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International Federation of Societies for Microscopy

International Federation of Societies for Microscopy

Non-governmental organization

The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (French: Fédération internationale des sociétés de microscopie électronique; Spanish: Federación Internacional de Sociedades de Microscopia Electrónica; German: Internationaler Verband der Gesellschaften für Elektronenmikroskopie)[1] is an international non-governmental organization representing microscopy. It currently has 37 national members and 9 associate members, which are split into three regional committees, the Committee for Asia-Pacific Societies of Microscopy, the European Microscopy Society and the Interamerica Committee for Societies for EM.[3]

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History

The IFSM was created in October 1951 by the International Council for Science (ICSU) as the Joint Commission for Electron Microscopy.[1][2][3] In July 1955, it became an independent federation following the meeting of national societies representing electron microscopy from the nations of Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden and Norway), Switzerland and the United States, forming the International Federation of Electron Microscope Societies, with the view of furthering international co-operation between microscopists.[1][2][3]

In 1958, the federation changed its name to the International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy following the joining of national societies representing Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy and Spain. In 1976 it joined the International Council for Science.[3] In 2002, the word "Electron" was dropped creating the current name International Federation of Societies for Microscopy.[2][4]

Presidents

Membership

European Microscopy Society

Main article: European Microscopy Society

Listed below are the bodies which are members of the European Microscopy Society. All those listed have reciprocal membership agreements.[12] It has 28 member countries.[13]

National bodies

Other societies

  • Bulgarian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
  • European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)
  • Greek Society of Electron Microscopy
  • Institute of Physics[14]
  • Latvian Society for Electron Microscopy
  • Rumanian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Scottish Microscopy Group (SMG)

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    "International Federation of Societies for Microscopy - Yearbook Profile". Union of International Associations. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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    Hawkes, Peter W (1 June 2015). "3.1". Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 190 (First ed.). Academic Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780128023808. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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    Mulvey, Tom; Kazan, Benjamin; Hawkes, Peter W; Cosslett, Vernon Ellis (article author) (3 July 1996). "1" (PDF). Early History of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (from The Growth of Electron Microscopy, Volume 96) (2012 ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 3–35. ISBN 9780120147380. Retrieved 19 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |first4= has generic name (help)
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    "National and regional societies". European Microscopy Society. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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    "European Microscopy Society - Yearbook Profile". Union of International Associations. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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    Physics, Institute of. "Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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