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Manchester Microscopical & Natural History Society

MEETINGS
2008-2009

129th Season


Thursday Evenings, 7.00-9.00 pm, University of Manchester, Stopford Building/Medical School
(corner of Oxford Road and Ackers Street next to the Holy Name Church)
- Except for November 25th

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  • 2008
  • September 18
    • Moths under the Microscope
    • Talk from an expert on how to study, identify and photograph these creatures
    • Shane Farrell, Macro-Moth Recorder, Cheshire County Moth Officer, Butterfly Conservation, Cheshire & Peak District Branch
    • + Open Meeting for Members & Guests Exhibits (8.30-9pm)
  • October 16
    • Digitising the MMS Slide Collection (7-8pm)
    • Hayley Derricott, Prosector, Keele University
    • + Open Meeting for Members & Guests Exhibits (8-9pm)
  • November 25  (Tuesday Date at Jodrell Bank Observatory Visitors Centre) Directions
    • Astronomy & Microscopy for Beginners
    • Joint meeting with Maccastro (Bring a microscope & show it off!)
    • Members
  • 2009
  • January 22
    • Looking at Hearing!
    • How microscopes help us to see how our inner ears work - talk from one of the world's leading authorities on the subject..
    • Dave Furness, Keele University
  • February 19
    • Bioimaging
    • A guided tour of a state of the art Bioimaging Facility
    • Peter March & Colleagues, Manchester University Bioimaging Facility
  • March 19
    • Member's Exhibits & Gossip Meeting 7.00-7.45pm
    • Demonstration - Preparing Diatoms 7.45-8.30pm Derek Haworth
    • Annual General Meeting 8.30-9.00pm
    • Members & Guests
  • April 23
    • Life & Death in Freshwater
    • What can we see here - with or without a lens?.
    • John Hobson, Otley, Leeds

As usual we have good speakers arranged, bringing their experiences, images, slides, videos and exhibits.

All are welcome - feel free to bring a friend or two. Non-members and members of other Societies are welcome. The Society's library will be available at all meetings and includes copies of our Newsletters and literature on microscopic history, as well as many books on microscopy and natural history.


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