International Federation
of Societies for Microscopy
Members
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Armenian Electron Microscopy Scociety
Dr. Karlen Hovnanyan
Institute of Molecular Biology NAS Republic Armenia
7 Hasratian St.
Yerevan 375014
Armenia
Phone: +374 1 281 626
Fax: +374 1 544 015
E.mail: hovkarl@freenet.am or hovaems@ngoc.am
Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Karnthaler (President)
Physik Nanostrukturierter Materialien
Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien
Tel: +43-1-4277-51307
Fax: +43-1-4277-51316
Email: hans-peter.karnthaler@univie.ac.at
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society Inc.
Prof. Dougal G. McCulloch
RMIT Microscopy & Microanalysis
Faculty, School of Applied Sciences (Applied Physics), RMIT - City Campus,
GPO Box 2476V VIC 3001, AUSTRALIA
Phone: 03 9925 3391
Fax: 03 9925 5290
Email: amms@rmit.edu.au
Belgian Society for Microscopy
President Professor Bernard Nysten
Chercheur qualifié du FNRS (F.N.R.S. Research Associate)
Professeur à temps partiel à l'UCL
Unité POLY - UCL, bât. Boltzmann a+2, Croix du Sud, 1B,
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Phone: +32 (0)10 473765 or 3560
Fax: +32 (0)10 451593
Email: bernard.nysten@uclouvain.be
Vice-President Professor Dr. Dirk Adriaensen
Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Antwerp
Campus Middelheim
Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 ANTWERP, Belgium
Phone: 32-3-2653475
Fax: 32-3-2653301
Email: dirk.adriaensen@ua.ac.be
Secretary Dr. Anton-Jan Bons
ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc., R&D Technology Center
Hermeslaan 2, B-1831 Mechelen
Phone: 32-2-722 28 38
Facsimile: 32-2-722 23 08
Email: anton-jan.bons@exxonmobil.com
Treasurer Professor Dr. Christian Grandfils
Directeur du Centre Interfacultaire des Biomatériaux (CEIB)
Université de Liège
Institut de chimie B6c 4000 Liège (Sart-Tilman) (Belgique)
Phone: 04 366 3416 - 0496 185981 - 04 3663506
Fax: 04 3663623
Email: C.Grandfils@ulg.ac.be
Brazilian Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis
President Professor Karla Balzuweit (UFMG)
Email: karlaweit@gmail.com
Vice-President Biology Professor Sonia Nair Báo (UNB)
Email: snabao@unb.br
Vice-President Materials Professor Ruth Hinrichs (UFRGS)
Email: ruth.hinrichs@gmail.com
Treasurer Professor Hélio Chiarini-Garcia (UFMG)
Email: chiarini@icb.ufmg.br
Secretary Professor Rossana C. N. Melo (UFJF)
Email: rossana.melo@ufjf.edu.br
Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanálise – SBMM
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Centro de Microscopia
Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha
CEP 30.270-970 - Belo Horizonte – MG – Brasil
Phone: 31 3409.7575
Fax: 31 3409-5600
Email: sbmm@sbmm.org.br
Microscopical Society of Canada
President Dr. Craig Bennett
1st Vice-President Dr. Daniel Beniac
2nd Vice President Randy Mikula
Treasurer Dr. Chris Butcher
Secretary Mr. David O'Neil
Microscopical Society of Canada
Occupational & Environmental Laboratory, room 3H50
1200 Main Street West
McMaster University
Hamilton ON L8N 3Z5 Canada
Phone: +1 905 525-9140 ext. 22336
Fax: +1 905 528-8860
Email: David.O'Neil@nrc.ca
Chinese Electron Microscopy Society
President Prof. Mingxiao Ding
College of Life Sciences
Peking University
Beijing 100871
China
Email: Dingmx01@pku.edu.cn
Croatian Society for Electron Microscopy
Prof Dr Djuro Vranesic, President
Clinical Hospital
Dubrava Departement of Pathology
Organising Committee
Avenija izvi?a?a br. 6
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 266 621
Fax: +385 1 263 695
Email: djuro.vranesic@zg.tel.hr
Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS)
President Prof Pavel Hozak
c/o Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Institute of Molecular Genetics, v.v.i.,
Videnska 1083, PRAHA 4,
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 241 062 219
Fax: +420 241062289
Email: hozak@biomed.cas.cz
Société Française des Microscopies
President Prof. Virginie Serin
Case 243-Université Pierre et Marie Curie
4 Place Jussieu
F-75252 Paris Cedex 05
Phone: +33 (0) 1 44 27 26 21
Fax: +33 (0) 1 44 27 26 22
Email: sfmu@sfmu.fr
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Elektronenmikroskopie
President PD Dr. Reinhard Rachel
Universität Regensburg
Zentrum für EM der NWF III am
Institut für Anatomie
D-93053 Regensburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (941) 943 2837, 1720
Fax: +49 (941) 943 2868
Email: reinhard.rachel@biologie.uni-regensburg.de
Vice President Prof. Dr. Josef Zweck
Universität Regensburg
NWF II-Physik
90340 Regensburg
Phone: +49 (941) 943 2590 ,-943 4188
Fax: +49 (941) 943 4544
Email: josef.zweck@physik.uni-regensburg.de
Executive Secretary Dr. Thomas Gemming
IFW Dresden
Helmholtzstr. 20
01069 Dresden
Phone: +49 (351) 4659-298
Fax: +49 (351) 4659-9298
Email: T.Gemming@ifw-dresden.de
Hungarian Society for Microscopy
President Dr Kristóf Zoltán
Hungarian Society for Microscopy
ELTE Növényszervezettani Tanszék
1117 Budapest, Pázmány s. 1/C
Hungary
Phone: (1) 209 05 55 / 8740
Fax: (1) 381 21 66
Email: kristofz@ludens.elte.hu
Electron Microscope Society of India
c/o Dr. A. K. Jain
Institute of Pathology -ICMR
P.B. No. 4909, Safdarjang Hospital Campus
New Delhi - 110029
INDIA
Email: drakjain@gmail.com
Microscopical Society of Ireland
President Dr. Alan G. Ryder
Nanoscale Biophotonics Laboratory
School of Chemistry
National University of Ireland-Galway
Galway, Ireland
Phone: 353-(0)91-492943
Fax: 353-(0)91-494596
Email: alan.ryder@nuigalway.ie
Secretary Dr. Tom Flanagan
School of Medicine & Medical Science
Health Sciences Centre
University Colleg Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 7166595
Email: thomas.flanagan@ucd.ie
Treasurer Dr. Fiona Lyng
Radiation and Environmental Sciences
Centre
Focas Institute
Dublin Institute of Technology
Kevin St., Dublin 8, Ireland
Email: fiona.lyng@dit.ie
Israel Society for Microscopy
Dganit Danino
Dept. of Biotechnology and Food Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000
Israel
Phone/Fax: (972)-(0)4-829-2143
Fax: (972)-(0)4-829-3399
Email: dganitd@tx.technion.ac.il
Italian Society for Microscopical Sciences (SISM)
President Amelia Montone
ENEA, Composite and Nanostructured Material Section
CR Casaccia - Via Anguillarese, 301
00123 Roma Italy
Phone.: +39063048 4762/4764
Fax: +390630483176
Email: amelia.montone@enea.it
Vice President Roberto Balboni
CNR-Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi Sez. Bologna
via P. Gobetti 101
Phone: 051 6399186
Fax: 051 6399216
Email: balboni@bo.imm.cnr.it
Vice President Elisabetta Falcieri
Istituto di Scienze Morfologiche - Università degli Studi di Urbino
Campus Scientifico - Località Crocicchia, 61029 URBINO (PU)
Phone: 0722 304284 (studio)
Fax: 0722 304244 (tel. segr.e fax)
Email: e.falcieri@uniurb.it
Japanese Society of Microscopy
President Nobutaka Hirokawa
Mari Dezawa (Director, International)
Seiji Takeda (Director, International)
Takadanobaba 4-4-19, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0075
Japan
Fax: +81-3-3368-2827
email: jsm-post@microscopy.or.jp
Korean Society of Electron Microscopy
Dong-Wha Kum
Division of Metals Room 0351
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Cheongryang P.O. Box 131
Seoul, 136-791
Korea
Phone: + 82 2 958 5455
Fax: + 82 2 958 5449
Email: dwkum@kistmail.kist.re.kr
Mexican Association of Microscopy
President Dr Jesús Arenas Alatorre
Institute of Physics UNAM
Circuito de la Investigación Científica S/N,
Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán,
04510, México, D.F.
Phone: +5255 56225163
Fax: +5255 56225009
Email: jarenas@fisica.unam.mx
Dutch Society for Microscopy
Prof. dr. A.J. Verkleij
Moleculaire Celbiologie/EMSA Faculteit Biologie, Universiteit Utrecht
Postbus 80.063, 3508 TB Utrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: 030 2533184
Fax: 030 2513655
Email: A.J.Verkleij@bio.uu.nl
Secretary Mw. dr. A.M. Mommaas - Kienhuis
Moleculaire Celbiologie, sectie Elektronenmicroscopie
LUMC, Gebouw 2, zone S1-P, kamer R90-020
Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden
Email: a.m.mommaas@lumc.nl
Treasurer Dr P.J. Kooyman
Delft Chem Tech and National Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy Julianalaan 136
2628 BL Delft
The Netherlands
Email: p.j.kooyman@tnw.tudelft.nl
Microscopy New Zealand Inc
President Lloyd Donaldson
Scion Research
New Zealand
Email: lloyd.donaldson@scionresearch.com
Vice president David Flynn
Victoria University
Email: david.flynn@vuw.ac.nz
Secretary Hilary Holloway
Email: h.holloway@auckland.ac.nz
Treasurer Jacqui Ross
Biomedical Imaging Research Unit
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Email: jacqui.ross@auckland.ac.nz
Polish Commission for Electron Microscopy
President Prof Dr. Aleksandra Czyrska-Filemonowicz
AGH University of Science and Technology
Al. Mickiewicza 30
PL-30059 Krakow
Poland.
Phone: (+48) 012 617 29 29
Fax: (+48) 012 617 31 90
Email: czyrska@uci.agh.edu.pl
Portuguese Society for Microscopy
President Prof. Henrique Almeida, MD PhD
SPMicros, Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Molecular
Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
Phone: 351 22 551 3654
Fax: 351 22 551 3655
Email: spmicrosinfo@med.up.pt
Russian Society for Electron Microscopy
Professor NA Kiselev
Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninski Pr 59
117333 Moscow Russia
Phone: +7 095 1351520
Fax: +7 095 1351011
Email: roddatis@ns.crys.ras.ru
SCANDEM Nordic Microscopy Society
President Heikki Kainulainen
Dept. Biology of Physical Activity
University of Jyväskylä
PO Box 35, FI- 40014
Finland
Phone: +358 50 330 2901
Fax: +46 31 772 3224
Email: Heikki.Kainulainen@sport.jyu.fi
Vice President & Secretary General Varpu Marjomäki
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
University of Jyväskylä
Ambiotica C2, Survontie 9
FIN-40500 Jyväskylä
Finland
Phone: +358 14 2602273
Fax: +358 14 2602273
Email: vmarjoma@cc.jyu.fi
Treasurer Salla Marttila
Department of Crop Science
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SE-23053 Alnarp
Sweden
Phone: +46 40415522
Fax: +46 40415519
Email: salla.marttila@vv.slu.se
Microscopy Society (Singapore)
President Dr. George Yip
Department of Anatomy Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Blk MD 10, 4 Medical Drive
Singapore 117 597
SINGAPORE
Phone: 65-874 3217
Fax: 65-778 7643
Email: georgeyip@nus.edu.sg
Slovene Society for Microscopy
President Prof. Dr. Rok Romih
Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Univerza v Ljubljani
Lipiceva 2
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
Phone: +386 1 543-76-87
Email: rok.romih@mf.uni-lj.si
Vice President Dr. Miran Ceh.
Treasurer SSM Katarina Merzel
Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ljubljana
Lipiceva 2
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 543-76-00
Fax: +386 1 431-51-27
E-mail: katarina.merzel@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si
Microscopy Society of Southern Africa
President Prof. Jan Neethling
Phone: +27 (0)41 504 2143
Fax: +27 (0)41504 2573
Email: jan.neethling@nmmu.ac.za
Vice President/Treasurer Prof. J Soley
Email: john.soley@up.ac.za
Secretary Mr Alan Hall
Laboratory for Microscopy and Microanalysis
NW11 Building
University of Pretoria
Gauteng 0002
South Africa
Phone: +27 12 420 2075
Fax: +27 12 362 5150
Email: alan.hall@up.ac.za
Spanish Microscopy Society
(Sociedad de Microscopia de Espana (SME))
President José J. Calvino Gámez
Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias.
Universidad de Cádiz
Campus Universitario Rio San Pedro
Puerto Real, 11510-Cádiz Spain
Phone: + 34 956 01 6333
Fax: + 34 956 01 6288
e-mail: jose.calvino@uca.es
Vice President José Luis López Carrascosa
Dpto. Estructura de Macromoléculas
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
C/ Darwin 3 - 28049 - Madrid
Phone: + 34 915854509
Email: jlcarras@cnb.csic.es
Secretary Mikel Valle Rodríguez
Unidad de Biología Estructural
Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biociencias (CIC Biogune)
Ed. 801 A Paque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, 48160 Derio. Bizkaia
Phone: +34 946.572.503 (EXT. 309)
Email: mvalle@cicbiogunes.es
Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy
President Dr. Markus Dürrenberger
Zentrum für Mikroskopie ZMB
Bio-Pharmazentrum, Universität Basel
Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, CH-4056 Basel
SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 61 267 14 04
Fax: +41 61 267 14 10
Email: markus.duerrenberger@unibas.ch
Treasurer Gianni Morson
Zentrum für Mikroskopie ZMB
Bio-Pharmazentrum, Universität Basel
Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, CH-4056 Basel
Switzerland
Phone: +41 61 267 14 06
Fax: +41 61 267 14 10
Email: gianni.morson@unibas.ch
Electron Microscopy Society, Taipei, China
President and Chairman Prof. Ji-Jung Kai
Department of Engineering and System Science
National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu, Taiwan 300
ROC
Phone: +886 3 5742662
Fax: +886 3 5734066
Email: jjkai@ess.nthu.edu.tw
Vice President Prof. Shiang-Ming Yu
Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology
National Yang-Ming University
Taipei, Taiwan 112, R.O.C.
General Secretary Prof.Li Chang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
National Chao-Tong University
Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, R.O.C.
Electron Microscopy Society of Thailand
President Professor Dr. Piti Palungwachira
Skinn Center, Faculty of MEdicine
Srinakharinwirot University
Sukhumvit 23, Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Phone: +66 02 2594260
Email: mstthailand@gmail.com
Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy
President Prof. Melek Öztürk
University of Istanbul
Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medicine
Department of Medical Biology
Cerrahpaşa-Istanbul Turkey
Phone: +90 212 414 30 43
Email: mozturk@istanbul.edu.tr
Vice President Prof. Dr. Suzan Dağlioğlu
University of Istanbul
Faculty of Veternary Medicine
Department of Histology & Embryology
Avcilar- Istanbul Turkey
Phone: +90 212 473 72 21
Email: suzandag@istanbul.edu.tr
Secretary General Prof. Serap Arbak, Ph.D.
University of Acibadem
Medical Faculty
Department of Histology and Embryology
Maltepe-Istanbul Turkey
Phone: 90 216 458 08 26
Email: arbaks@yahoo.com
Treasurer Dr. Fatma Kaya Dağistanli
University of Istanbul
Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medicine
Department of Medical Biology
Cerrahpaşa-Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 414 30 00 / 21627
Email: fkaya@istanbul.edu.tr
Ordinary Member Prof. Dr. Selma Yilmazer
University of Istanbul
Faculty of Cerrahpaşa Medicine
Department of Medical Biology
Cerrahpaşa-Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 414 30 42
Email: selmayilmazer@mynet.com
Royal Microscopical Society
President Professor Mark Rainforth
37/38 St Clements
Oxford
OX4 1AJ
England
Phone: +44(0)1865 254760
Fax: +44(0)1865 791237
Email: info@rms.org.uk
Microscopy Society of America (USA)
President Dave Piston
Email: dave.piston@vanderbilt.edu
President-Elect Nestor Zaluzec
Email: zaluzec@microscopy.com
Secretary Jeanette Killius
Email: jkillius@neoucom.edu
Sociedad Venezolana de Microsocopía y Microanálisis
President Professor Cesare Colasante, M.Sc., D.Sc.
Departamento de Fisiología y Laboratoro de Fisiología de la Conducta
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Mérida 5101
Venezuela
Vice President Zoilabth Doque