Join us in Edinburgh on 17th November for the 52nd SMS Symposium - a day of talks, networking and the latest in Scottish microscopy research

Keynote Speaker

Our keynote speaker this year is Dr Jost Enninga, Head of the Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions Unit at the Institut Pasteur, Paris. His research group develops novel fluorescence microscopy assays for tracking pathogen invasion processes, measuring numerous parameters to correlate pathogen behaviours, intracellular localisations and host responses in real time.

More information will be added to our website (https://scottishmicroscopygroup.org.uk/sms-home/sms-symposia/symposium-2026)in the upcoming weeks.

Abstracts

If you would like to give an oral or poster presentation, please submit your abstract here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwEygfQ3pAKgqXdjVEbA5qrGsp_BVMfvFP3QycjiazoI7CLw/viewform?usp=dialog).

Travel, Accommodation and Registration Fund (up to £100)

We are pleased to be offering a Travel Fund again this year, supported by SULSA (https://sulsa.ac.uk/)and the Scottish Microscopy Society (https://scottishmicroscopygroup.org.uk/). The fund provides up to £100 towards travel, accommodation and/or registration costs.

If you would like to apply, please submit your application (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjP6_lgKmeLa1ea4mvg5UEEyTdMG8mgW6FFJ3CV8bCqAzMLQ/viewform?usp=preview) before registering via Eventbrite. We will notify applicants of the outcome after the application deadline of 2nd October.

Successful applicants will not need to register or pay via Eventbrite, as their registration details will already have been submitted via the Travel Fund application. If your application is unsuccessful, you will need to return to Eventbrite to complete your registration.

For successful applicants receiving funding towards travel and/or accommodation costs, these payments will be handled separately and further information will be provided by email.

Image Competition

You can enter our image competition here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch4HSmL13e05zdtDnIcUds4YQxRYKKy9ghLTKFVXMSYCPFGg/viewform?usp=dialog), all images will be displayed at the conference, as well as being uploaded to our website.

Trade Sponsors

If you are a trade sponsor please do not register on Eventbrite, please contact scotmicro@outlook.com, we will send further information in due course.

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