M C Cooke Lecture on Tuesday 13th April
This lecture will be entitled “A Welcome to Wellcome: Understanding Wellcome Images”. Dr Laura Pastorelli, who is Biomedical Images Coordinator at the Wellcome Trust, will present it. It will introduce Henry Wellcome and explain some of the background to the Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Library and the Wellcome Collection, ending on a brief explanation of Wellcome Images, with some stunning examples from the collection.
Those who were fortunate enough to see Dr Pastorelli’s contribution when the Quekett visited the Wellcome Collection late last year will know that this will be an interesting and entertaining evening.
The lecture will be held in the Dorothea Bate Room at the Natural History Museum, starting shortly after 6:00 pm.
Visit to “Curious – The Craft of Microscopy” a photographic exhibition by Susanna Edwards on Tuesday 13th April
This exhibition is in the Qvist Gallery in the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. This is at 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which is a very short walk from Holborn underground station.
The visit will start at about 2:00pm, and it is hoped that Susanna Edwards will be on hand to talk to us about the ideas behind the exhibition.
This has been timed so that members who so wish will be able to attend both events. It is a short and (usually!) fast journey from Holborn station to South Kensington on the Piccadilly line.
Visitors are most welcome to either of these events, but are advised to contact Dennis Fullwood at meetings@quekett.org for further details of the locations.
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Microscopium - The Club's Sales Event - takes place on Saturday 24th October at St. Steven's Church Hall, St. Albans, Hertfordshire from 10:00 onwards. Sellers do not need to make prior contact but can obtain a table on the day for £5.00; entry free to all others. (Click here for location map)
Please note that the intent of this meeting is to make microscopes and accessories available for sale at reasonable cost to fellow microscopists; any buyers with the intent of reselling items (e.g. on E-Bay) should make this intent clear to sellers prior to purchasing.
Photomicrographic project
New Club member Richard Weedon is undertaking a photomicrographic project at University College London in the Earth Sciences Department and the Grant
Museum which is funded by the Leverhulme Trust in conjunction with the Festival of Geology to be held on the 31st of October at UCL
He will be featuring the project demonstrating focus stacking and High Dynamic Range imaging through the microscope and would be most happy to meet some Quekett members for the first time on the day!
Based at the University of Surrey with events in Guildford and the surrounding areas.
The Quekett will be there – hosting a drop in family event in Guilford High Street on the 5th and 6th September.
Pond invertebrates on 15 Sept
Basingstoke Canal - its ecology (by Pete Bickford) on 10 Nov
Further details from Dawn Williamson 01483 795475 or info@surreywt.org.uk
Or visit their website (opens in new page) - see bottom of home page and follow link - "Wildlife courses - Autumn 2009"
Robert Hooke at the National Portrait Gallery, London, April 30th 2009. The Gallery will be showcasing an event on Robert Hooke at the end of the month which may be of interest to members.
For tickets please call 020 7306 0055 or see their website and book online at NPG (opens in new window)
Link provided by Graham Matthews
Two items of interest :-
The Brighton Science Festival - 21st to 28th Februray 2009 - see their site for more details
and
The Carl Zeiss One day High Speed Imaging Work Shop. This will be held in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin on various dates between February 24th and 2nd April. See their site for full details.
The workshops are free, but booking is essential as places are limited.
Links provided by Kit Brownlee
Theft from Herts Optical Services - can you help?
About two weeks ago a large, black Wild M40 inverted microscope was stolen from Herts Optical Services, Victoria Street, St Albans. It did not have its transformer and one eyepiece was lost during the theft. It had a sticker for N.W Area Health Authority, but this may have been removed. If any member notices this coming up for sale anywhere, perhaps they could contact Richard at Herts Optical Services on 01727 859392.
I know they would appreciate any help.
Mark Shephard
2009 London Photographic Convention
The following has been received from the organisers. To visit their website click here (opens in new window)
An invitation to everyone who is interested in photography!
Photographers are in for a real treat at the 2009 London Tradeshow and
Convention - not only will all the latest photographic equipment,
products and services be on show, attendees will also be able to capture
their own images on our special studio stages...
Throughout the Trade Show floors there will be live stages for
photographers to take pictures of our models and props, creatively lit
and with expert help on hand for attendees to get instruction and also
capture the very best images.
We will also be providing actual photography demonstrations that photographers can utilize in both everyday and professional photography.
300 Seat lecture Area
Attendees are able to attend FREE 45 minute lectures by many of the
leading lectures in the photographic industry over the three day Trade
Show.
Subjects cover such topics as: Portraiture, Marketing, Adobe Photoshop,
Digital Imaging, Landscapes, Architecture, Weddings, Fashion, Events,
Lighting and much more...
Pre registration is essential to gain FREE access to this event.
So don't forget to bring your camera and come away with some great images.
Trade Show Dates: 16th -18th January 2009
2009 Convention: January 14th-19th 2009 - Venue Novotel London West
Microscopium 2008
For the 2nd year this was held in St Albans where ‘The Hendersons’ provided the hospitality of their local church hall and presided over the tea counter. The enthusiasm was such that purchases were made as the tables were being set up though there was plenty of equipment for those who arrived later in the day. There were both brass and more modern microscopes for sale along with a range of accessories, books and the odd ‘home made gadget’.
Nikon's Small World Competition 2008
- quote from their website:-
Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. For over 30 years, Nikon has rewarded the world's best photomicrographers who make critically important scientific contributions to life sciences, bio-research and materials science.
Click here to go to their website to see the winning images (opens in new window)
Link suggested by Allan Brinkworth
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
There is an exhibition of some superb macro and micro photographs at RBG Kew. They are displayed in the Nash Conservatory near the main gate. All of the images are plant related, well it is Kew!
Macro, light micro and false colour SEM techniques have been employed to produce some stunning pictures.
The exhibition will run until 28th September this year and I would encourage anyone who is thinking of visiting RBG Kew between now and then to have a look. Unfortunately I can find nothing about the exhibition on Kew's web site. (But here is a link to another site with further details)
Allan Brinkworth
Report by member James Wearn on the recent M C Cooke Lecture - Recent Fungal Indicators – Indicators of Climate Change. Click here to see the report.
Also follow this link to see an interesting site - Fungus.org.uk or here to go to the British Mycological Society site and here for their journal - Field Mycology and other publications. (All open in new windows)
Click here to go to their website page. (Opens in new page).
Brown & Herbranson Imaging - introduces eHuman anatomical software - a series of images of the human body. Click here* to visit their site. (Please note that the general disclaimer shown on our "links to other interesting sites" page applies here - click here to see disclaimer). (*Opens in new page)
Click here to visit the blog (opens in new window). As this is an on-going project you should re-visit on a regular basis.
Member Spike Walker has had two of his images selected for the Wellcome Image Awards. These fantastic images range over a number of subjects and can be seen by following this link (opens in new page).
Spike's images are numbers 9 and 16 (second and third rows).
You may have seen some of them when they were shown at the end of the BBC news at 10 pm on Tuesday 11th March. Must be a first for this type of image to make the main news broadcast of the day.
Well worth a look. Also see below
Follow up of the above item. One of Spike's images (Vitamin C) also appeared today in the Times 2 supplement (pages 8 and 9) .
In addition, Allan Brinkworth has spotted another link to a site which deals with a new technique for 3D optical microscopy - one which produced the embryo image. Click here to go to the site (opens in new page).
The Quekett Exhibition was held last Saturday (28 September) at the Natural History Museum. There was a wide range of exhibits from the members and we were delighted to welcome the London Freshwater Group as an exhibitor. We also welcomed many visitors, including several from the Museum members group.
This year a Leitz / Leica Timeline was presented with a variety of microscopes dating from the mid 19th century to the latest 21 century models.
The photographic competition and slide competition were well supported; the photographic images illustrating a wide range of microscopic techniques and samples. Clearly image stacking is the way of the future! A detailed report and some of the images are on the members’ site.
Pam Hamer