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Saturday
10.30am - 3pm,
University of Manchester, Stopford
Building/Medical School
M13 9PT (corner of Oxford Road and Aker
Street next to the Holy Name Church).
Meetings take place in the new facility of
the Anatomy & Histology unit providing
access to microscopes, slides, books,
computers and projection.
(MAPS: How to
find us at Streetmaps)
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- See also Season 2025-2026
- See Previous
Meetings (2025 back to 1998)
and to view our successful All Day
Summer Meetings 2023
& 2019
and Anglesey Exhibition and Zoom
meetings.
- 2026-2027 (147th
Season)
(PDF
printable MMS Flyer & Programme)
Provisional Programme
...
- September 26th 2026
(Saturday 10.30-3.00)
- Manchester
University Med Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
- Members .. My Latest
Acquisition / My Favourite Microscope or
Accessory
- ** The Art of Ultra
Macro Photography ** ....
Tony North
Talk and demo from multi-award
winning photographer and educator,
including tips on fieldcraft, equipment,
lighting, photostacking etc. www.artofmacro.com
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- Meeting
Report:
- Following
interesting discussions the morning was
spent mainly perusing the outstanding
video images which won the Nikon
Small World Photo Competition this
year led by Chris Power.
Controversy
....
- Phil
Whiteman (Oldham Micro) also brought
along his very first microscope, a
proper metal construction with 5 lens
purporting x100-x500 magnification.
- In
the afternoon we were entertained by a
highly informative talk with outstanding
ultramacro images from professional and
prizewinning local photographer Tony
North.
- We were also informed by
Bente Louden of Digital
Microscopy - a tool for heritage &
conservation... and by John
Charlton of an interesting series of
talks by the Manchester
Association of Engineers.
- October
24th 2026 (Saturday
10.30-3.00)
Manchester University Med
Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
- Members &
Guests ... My Favourite Slide
- Updates on
Recent Advances in Microscopy (CP,
MM & Others)
including 40 years of AFM
& 10 years of Expansion Microscopy
- Practical Session on
Focus Stacking for Macro & Micro
bring specimens or images,
USB sticks etc and have a go ....
- November
21st 2026 (Saturday 10.30-3.00)
Manchester
University Med Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy -
including microscopes &
accessories for sale
- Microscopy of Minibeasts
! (RP & Others)
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- Darkfield
microscopy (MM & others)
- February 20th
2027 (Saturday 10.30-3.00)
Manchester University Med
Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
This morning is set aside for members
& guests to bring and show material.
- Microscopy of
Food Adulteration (John Charlton
& others)
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- Human Skin under
the Microscope (Mike Mahon)
- March 20th 2027
(Saturday 10.30-3.30pm)
Manchester University
Med Sch Oxford
Rd
- AGM 147 -
Reports, Plan events, Election of
Officers, ...
- Agenda AGM 147
(2027)
- Approved Minutes of AGM
146 (2026)
- ?????????????
TBC
- ????????????? TBC
- April 13th 2027
World Microscopy Day 402
- May
??? 2027 (Saturday 10am
- 4pm)
- All-Day
Outreach Event - Etherow Country
Park Sailing Club
- Collect
& Display
- Members
Guests, Visitors are welcome to
bring along microscopes or samples
or go collecting around the country
park, nature reserve & lake -
pondwater etc viewing at the Club
House, refreshments available.
- Location SK6
5HN (Between Marple Bridge
& Romiley)
- Organiser
Phil Slatter
- Other
Local Meetings in 2026-2027
- July 5-8 2027
MMC (Microscience Microscopy
Congress)
- MMCseries
- 148th
Season 2027-2028 (Provisional
Programme)
- October .. 2027
- November .. 2027
- February ... 2028
- March ... 2028
- May ... 2028
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