About SEMT

The SEMT was founded in 1970 as a forum for the exchange of ideas on techniques and applications in microscopy. It has expanded to become one of the foremost user groups in the country, addressing all aspects of microscopy from instrument design and specimen preparation to digital image acquisition.

We hold an annual meeting with invited speakers and trade stands, facilitating contact, consultation and discussion between all our members, who include instrument manufacturers and microscope users.

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Membership

Membership is unrestricted and although mainly London based we have many members from further afield. Membership has benefits for anyone interested in microscopy:

• Newcomers to microscopy
  SEMT facilitates contact with supportive and encouraging members, as well as providing practical assistance.
• Experienced microscopists
  SEMT promotes co-operation and exchange of ideas as well as the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in techniques and equipment.

• Commercial colleagues
  ​SEMT provides an excellent opportunity to advertise to a keenly interested audience and to obtain customer reaction directly.

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Officers

Chair
​Chris Jones

Head of Core Research Laboratories
The Natural History Museum

Expertise
SEM and analysis of minerals

Secretary
Ken Mingard

Senior Research Scientist
National Physical Laboratory

Expertise
SEM and EBSD of materials looking at microstructure-property relationships

Treasurer
David Roberston

SSO
Institue for Cancer Research

Expertise
TEM/SEM/confocal imaging of oral tissues and biomaterials

Committee members

Alex Ball

Russell Bailey

Ann Dewar

Head of Imaging and Analysis at the Natural History Museum
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Analytical laboratories Manager, QMUL

National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London

Expertise
TEM and SEM of the lung

Matthew Hannah

Stephen Furzeland 

Steve Cham

Labtech International Ltd

Role
Business Development Manager - Electron Microscopy

Louise Hughes

Product Manager for Life Science, Oxford Instruments

Jennifer Pearson-Farr ​

Patricia Goggin
Biomedical Imaging Unit

Patricia is an NHS Clinical Scientist and Head of the Biomedical Imaging Unit, a joint facility shared between University Hospital Southampton and the University of Southampton. The BIU provides light, electron and X-ray CT imaging facilities for research and diagnosis. Her interests include Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, volume EM and  bone cell biology.

Pedro Machado 

Paola Ciselli​ ​

N Wilkinson

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