I/M
2003 Program
INTER/MICRO - 2003 will take place on
07 - 11 July, 2003
at the Talbott Hotel in Chicago, IL.
INTER/MICRO - 2003
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Brian J. Ford, "Happy Birthday, DNA
- the surprising truth about the past, present and future of
genetics"
Brian J Ford is best known as an innovative biologist, an authority
on the microscope, and a popular lecturer and broadcaster on
radio and television. He has published hundreds of learned articles
and research papers around the world and is author of 30 books
that have been published in more than 100 international editions.
Brian is a leading lecturer world wide and a popular meetings
chairman. Recently returned from California, Australia, China
and Japan, he first spoke at Inter/Micro in 1969 and has been
contributing an annual 'Evening with Brian' to Inter/Micro since
1984. Brian is a Royal Literary Fellow, a Fellow and Member of
the Court of Governors at Cardiff University, and a Fellow of
the Institute of Biology in London. He was elected to fellowship
of the Royal Microscopical Society at the age of 22 and wrote
his first textbook - Microbiology and Food - while still in his
twenties.
Bill Kurtis talks about his “First New Explorer”,
Walter C. McCrone
Bill Kurtis is an acclaimed documentary host and producer, network
and major market news anchor and multimedia production company
president. He has spent the past 35 years creating a body of
work that is virtually unparalleled in the field of broadcasting.
After leaving the anchor desk of The Channel Two News, Bill began
his career as a documentarian traveling to the far ends of the
earth for the Peabody Award winning series The New Explorers.
In 1990, he founded Kurtis Productions and began producing programs
for the A&E Television Network such as the long-running award-winning
Investigative Reports and Cold Case Files. He also anchors American
Justice for the network. Bill is the recipient of numerous humanitarian,
journalism, and broadcasting awards including Emmys, Cable Ace
Awards, and the Thurgood Marshall Award for his Investigative
Reports installment on The Death Penalty.
INTER/MICRO - 2003
GENERAL INFORMATION
INTER/MICRO-2003 will celebrate its 55th anniversary
during the week of 7 July 2003. This symposium covers recent
advances in instrumentation for, techniques in, and applications
of microscopy. Technical sessions will include microscopical
applications of Computer, Digital and Video Imaging; Infrared
and Raman Methods, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Indoor Air Quality,
Environmental and Occupational Health; Forensic Science; Art
Conservation & Authentication. Exhibitors will display Polarizing
and electron microscopes, digital & video microscopy equipment,
laboratory supplies, slide reference sets and books.
Delegate registration includes all Monday - Thursday technical
talks, exhibits, and the SMSI award banquet and auction. Cost:
$275 prepaid or $325 on-site. Speakers receive this same package
for $165. Hands-on workshops are offered for an additional fee
and the cost in reflected within the course descriptions below.
All technical talks Monday - Thursday will be conducted at the
Talbott Hotel, 20 East Delaware (900 North at Delaware and Rush)
in Chicago. The Talbott Hotel is a charming European style hotel
with "Magnificant Mile" shopping and restaurants just
steps away. The specail room rate is $119 plus tax/night. To
be eligible for this rate, reservations must be made by phoning
1/800-TALBOTT or 312/944-4970 before June 2nd. Don’t forget
to mention that you will be attending INTER/MICRO, sponsored
by the McCrone Research Institute.
You can register for this meeting by completing the form below
or contact Nancy Daerr at e-mail: ndaerr@mcri.org, phone: 312/842-7100.
INTER/MICRO - 2003 TECHNICAL
PAPERS
To Be Announced
INTER/MICRO - 2003 HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
"Optical Crystallography and The Spindle Stage"
- F.D. Bloss, M.E. Gunter, S.C. Su, and R.M. Weaver Spindle stage
measurements and the newest version of the computer program EXCALIBR
will be used to rapidly orient microscopic (as small as 20 micrometer)
anisotropic crystals to allow their principal refractive indices
to be precisely measured without appreciable error from crystal
misorientation. The collected data is used by EXCALIBR to calculate
the optic axial angle (2V) for biaxial minerals most accurately.
In addition, if crystal extinctions are measured using monochromatic
light at several different wavelengths, a value for 2V and the
positions of the five significant (biaxial) optic vectors (i.e.
the two optic axes and the three principal vibration axes, X,
Y, Z) will be precisely located for each wavelength. EXCALIBR
then calculates the angular changes in these vectors with wavelength
(i.e. dispersion) and analyzes these changes statistically to
determine their significance. The spindle stage technique also
determines whether the crystal is orthorhombic, monoclinic, or
triclinic. Values of 2V at several different wavelengths for
a biaxial crystal are highly individual. In essence, 2V constitutes
a highly sensitive response to small changes in composition (and
in order-disorder) in crystals. Spindle stage measurements may
permit biaxial pharmaceutical crystals to be sensitively monitored
for subtle changes in composition. In forensic soil analysis,
the correspondence in 2V (at several wavelengths) between soil
minerals is exceptionally good evidence supporting a common origin.
This 3 day session will be conducted Friday July 11th through
Sunday the 13th at McCrone Research Institute. Tuition at $600
and enrollment is limited.
"Contrast Techniques" - R. Hoffman and D. O'Leary This
is a hands-on course providing insights into the principles and
application of light microscopy. We recommend that you bring
specimens of interest to you for laboratory work. The concepts
of geometric optics, wave optics, light interference, coherence,
refraction and diffraction will be related to the illumination
and imaging system, polarized light and contrast methods (including
Bright-field, relatively coherent Bright-field, oblique illumination,
Darkfield, Rheinberg, Phase contrast, Hoffman Modulation Contrast,
Differential Interference Contrast and Fluorescence). The course
will cover the set up, theory of operation, adjustment and interpretations
of images in each of the above contrast systems. Students will
learn to evaluate optical components to solve resolution and
contrast problems There will also be an introduction to electronic
imaging.
This 3 day session will be conducted Friday July 11th through
Sunday the 13th at McCrone Research Institute. Tuition at $600
and enrollment is limited.
INTER/MICRO - 2003 REGISTRATION
FORM
DELEGATE prepaid registration (includes banquet).............................................$275
ON-SITE registration (includes banquet)..............................................................$325
SPEAKER registration (includes banquet)............................................................$165
ONE-DAY registration (specify day )..................................$125
STUDENTS (full - time)......................................................................................$50
BANQUET only...................................................................................................$45
Spindle Stage Short Course (by Don Bloss et al)...........$600
Contrast Enhancement Techniques Workshop (by
Bob Hoffman and Dennis O'Leary).................................$600
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2820 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616. You may also fax
this information to 312.842.1078)
TALBOTT HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Talbott Hotel
20 East Delaware Place
Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: 312.944.4970
(toll-free at 800.825.2688)
The Talbott Hotel is conveniently located 1/2 block west of Michigan
Avenue on Delaware (900 North). This is a lovely hotel, with
many fine restaurants and magnificent shopping right outside
the front door. Be sure to mention Inter/Micro-2003.