The 15th European Microscopy Congress
Manchester Central, United Kingdom
was held on 16th -
© Royal Microscopical Society 2012
emc2012 was organised by
the Royal Microscopical
Society
Two quadrennial awards are offered by the FEI Company, one for the life sciences, the other for the physical/materials sciences and optics.
The value of each prize is € 5,000.
The winners of the award will be presented with the awards at the European Microscopy Congresses (EMC) at 13:00 on Friday 21st September, when they will each deliver a keynote lecture.
The winners and their talk titles are:
Mathieu Kociak (winner Physical/Materials Sciences and Optics award)
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-
"Enlightening electrons"
Yves Dufrêne (winner Life Sciences award)
Institute of Condensed Matter & Nanosciences Bio & Soft Matter of the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
"Atomic force microscopy: a nanoscopic window on the cell surface"