The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (french: Fédération internationale des sociétés de microscopie électronique; es, Federación Internacional de Sociedades de Microscopia Electrónica; german: Internationaler Verband der Gesellschaften für Elektronenmikroskopie)
is an
international non-governmental organization
An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope.
NGOs are independent of government ...
representing
microscopy. It currently has 37 national members and 9 associate members, which are split into three regional committees, the
Committee for Asia-Pacific Societies of Microscopy, the
European Microscopy Society and the
Interamerica Committee for Societies for EM.
History
The IFSM was created in October 1951 by the
International Council for Science (ICSU) as the ''Joint Commission for Electron Microscopy''.
In July 1955, it became an independent federation following the meeting of national societies representing
electron microscopy from the nations of Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden and Norway), Switzerland and the United States, forming the ''International Federation of Electron Microscope Societies'', with the view of furthering international co-operation between microscopists.
In 1958, the federation changed its name to the ''International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy'' following the joining of national societies representing Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy and Spain.
In 1976 it joined the International Council for Science.
In 2002, the word "Electron" was dropped creating the current name ''International Federation of Societies for Microscopy''.
Presidents
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Bodo von Borries
Bodo von Borries (born 22 May 1905 in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — died 17 July 1956 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia) was a German physicist. He was the co-inventor of the electron microscope.
Von Borries studied electrical en ...
, 1954–1955.
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Ernst Ruska
Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.
Life and career
Erns ...
, 1956–1957.
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Thomas F. Anderson, 1958–1961.
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Noboru Higashi, 1962–1965.
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Gaston Dupouy, 1966–1969.
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Vernon Ellis Cosslett
Vernon Ellis Cosslett, FRS (16 June 1908 – 21 November 1990) was a British microscopist.
The eighth child (of six sons and five daughters) of Welsh cabinet maker and carpenter, later clerk of works on the estate of the Earl of Eldon at Stowe ...
, 1970–1973.
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Don W. Fawcett, 1974–1977.
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Jan B. Le Poole, 1978–1981.
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Hatsujiro Hashimoto, 1982–1985.
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Gareth Thomas, 1986–1989.
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Elmar Zeitler, 1990–1993.
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Arvid Maunsbach, 1994–1997.
President of the
Nordic Microscopy Society (SCANDEM) 1977–1980.
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Archie Howie
Archibald "Archie" Howie (born 8 March 1934) is a British physicist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, known for his pioneering work on the interpretation of transmission electron microscope images of crystals. Born in 1 ...
, 1998–2001.
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David Cockayne, President from 2003 to 2007 (or 2002-2005
), vice-president 1994–1997
and 2007–2010.
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Christian Colliex, president 2006–2009.
Later Vice President.
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C. Barry Carter, President 2010–2013.
Current Vice President.
*Kazuo Furuya, 2014–2017.
Current Vice President
*Angus Kirkland, 2018–present
Membership
European Microscopy Society
Listed below are the bodies which are members of the
European Microscopy Society. All those listed have reciprocal membership agreements. It has 28 member countries.
National bodies
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Armenian Electron Microscopy Society (AEMS)
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Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy (ASEM)
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Belgian Society for Microscopy (BSM)
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Croatian Microscopy Society (CMS)
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Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS)
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Dutch Society for Microscopy (NVvM)
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Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (
Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application.
It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...
) (EMAG)
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French Microscopy Society (SFµ)
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German Society for Electron Microscopy (DGE)
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Hellenic Microscopy Society (HMS)
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Hungarian Society for Microscopy (HSM)
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Israel Society for Microscopy (ISM)
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Italian Society of Microscopical Sciences (SISM)
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Microscopical Society of Ireland (MSI)
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Nordic Microscopy Society (SCANDEM)
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Polish Society for Microscopy (PTMi)
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Portuguese Society for Microscopy (SPMicros)
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Romanian Electron Microscopy Society (REMS)
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Royal Microscopical Society
The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) is a learned society for the promotion of microscopy. It was founded in 1839 as the Microscopical Society of London making it the oldest organisation of its kind in the world. In 1866, the society gained its ...
(RMS)
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Serbian Society for Microscopy (SSM)
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Slovene Society for Microscopy (SDM)
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Spanish Society for Microscopy (SME)
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Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM)
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Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy (TEMD)
Other societies
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Bulgarian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
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European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)
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Greek Society of Electron Microscopy
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Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application.
It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...
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Latvian Society for Electron Microscopy
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Rumanian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
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Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...
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Scottish Microscopy Group (SMG)
References
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Scientific organizations established in 1951
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