European Microscopy Society Explained

European Microscopy Society
Type:	Professional Organisation and Registered Charity
Founded Date:	September 1976 as European Societies of Electron Microscopy, current form September 1998^[1]
Origins:	European Societies of Electron Microscopy
Key People:	President Dr Josef Zweck Secretary Virginie Serin^[2]
Area Served:	Europe, Worldwide
Mission:	to promote the use and the quality of advanced microscopy in all its aspects in Europe, with particular reference to developments in instrumentation and methodology and novel applications of all types of microscopy.^[3] ^[4]
Revenue:	€47,322.84^[5]
Num Members:	5800

The European Microscopy Society is an international learned society which represents the field of microscopy in Europe. It was founded in 1998 following the disbanding of the Committee of European Societies of Electron Microscopy (which was founded in 1976) as a union of national microscopical societies.^[1] The society acts as a regional committee of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy.

Member societies

Listed below are the bodies which are members of the EMS. All those listed have reciprocal membership agreements.^[6] The society has 52 corporate members (ECMA) and 37 individual members, with 28 member countries.^{[5] [7]}

National bodies

• Armenian Electron Microscopy Society (AEMS)
• Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy (ASEM)
• Belgian Society for Microscopy (BSM)
• Croatian Microscopy Society (CMS)
• Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS)
• Dutch Society for Microscopy (NVvM)
• Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (Institute of Physics) (EMAG)^[8]
• French Microscopy Society (SFμ)
• German Society for Electron Microscopy (DGE)
• Hellenic Microscopy Society (HMS)
• Hungarian Society for Microscopy (HSM)
• Israel Society for Microscopy (ISM)
• Italian Society of Microscopical Sciences (SISM)
• Microscopical Society of Ireland (MSI)
• Nordic Microscopy Society (SCANDEM)^[9]
• Polish Society for Microscopy (PTMi)
• Portuguese Society for Microscopy (SPMicros)
• Romanian Electron Microscopy Society (REMS)
• Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)^[10]
• Serbian Society for Microscopy (SSM)
• Slovene Society for Microscopy (SDM)
• Spanish Society for Microscopy (SME)
• Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM)
• Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy (TEMD)

Other societies

• Bulgarian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
• European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)
• Greek Society of Electron Microscopy
• Institute of Physics^[4]
• Latvian Society for Electron Microscopy
• Rumanian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
• Russian Academy of Sciences
• Scottish Microscopy Group (SMG)

External links

• Official website
• Microscience Microscopy Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: History. www.eurmicsoc.org. 15 May 2017. en.
2. Web site: 2016-2020 Board. www.eurmicsoc.org. 15 May 2017. en.
3. Web site: Mission Statement. www.eurmicsoc.org. 15 May 2017. en.
4. Web site: Physics. Institute of. European Microscopy Society. Institute of Physics. 15 May 2017.
5. European Microscopy Society - Yearbook 2016. www.eurmicsoc.org. 15 February 2017. 2016. 3, 8–9, 52–53. 17 June 2017. Manufacture d'Histoires Deux-Ponts. Bresson, Isère. en. 1609-1191.
6. Web site: National and regional societies. www.eurmicsoc.org. 15 May 2017. en.
7. Web site: European Microscopy Society - Yearbook Profile. Union of International Associations. 15 May 2017. en. 2 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402164459/https://www.uia.org/s/or/en/1100038465. dead.
8. Web site: Physics. Institute of. Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group. Institute of Physics. 16 May 2017.
9. Web site: Paavolainen. Lassi. About the Society. Nordic Microscopy Society.. 15 May 2017. en-gb.
10. Web site: Membership Benefits. Royal Microscopical Society. 15 May 2017.