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Frances Ross, PhD, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receives the Distinguished Scientist Award for her pioneering work in in situ electron microscopy, advancing our understanding of crystal growth, self-assembly, and liquid-phase processes. microscopy.org

If we're BEE-ing honest, we lost track of time and almost forgot to share that yesterday was #WorldBeeDay! Check out this Bee brain by Denise Yamhure Ramire of the University of California-Davis, Davis, CA: microscopy.org/microscopy-tod…

Melanie Wiegand (University of Oregon) is one of MSA’s 2026 Undergraduate #Research Scholarship awardees, “Exploring chiral interactions of magnetic skyrmions with Laguerre-Gaussian vortex electron beams using 4D-STEM modeling and ptychographic phase reconstruction.”

Congratulations to Burton Medal recipient Pinshane Huang for her pioneering electron microscopy work probing 2D materials at the atomic scale. Join us at M&M 2026 to celebrate these achievements with the global microscopy community: microscopy.org

Samuel Ursu is among MSA’s awardees of our 2026 Undergraduate #Research Scholarship Program. Samuel represents The University of Alabama with their research on “Characterization of electric field effects on grain boundary structure and grain growth in Al-doped NiO ceramics.”

Winner from M&M 2025 Orlando Daniel Salguero (University of Washington) shared impressive work with their poster on “Structural Studies of Single-Atom Yb3 Defects in CrI3 2D Ferromagnets Using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy.” Learn more: microscopy.org

Congratulations to MSA Fellow Frances Ross, recognized for pioneering in situ electron microscopy to study crystal growth, self-assembly, and liquid-phase processes. Celebrate this achievement at M&M 2026! Learn more: microscopy.org

Lingfeng Zhou shared innovative work with their poster on “Advanced STEM Analysis of Anion Void Lattice and Defects Evolution in Electron Irradiated CaF.” Representing University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. See the next round of poster winners at M&M 2026: microscopy.org.

Congratulations to Burton Medal recipient Pinshane Huang for her pioneering electron microscopy work probing 2D materials at the atomic scale. Join us at M&M 2026 to celebrate her achievements with the global microscopy community: microscopy.org

Samuel Ursu is among MSA’s awardees of our 2026 Undergraduate #Research Scholarship Program. Samuel represents The University of Alabama with their research on “Characterization of electric field effects on grain boundary structure and grain growth in Al-doped NiO ceramics.”

Holly Shafer is one of MSA’s 2026 Undergrad Research Scholarship awardees. Holly is representing the University of California, Irvine with their work on “Nanocharacterization of Self-assembled Nanostructures in Entropy Designed Oxide Thin Films for Redox Resistive Switching.”

Congratulations to MSA Fellow Quentin Ramasse, recognized for pioneering electron energy-loss spectroscopy and achieving atomic-resolution vibrational and single-atom phonon measurements. Celebrate this achievement at M&M 2026! Learn more: microscopy.org

Congratulations to Morton D. Maser Distinguished Service Award recipient Jay Potts, PhD, for his exceptional volunteer leadership and contributions to the Microscopy Society of America community. Join us at M&M 2026 to celebrate achievements in microscopy: microscopy.org

It’s almost your last chance to secure the lowest rate for M&M 2026! The Early Bird deadline for the Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2026 meeting is May 7. For more information and to register at the lowest rate, visit the meeting website: mmconference.microscopy.org/registration-i…

Elizabeth Pyle is among MSA’s awardees of the 2026 Undergraduate #Research Scholarship Program. Elizabeth represents Skidmore College with their research on “Zooming In: Insights into the impact of phosphomolybdic acid on algal architecture.”

Owen Hall is one of MSA’s 2026 Undergraduate #Research Scholarship awardees. Owen represents Utah State University with their research on “High-Throughput Raman Spectroscopy of Healthy and RCC Kidney Organoids under LPS and Vitamin C Treatment.”

This year, the Hildegard H. Crowley Award goes to Tracey Stewart for her decades of leadership, mentorship, and innovation at the Roy J. Carver High Resolution Microscopy Facility. Learn more about the Microscopy Society of America: microscopy.org

Congratulations to MSA Fellow Scott Fraser, recognized for transformative contributions in bioimaging and molecular analysis. Celebrate this achievement at M&M 2026! Learn more: microscopy.org

Light microscopy. Phytoplankton Licmophora flabellata are colonial diatoms, playing a vital role in Earth’s ecosystems. Image by Jan van IJken, Leiden, Netherlands.

Jacob Coe is one of MSA’s awardees of our 2026 Undergraduate #Research Scholarship Program, representing the University of Arizona with research on “Novel 3D-printed submillimeter optics and illumination systems to further in-vivo characterization of fallopian tube cilia.”