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Electron Microscopy Summer School
This popular annual RMS course in Electron Microscopy is held at the University of Leeds.
Starts on 08/07/2013
Ends on 12/07/2013
Category Electron Microscopy
Location University of Leeds
Course information
The speakers and demonstrators all have extensive experience of teaching electron microscopy and are drawn from the RMS
membership and from the University of Leeds.
There are three streams to the course:
1) Biological EM (SEM and TEM)
2) General SEM and TEM for Physical Scientists
3) Advanced TEM
Summary of Topics covered
Basic principles of imaging and diffraction; basic principles of electron beam interactions and electron microscopy; Radiation damage;
Instrument maintenance; Sample preparation and Processing (Biological/Materials); SEM, TEM, STEM imaging; environmental SEM;
CryoSEM; EBSD; Immunolabelling; CryoTEM; EDX; EELS and EFTEM; Tomography; Image Recording and Processing.
There are plenty of practical demonstrations in addition to lectures.
Click here to download the 2012 programme.
Course Lecturers and demonstrators
Course Organiser - Professor Rik Brydson (University of Leeds)
Andy Brown (Leeds) Stuart Micklethwaite (Leeds)
Rik Brydson (Leeds) Stephen Muench (Leeds)
Steve Chapman (Protrain) Quantin Ramasse (Liverpool)
Lynne Joyce (Agar) Neil Ranson (Leeds)
Peter Evennett (RMS) Kasim Sader (Leeds)
Kim Findlay (John Innes Centre) Andrew Scott (Leeds)
Martin Fuller (Leeds) Che Seabourne (Leeds)
John Harrington (Leeds) Paul Verkade (Bristol)
Pippa Hawes (IAH) Richard Walshaw (Leeds)
Nicole Hondow (Leeds) Peiyi Wang (Leeds)
Gareth Jackson (Leica Microsystems) Mike Ward (Leeds)
Mike Keeble (Buehler) Alice Warley (KCL)
Rowan Leary (Cambridge) Neil Wilkinson (Gatan)
Geoff Lloyd (Leeds)
Social Programme
Monday evening: Welcome Dinner in Leeds City Centre.
Thursday evening: Evening Guest Lecture, Drinks Reception and Course Dinner.
Further information
To be added to the mailing list for the 2013 course, please contact Victoria Masters.
Information for Prospective Delegates
About the course
The course is conducted in English and all course materials are prepared in English.
The course will have a maximum of 24 delegates and you can select to attend the SEM & TEM, Biological SEM & TEM or the Advanced
TEM stream of the Course. There is flexibility within the course to attend parts from each strand.
Venue and Travel
The course will be taking place in the Houldsworth Building, Department of Engineering Materials, at the University of Leeds, Clarendon
Road, Leeds.

For more information on the University of Leeds, please visit www.leeds.ac.uk.
If you are flying to the UK, we recommend that you travel to Manchester International airport and then travel by train, it is more
covenient that Leeds airport.
If travelling by train, it is easiest to get a taxi directly to campus, this should cost no more than £10.
Registration, Accommodation and Meals
Registration take place on Monday 8th July from 08.30 – 09.00 at the Houldsworth main entrance.
At registration you will receive the following:
a name badge, a course pack including programme, a CD of course notes, a delegate list, and a pack of RMS information.
You will be requested to wear your badge at all times during the course.
Accommodation
The accommodaion package is yet to be finalised and further information will appear here soon.
Meals
Further information on breakfast will be added here once the accommodation location is set. Lunches, teas and coffees will be provided in
the Houldsworth Building.
Evening meals
Mondayevening: Dinner at Akbars Indian Restaurant in Leeds.
Tuesdayevening: Free Evening, you will need to make your own arrangements for dinner.
Wednesdayevening: Free Evening, you will need to make your own arrangements for dinner. Optional tour of Leeds, conducted by
course organiser Rik Brydson.
Thursdayevening: Casa Mia Millennium, Italian restaurant in Leeds.
Additional Information
● Delegates travelling from overseas will need electricty travel adaptors for the UK.
Internet access passwords can be obtained at registration and are free. You can use them anywhere on Leeds campus, wifi is
available in the department.
● Dress code for the course is smart casual, you will be indoor for the duration of the course and the building is air conditioned. There
are evening social activities planned and delegates are reminded to bring comfortable shoes for the tour of Leeds city centre and
provision in case of inclement weather.
● Every care will be taken to cater for any special dietary requirements. Delegates must make the RMS aware of these requirements
prior to attending, please contact victoria@rms.org.uk.
● There is a small local shop opposite the department.
After the course
We will send out an email questionnaire after the course. We would be most grateful if you could fill this in within a week of returning so
that we can use your comments to improve the running of the course for the following year.
Feedback
"Overall I thought the course was excellent and would not hesitate to recommend it. The
quality of the notes is superb. The guys in Leeds Uni could not have been more helpful. All
that and the great social side in the evenings made for a very enjoyable and informative
week."
"Found the course very useful for TEM and gave me an insight in other aspects of all electron
microscopy."
"I thought all lectures were presented well and I took away new knowledge from them all."
"Great to have the chance of one-to-one to try out a new technique."
"Thank you for a very well organised course. A good range of equipment was available for the demonstrations."
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