
e-mail address of their supervisor, who will be contacted to students to take advantage of this opportunity and submit
provide a supporting letter and confirmation of applicability papers for poster presentation, MSA provides cash awards to
for the indicated award category (e.g. student, post-doc, or the most outstanding student posters (first author) each day
technical staff). (up to one in each of three categories).
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS: Ultramicrotomy Award by Diatome
Award applicants will automatically be considered for memorial All posters illustrating the use of diamond knife
scholarships, conferred by MSA based on the generous support of ultramicrocrotomy are eligible. Prizes include a trip
society sponsors. to Switzerland with a visit to the Diatome factory, and
Swiss watches.
Applicants who have previously received an M&M Meeting Award
will not be considered for a second award in the same category.
MAS Best Paper Awards
MAS annually confers awards for papers
STUDENTS:
presented at the M&M meeting deemed to
All full-time students enrolled at accredited academic institutions
be best in four categories. Each comes with a cash award
are eligible. High school, undergraduate, and graduate students are
generously provided by MAS Sustaining Members.
encouraged to apply. Applicants are not required to be members of
the sponsoring society.
Microscopy Today
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS: Micrograph Awards
All full-time postdoctoral researchers are eligible. Applicants are not This competition rewards the innovative blending of art and
required to be members of the sponsoring society. science. Winning micrographs will be selected on the basis
of artistic merit and general audience appeal. See M&M 2021
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBERS: website for complete information.
Full-time technologists are eligible. In addition, the applicant must
be a member of the sponsoring society, current in their dues for the All images used in this brochure are 2020 Microscopy Today
year of the meeting. Micrograph Award Winners.
AMOUNT OF AWARD:
M&M Meeting Awards and memorial awards consist of full meeting
registration and up to $1,000 for travel-related expenses. Original
receipts must be provided to receive travel reimbursement. Thin Film Crystals by Karl Gaff, K Gaff Microscopy, Dublin, Ireland
All award winners also receive an invitation to the Presidents’
Reception, held on the Tuesday evening of the meeting.
NOTIFICATION OF AWARD:
All award applicants will be notified of their award status
approximately eight weeks following the Call for Papers deadline.
Unsuccessful applicants will be permitted to withdraw their papers,
should their ability to attend the meeting be contingent on the
award, within one week following notification.
REQUIREMENTS OF AWARD:
All award winners must present their paper in person at the M&M
meeting in order to receive their award.
Awardees are expected to attend and participate in the entire
meeting, which runs from Sunday evening’s opening reception
through late Thursday afternoon.
Awardees are required to attend the Monday morning plenary
session, at which their award will be conferred.
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MICROSCOPY OUTREACH SESSIONS
X90 Microscopy in the Classroom X91 Microscopy Explorations for Families and
ORGANIZERS: Kids of All Ages (formerly “Family Affair”)
Jane Howe, University of Toronto, Canada ORGANIZERS:
Donovan N. Leonard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Elaine Humphrey, University of Victoria, Canada
Josh Silverstein, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pat Connelly, National Institutes of Health
Rengasayee (Sai) Veeraraghavan, The Ohio State University Please check back on the M&M 2021 website
At the frontiers of science, the microscope is an interdisciplinary tool (“Scientific Program” – “Outreach”) for updated
which allows students to glimpse into the unknown and link structure information about this session.
and function. The Education Outreach Committee of MSA seeks to
connect individuals and institutions and ensure that the pathways to
microscopy careers and education are exciting, engaging and clear.
X92 Project MICRO
• Best practices for incorporating microscopy into K-12 and post-
ORGANIZERS:
secondary classrooms and curricula
• Local and national initiatives emphasizing STEM education Elaine Humphrey, University of Victoria, Canada
and outreach Janet Schwarz, University of Vermont
• Methods to expose students to microscopy in a fun, Pat Connelly, National Institutes of Health
engaging and impactful manner
The Outreach booth is part of the MSA Megabooth and is
available every day the exhibit hall is open. Learn how to set up
different stations in a classroom and share your fun microscopy
outreach classroom experiences! See different microscope
systems in action for use in a classroom; peruse a selection of
books suitable for elementary school-age children; and put your
name into the draw for a daily door prize.
Soap Film
by Gerd Günther,
independent microscopist,
Düsseldorf, Germany
TECHNOLOGISTS’ FORUM
X30 Technologists’ Forum X31 Technologists’ Forum Roundtable: X32 Technologists’ Forum Workshop
Roundtable: Histology Technical Careers in Microscopy – Technique Tips: Special Stains
Helpline PhD Not Required and Serial Sectioning
ORGANIZERS: ORGANIZERS: ORGANIZERS:
Page Baluch, Arizona State University Page Baluch, Arizona State University Page Baluch, Arizona State University
Ru-Ching Hsia, University of Maryland Richard Martins Ru-Ching Hsia, University of Maryland
• Where to find answers to technical • There are many careers in advanced • Training in the use of special stains is
questions analytical and scientific fields that do not usually provided on the job but not as
• Available networks to find laboratory require a PhD part of a formal training program so many
or clinical experts • Learn about careers from professionals that technicians feel unprepared
• Where to get advice when shopping entered the microscopy community with • Learn new techniques using serial
for laboratory equipment skills and expertise garnered from previous sectioning and array tomography
• How to find labs that provide employment, effective networking and • Learn about stains that are common in
specialized histological/lab services military service quantification-based research
• Commercial technical careers in microscopy • This session will be useful to histologists
include instrument technicians, service at all levels by providing protocols and
engineers, applications, sales, marketing and technical advice regarding techniques in
account managers special stains and serial sectioning/array
• Gather advice that can help in pursuing a new tomography
or different career path
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2021 Meeting | August 1-5 | Pittsburgh, PA 9SHORT COURSES
X-10 High-Resolution Structure • Electron detector technology suitable for • Biasing holders
4D-STEM experiments • Magnetic field
Determination by Cryo-EM • List of possible 4D-STEM experimental • Light illumination
LEAD INSTRUCTORS: configurations and references
Tim Grant, Morgridge Institute / University of • Analysis software for characterizing large
Wisconsin-Madison numbers of STEM diffraction pattern X-15 Data Analysis in
Mike Cianfrocco, University of Michigan images and visualization of the results Materials Science
• Cryo-EM specimen preparation • Software and tutorial for simulating LEAD INSTRUCTORS:
• Introduction to TEM 4D-STEM datasets Eric Prestat, University of Manchester and
• Single-particle data collection SuperSTEM Laboratory, United Kingdom
• Single-particle image processing
Joshua Taillon, National Institute of Standards
• Validation of results X-13 Serial EM for EM Data and Technology
Acquisition • Introduction to HyperSpy and related
LEAD INSTRUCTORS:
X-11 Explaining the New Python libraries for multi-dimensional
Cindi Schwartz, Rocky Mountain Laboratories/ image and spectra processing and
World Order of Biological NIAID/National Institutes of Health analysis
Fluorescence Microscopy Guenter Resch, Nexperion, Austria • Curve fitting of multi-dimensional datasets
LEAD INSTRUCTORS: • Installation, calibration, and operating • Machine learning
Bob Price, University of South Carolina School concept of SerialEM • Big data analysis strategies
of Medicine • Image acquisition techniques such as for • EELS and EDS analysis
Jay Jerome, Vanderbilt University tilt-series, single-particle, and micro-ED • Optional: application to the analysis
• Basics of fluorescence • Ancillary hardware such as direct-electron of atomic resolution images, scanning
• Basics of confocal microscopy detectors, energy filters, and phase plates electron diffraction and 4D STEM datasets
• New fluorescence imaging modes • Scripting to extend SerialEM
• Selection of appropriate imaging modes For this hands-on and interactive short
course, attendees will need to install
X-14 In situ and Operando software on their own laptop in advance
X-12 Guidelines for Performing Approaches to TEM and bring it with them to the short course
4D-STEM Characterization LEAD INSTRUCTORS: (instructions will be provided).
from the Atomic to Micrometer Robert Sinclair, Stanford University
Scales: Experimental Peter Crozier, Arizona State University
Considerations, Data Analysis This course will introduce the fundamental
and Simulation concepts for in situ electron microscopy,
including:
LEAD INSTRUCTORS:
• Hot stages
David Muller, Cornell University • Gas cells
Colin Ophus, Lawrence Berkeley National • Liquid cells
Laboratory
PHYSICAL SCIENCES TUTORIALS
X41 Entrepreneurship in the Microscopy Community X43 X-Ray Imaging & Computed Tomography
Several entrepreneurs from the microscopy community will be in attendance for PRESENTERS: Tara Selly, Assistant Professor of Research, Univ.
a round table Q&A with tutorial attendees on topics including, but not limited to: of Missouri; Jim Schiffbauer, Associate Professor,
Geological Sciences, Univ. of Missouri
• Instrumentation development and commercialization
• Practical steps to take when starting your own microscopy based business • Introduction to X-Ray microscopy and computed
• Panel discussion on business start-up best practices tomography
• Role of local affiliated microscopy societies in bringing microscopists and • How spot size, detector pixel size and gemoterical
businesses together magnification affect resolution
• Reconstruction strategies for isosurface determination
• Example applications in the geological sciences
X42 Monochromated Aberration Corrected STEM: Why?
PRESENTER: Dr. Jordan A. Hachtel, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Introduction to monochromated EELS
• Alignment and tuning in a monochromated Nion UltraSTEM
• Different types of monochromated EELS experiments: Aloof EELS, off-axis
EELS, momentum-resolved EELS Zosterograptus microtubules
by Andrea Brothers, A.B. Brothers
• Post-acquistion processing and analysis of ultralowloss EELS data.
Microscopy, Manassas, VA
Jordan Hachtel is a staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research
focuses on applications of ultralow-loss monochromated EELS to optical,
biological, and quantum materials. Beyond this wide class of applications, he has
also focused on using novel techniques, unique to ultralow-loss EELS, to access
new aspects of the nanoscale infrared response in such systems.
10 www.microscopy.org/MandM/2021PRE-MEETING CONGRESSES
ORGANIZERS:
X60 Annual Pre-Meeting Congress for Students,
Ru-ching Hsia, University of Maryland-Baltimore
Post-Docs, and Early-Career Professionals in
Claudia Lopez, Oregon Health and Science University
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Marcela Redigolo, West Virginia University
Organized by the Microscopy Society of America Student Council (StC) Han Chen, Penn State Medical College
Saturday, July 31, 2021 • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Joe Mowery, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
Separate registration required – see registration form (Spring 2021) Mike Reichelt, Genentech
INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION FEE: This PMC will include four 90-minute platform sessions with 4-6 speakers each
Friday evening social event; breakfast, AM Break, Lunch, PM Break, session, and a poster session.
Saturday evening banquet • Automation and streamlining of workflow for diverse EM specimens
• Immuno-electron microscopy and correlative LM-EM workflow, advances
PROGRAM CHAIR: Piyush Haluai, Arizona State University and challenges
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CO-CHAIR: Joseph Kim, University of • Challenges and best practices in the preparation of plant, insect,
Wisconsin-Madison aquatic/marine, and pharmaceutical specimens for EM
PHYSICAL SCIENCES CO-CHAIR: Berit Goodge, Cornell University • Roundtable discussion: instrument-assisted and automated Bio EM
SOCIAL CHAIR: Dara Laczniak, Purdue University sample processing, challenges and applications
This pre-meeting congress is organized by and for students,
postdocs, and early-career professionals, and provides: X62 Recent Developments in Advanced Imaging
• A forum for early-career professionals to deliver presentations to and Spectroscopy
peers ahead of the meeting Organized by the MSA Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy
• Opportunities to share research and data in an engaging, non- Focused Interest Group
intimidating, and interactive setting
• Expanded professional networking, and career development Sunday August 1, 2021 v 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
mentoring from recent graduates Separate registration required – see registration form (Spring 2021)
• The opportunity to win awards, determined by peer voting INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION FEE:
Breakfast, AM Break, Lunch, PM Break
X61 Contemporary Electron Microscopy Advances ORGANIZERS:
in Biomedical Research Juan Carlos Idrobo, PhD, CNMS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert Klie, PhD, University of Illinois
Organized by the MSA Diagnostic and Biomedical Microscopy Shize Yang, PhD, Arizona State University
Focused Interest Group
This PMC will focus on developments in instrumentation, techniques, and
Sunday August 1, 2021 • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM analysis for functional aberration-corrected electron microscopy, including:
Separate registration required – see registration form (Spring 2021) • 4D-STEM
INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION FEE: • Aberration correction
Breakfast, AM Break, Lunch, PM Break • Monochromated EELS
• Field-free imaging
• Low temperature (cryo) characterization
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TUTORIALS
X44 Cryo-EM Structure Determination of Small X45 Traversing Spatial Scales with Correlative
Proteins Microscopy
PRESENTER: Dr. Deb Kelly, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, PRESENTER: James A.J. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University Scientific Director, Center for Cellular Imaging
• Isolating proteins from COVID-19 patients Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology &
• Affinity-capture using alternative substrates Physiology, Washington University School
• Low-dose Image Acquisition in Milli-seconds (LIAM) of Medicine
• Reconstructing small proteins (~50 kDa range) • Introduction to Multi-Modal imaging and concept of
Correlative Microscopy
• Discussion of current CLEM, CXREM and Cryo-CLEM methods
• Practical use of different algorithms for correlating multi-modal data
• Examples of Correlative Microscopy in Studies of Disease
Pathogenesis
James Fitzpatrick is a Professor at Washington University School
of Medicine in St. Louis and the inaugural Scientific Director of
the Center for Cellular Imaging. His research focuses on the
development and application of multi-modal correlated imaging
approaches and AI-based image analysis methods to study the
pathogenesis of cancer and neurodegenerative disease.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2021 Meeting | August 1-5 | Pittsburgh, PA 112021
Thank You to Our Sustaining Members
(As of Oct. 2, 2020)
Advanced Microscopy Techniques Corp International Centre for Diffraction Data
Angstrom Scientific, Inc. IXRF Systems
Applied Physics Technologies JEOL USA, Inc.
Birla Carbon Lehigh Microscopy School
Bruker Nano Analytics Leica Microsystems
Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC Micron, Inc.
CEOS GmbH Microscopy Innovations LLC
Dectris Ltd. NanoSpective
Diatome US Nion Co.
Direct Electron LP Oxford Instruments
Duniway Stockroom Corp. PIE Scientific LLC
EDAX, Inc. PNDetector GmbH
Electron Microscopy Sciences Probe Software, Inc.
EXpressLO LLC Quantum Design Inc.
Fischione Instruments RaySpec Ltd
Focus E-Beam Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd RMC Boeckeler
Gatan SEMTech Solutions, Inc.
Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. Ted Pella Inc.
High-Field Consultants TESCAN USA
HREM Research Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific
Hummingbird Scientific Tousimis
ibss Group, Inc. TSS Microscopy LLC
Integrated Dynamics Engineering, Inc. XEI Scientific, Inc.
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