Date: 15th April 2025 Venue: Cranfield Management Research Institute (CMRI), Cranfield University, Wharley End, Bedford MK43 0AY
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9.30 – 10.00 Arrival / Registration / Coffee
10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and Introduction – Matt Piggott (Nottingham)/Kris Bramley (Cranfield)
10:15 – 10.30 Midlands Innovation Update & Welcome to Cranfield – Leon Williams (MI/Cranfield)
MI EM Facilities – Regional Capabilities Update
10.30 – 10.45 Developing Cranfield’s Capability of Advanced Techniques Kris Bramley (Cranfield)
10.45 – 11:00 National Facility for High-Resolution Cathodoluminescence Keith Yendall (Loughborough)
11.00 – 11.15 3D Correlative Crystallography Gareth Douglas (Leicester)
11.15 – 11.30 Adventures in SEM of Biological Samples Saskia Bakker (Warwick)
11.30 – 11.35 Technobyte Presentation Session 1 Tescan
11.35 – 11.40 Technobyte Presentation Session 2 JEOL
11.40 – 11.45 Technobyte Presentation Session 3 Thermo Fisher Scientific
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition
13.00 – 13.45 MI EM Community Session 1: Research Technical Professional Development
RTP Development
13.00 Opportunities: The Institute of Technical Skills and Strategy (ITSS) and the TSN ROKS strategic technical platform Ian Hancox (ITSS)
13.20 The Royal Microscopical Society: ‘Beyond the Microscope and Into Membership’
Questions & Discussion Sali Davis (RMS)
13.45 – 14.30 MI EM Community Session 2: Funding Opportunities Questions and Discussions
13.45 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Nikolay Ogryzko
14.00 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Afia Masood
14.10 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Oliver Huxley
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee Break
15.00 – 15.05 Technobyte Presentation Session 4 Bruker
15.05 – 15.10 Technobyte Presentation Session 5 ZEISS
15.10 – 15.15 Technobyte Presentation Session 6 Gatan
15.20 – 16.10 MI EM Community Session 3: Complementary Opportunities
Establishing a Midlands EM Database. Environmental Sustainability for EM Facilities
Microscopy and Outreach: How Accessible Can We Make Electron Microscopy?
Questions & Discussion
15.20 MI EM Database Team
15.30 Emma Hesketh (Leicester)
15.40 Alex Ball (Natural History Museum)
16.10 –16:30 MI EM Community Session 4: Future Activities and Plans
Growing the MI EM Network, Future Plans and Directions
Discussion
16.10 Matt Piggott (Nottingham)/Emma Hesketh (Leicester)
16.30 Optional: Cranfield Microscopy Services Centre Tours
16.30 Event Close
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