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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🕐 Handy-dandy time zone conversions: 08:00 - 10:40 (UTC+1) - UK 09:00 - 11:40 (UTC+2) - France/Germany/Czechia/South Africa 12:30 - 15:10 (UTC+5:30) - India 15:00 - 17:40 (UTC+8) - Beijing, China 16:00 - 18:40 (UTC +9) - Japan 18:00 - 20:40 (UTC+11) - Sydney, Australia

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Town Hall will feature: 🔬 Updates from the volumeEM Community working groups 🔬 Updates from other related working groups, including ccp-volumeEM, FoundingGIDE, and Array Tomography WG 🌍 Updates from international microscopy communities 📊 Our community survey

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 2026 vEM Town Hall The 2026 vEM Town Hall will be held on Thursday October 15th from 15:00-17:40 (UTC+8) as part of the vEM Technology Forum in Beijing, China. 👉 For more details and to register, please visit our website: 🔗 www.volumeem.org/2026-town-ha...

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2026 Town Hall Meeting

The 2026 vEM Town Hall will be held on Thursday October 15th from 15:00-17:40 (UTC+8) as part of the vEM Technology Forum. There will be updates from the volumeEM Community Initiative working groups,....

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎤 Keynote Speaker | 2026 vEM Technology Forum The keynote lineup continues! We're excited to announce Dr. Hua Yunfeng as a keynote speaker at the 2026 vEM Technology Forum! 🔗 Register here: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/ #vEMTechForum2026 #KeynoteSpeaker #VolumeEM #Connectomics #Neuroscience

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🎤 Keynote Speaker | 2026 vEM Technology Forum We're delighted to announce Dr. Michele Darrow as a keynote speaker at the 2026 vEM Technology Forum! 📣 Reminder: Early bird registration and abstract submissions both close July 31. 🔗 Register here: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🎤 Keynote Speaker | 2026 vEM Technology Forum We're excited to welcome Thomas Deerinck as a keynote speaker at the 2026 vEM Technology Forum! Reminder: Early bird registration and abstract submissions both close July 31. 🔗 Register here: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/ #vEMTechForum2026 #volumeEM

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📢 Good news! The Early Bird registration deadline for the vEM Tech Forum 2026 has been extended to July 31! 📌 July 31 is also the abstract submission deadline, so be sure to submit your abstract before this day. 🔗 Register and submit your abstract: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/ #vEMTechForum2026

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A reminder: Registration for the vEM Tech Forum 2026 is now open! Join us October 11–15 at Peking University in Beijing for scientific exchange and collaboration across the volume electron microscopy community. Register: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/ #vEMTechForum2026

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vEM Technology Forum

Registration is now open for the 2026 vEM Technology Forum: https://indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/ Building on the success of the inaugural 2024 vEM Tech Forum at Harwell Campus, United Kingdom, the seco...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🚨 New vEM Newsletter! Featuring our new vEM Community poster, Tech Bites, community updates, upcoming events, and a reminder that Early Bird registration for the vEM Tech Forum 2026 closes soon. 📖 Read it here: conta.cc/4xZUMsb #vEM #Microscopy #ElectronMicroscopy

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vEM Community Newsletter - June 2026

Email from Danforth June 2026 vEM Newsletter volume electron microscopy Congratulations to Magdalena Knapp, Our vEM Ambassador! The vEM community is proud to celebrate Magdalena Knapp from the Unive

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📢 CCP-volumeEM Show & Tell Webinar The CCP-volumeEM team is pleased to invite you the webinar: Napari software for 3D segmentation with the napari-zelda plugin 🎙️ Rocco D'Antuono (The Francis Crick Institute) 📅 Tuesday 30 June 🕧 12:30 pm (BST) 👉 Register here: crick.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CCP-volumeEM Show and Tell - June 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

'Napari software for 3D segmentation with the napari-zelda plugin' with Rocco D'Antuono Abstract: Bioimage analysis workflows allow the measurement of sample properties such as fluorescence intensit...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🔬 Are you involved in bioimage analysis? We're a team from the Rosalind Franklin Institute, University of Bath, and University of Nottingham building an web-app for novice bioimage analysts. We're looking for feedback through a short, anonymous survey. forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Your registration fee includes morning and afternoon tea/coffee breaks, lunch, and major dinner events. The abstract submission deadline is July 31. A step-by-step registration guide is available here: www.volumeem.org/registration... Meeting website: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/

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vEM Technology Forum

Building on the success of the inaugural 2024 vEM Tech Forum at Harwell Campus, United Kingdom, the second vEM Tech Forum will be held October 11 – 15 at Peking University in Beijing, China. The Forum...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Registration for the 2026 volumeEM Tech Forum is now open! The Early Bird Rate Deadline is July 17. Register by then to lock in the lowest rate and secure your preferred hotel. After that, rates increase. Meeting website: indico.pku.edu.cn/event/53/

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Published quarterly, the vEM Community Initiative newsletter is a great platform to share ideas and connect with a wider audience. Get in touch if you’d like to submit a Tech Bite.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🚨 New feature launch in our latest newsletter! We’ve just introduced Tech Bites, short, focused articles that share practical insights and innovations for the vEM Community. Check out the newsletter to explore our two inaugural Tech Bites, with more to come in future issues! conta.cc/4bJhsmk

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vEM Community Newsletter - March 2026

Email from Danforth March 2026 vEM Newsletter volume electron microscopy CCP-volumeEM: Establishing a sustainable computational community for volume EM The Collaborative Computational Project (CCP)

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This community-informed list is independent of sponsorship, and inclusion does not imply endorsement by the volumeEM Community Initiative. If your organization supports the volume EM field and isn’t yet represented, we warmly invite you to get in touch and connect with us.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The list highlights companies and societies providing imaging equipment, sample preparation tools and reagents, data storage and analysis solutions, and professional networks.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

New Web Page - Volume EM Industrial Partners www.volumeem.org/industrial-p... We’re excited to introduce our newly curated Industrial Partners page, showcasing organizations recognized by the volumeEM Community as key contributors in the field.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The result? Stunning insights into cell structures such as nuclei, mitochondria are possible, as well helping us better understand many important diseases.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This short animated video offers a clear, visual introduction to volume electron microscopy (vEM), showing how ultra-thin serial planes of cells are imaged at the nanoscale with electrons and then computationally assembled into detailed 3D views.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🎬 Just dropped: our latest video! If you’re new to volume EM, a non-scientist, or a scientist from another field, this video is a great place to start. #vEM #volumeelectronmicroscopy #volumeemcommunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmW...

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Overview of Volume Electron Microscopy

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🎥 New Video Alert! We are excited to share a new how-to video on preparing an ITO coverslip for array tomography. A big shoutout to Aaron Sait for creating this clear, step-by-step tutorial. 📺 Check out the video: youtu.be/DMr1Aveb1Zg?... #volumeEM #ArrayTomography

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How To Prepare An ITO Coverslip For Array Tomography

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Volume EM Visualization of 3D Synaptic Ultrastructure in Postmortem Human Prefrontal Cortex This @volumeem1.bsky.social case study covers the challenges, solutions and impact of ultrastructural analysis of postmortem brain tissue. focalplane.biologists.com/2025/10/31/v...

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Volume EM Visualization of 3D Synaptic Ultrastructure in Postmortem Human Prefrontal Cortex - FocalPlane

Volume EM Visualization of 3D Synaptic Ultrastructure in Postmortem Human Prefrontal Cortex - Blog series

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🗳️ Voting is now open for the 2025 Volume EM Image Competition! ✅ Vote for your top 3 favorites in each category 🕙 Voting closes October 9 at 4:00 PM BST / 10:00 AM CT 🏆 Winners will be announced at the Town Hall Meeting later that day! 👉 Cast your vote here: www.volumeem.org/vote_awesome...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🌟 Awesome vEM Images Competition deadline extended to Oct 6, 5 PM CT! 🌟 Submit to one or both categories: 1️⃣ The Power of EM 2️⃣ Bringing Meaning to the Data 🏆 $250 for 1st, $100 for 2nd & 3rd (each category) 🔗 www.volumeem.org/awesome-imag... Details and last year's winning images ⬇️

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🗳️ Voting opens Oct 7 on our site 🏆 Winners announced Oct 9 @ virtual Town Hall 📧 Questions? vemcommunity@gmail.com #volumeEM #AwesomevEMImages

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

LAST CALL! Please take the anonymous, 10-minute survey so we can learn more about the computational needs of the volumeEM community: forms.office.com/e/eMAJGCKUnc The survey will close on Friday 19th September, so make sure your voice is heard!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

📣 The Awesome vEM Images Competition is back! Submit your images in one of two categories: 🖼️ The Power of vEM 🧠 Bringing Meaning to the Data (New!) 🏆 Prizes: $250 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd & 3rd in each category 📅 Deadline: Oct 2, 5PM CT 🔗 More details: www.volumeem.org/awesome-imag...

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Awesome image competition - 2025

📸 We are seeking impressive volume EM (vEM) images as part of our mission to promote our Volume EM Community Initiative and vEM techniques to the world! We'd love to offer you the opportunity to...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

📣 Join Us for the 6th Annual Volume EM Community Initiative Town Hall Meeting on October 9th, 2025 from 3-6pm BST / 10am-1pm ET. A key theme of this year’s Town Hall is strengthening connections across the global community. 👉 Register now on our website: www.volumeem.org/2025-town-ha...

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Global BioImaging @globalbioimaging.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗚𝗕𝗜𝘅𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱? Two conferences. One global conversation. We bring together the 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and the 𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 for a unique week of knowledge exchange.

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Exchange of Experience 2025 | Global BioImaging

Join Us At: Imaging in 2035 - Sustaining Infrastructure Ecosystems and Advanced Technologies October 6-10, 2025 | Hybrid Event | Montreal, Canada Be part of th…

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Big news! volumeEM has been ranked the second most requested technology of 2024 in Biological Imaging in the latest Euro-Bioimaging Annual Report! 📖 Read the full report here: www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/euro-bi... #volumeEM

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Presented by: by Jason Yin, Jason Liang and Joseph Sall from Alice Liang Lab, NYU Langone Health Microscopy Core, New York, USA - On behalf of the Training Working Group.

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🎥 New Video: How to Do Flat Embedding We’re excited to share the latest video from the vEM Community! In this video, you'll learn the process of flat embedding samples for SBF-SEM, a crucial method for high-resolution imaging: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbS2... #volumeEM #SBFSEM #FlatEmbedding

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How To Do Flat Embedding

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The vEM Tech Forum 2026 is organized by Alice Liang (NYU Langone Health), Kun Song (Peking University) and Qiang Guo (Peking University). We can't wait to connect with all of you there!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

✨ 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲! ✨ We’re excited to announce that the 𝐯𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 is now officially on the calendar! 📅 October 12-15, 2026 📍 Peking University, Beijing, China Stay tuned for more details!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Discover how SBF-SEM (Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy), a vEM technique, is being used to unveil new perspectives on corneal development. Check out our new case study: tinyurl.com/54pxp6ku Authors: Rob Young, Kiranjit Bains, Phil Lewis and Andrew Quantock - Cardiff University, UK

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New insights into corneal development from vEM - FocalPlane

New insights into corneal development from vEM - Volume EM

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Next Euro-Bioimaging Virtual Pub/volumeEM Series! Join Andreas Müller @andimicroscopy.bsky.social from Paul Langerhans Institute, TU Dresden, for a talk on "The Exploratory Potential of Volume Electron Microscopy"! 🗓️ June 20th, 2025 ⏰ 13:00 CEST 🔗 Register: www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/explo...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎥 New #volumeEM Video Alert: AI Segmentation in Volume Electron Microscopy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoz... Segmentation is key to analyzing 3D volume EM data. Learn how semantic, instance, and panoptic methods isolate structures like mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm in complex tissues.

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AI Segmentation in Volume Electron Microscopy

YouTube video by Volume EM Community

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

empanada new version (v1.2) released!! empanada.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ You’ll see many goodies in this release: 1. Two new models: DropNet and NucleoNet 2. Several new modules includes tiling Enjoy and please let us know if this works for you, happy segmenting!

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

💡Check out this new proposal recently published where new strategies on Global sharing of image data/metadata, AI under a global federated model are discussed. A publication by @Antje Keppler et al. @eurobioimaging.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Enabling global image data sharing in the life sciences - Nature Methods

This Perspective provides a roadmap toward globally federated open data resources for bioimaging data.

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Excited to announce that "Enabling Global Image Data Sharing in the Life Sciences" was published in Nature Methods by an international working group including members of #EuroBioImaging ERIC. 🎉 Don't miss the checklist towards an image data sharing ecosystem ! 🔽 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Join us for the Virtual Pub/volumeEM series on Friday, April 25th at 13:00 CEST. We welcome Feng-Xia (Alice) Liang, from New York University, for a talk entitled, "Application Strategies on Volume Electron Microscopy" All are welcome to join! bit.ly/4c9J1Vw

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Application Strategies on Volume Electron Microscopy

Please join us for the Virtual Pub/volumeEM series on Friday, April 25th at 13:00 CEST. We welcome Feng-Xia (Alice) Liang, from New York University, for a talk entitled…

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🔎🌏🧭🔬 #volumeEM facility found in Electron Microscopy Unit NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine With #SBF-SEM #sAT #ssTEM Website bit.ly/3FbHnq7 #globalvEMmap ⬇ bit.ly/3xKN5bD Add your #volumeEM facility ⬇ bit.ly/3EogwUw

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It's TODAY! Join the #VirtualPub/#VolumeEM Series with Aaran Vijayakumaran, University of Cambridge, for a talk entitled, "3D Nanoscale Architecture and Physiology of the Human Airway Epithelium." All are welcome to join! 🕐 Starting at 13:00 CET Register 🔽 buff.ly/3EP9R8S

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

📽️👀 Do you know that an eyelash can be of great help for vEM techniques? Check this "How-to" video featuring Dr Ian White with the title: "How to Enhance ribbon sticking while performing sample sectioning using an eyelash" 👉 youtu.be/tBh0bjkHxR8 💡Submit your video idea to vemcommunity@gmail.com

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How to: "Enhance ribbon sticking while performing sample sectioning using an eyelash"

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🔎🌍#volumeEM facility spotted in Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences! with FIB-SEM, Automated tape sectioning and (sAT) Website ⬇ www.mpinat.mpg.de/em-moebius ____________________________________ Global vEM map ⬇ bit.ly/3xKN5bD Add your #volumeEM facility ⬇ bit.ly/3EogwUw

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VolumeEM @volumeem1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

✨See upcoming conference! Deadline 28 February. Sessions on AFM, TEM, SEM, FIB, SIMS, microCT and EBSD. On Behalf of the RMS committee, Nathalie Gey and John Wheeler. www.mmc-series.org.uk

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