{"id":756,"date":"2022-08-30T08:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/atomic-resolution\/?p=756"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:18:17","slug":"microscopy-microanalysis-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/atomic-resolution\/microscopy-microanalysis-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"First In-Person Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) Event Since 2019 Brings Major Announcements, Revered Speakers, Awards and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thermo Fisher Scientific returns to the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2022 conference<\/h2>\n

It took more than 1,000 days and two virtual gatherings in between, but we finally returned this August for our first in-person Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) conference since 2019.<\/p>\n

It did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

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Attendees came in droves to learn about the new Thermo Scientific Arctis Cryo-PFIB at M&M 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n

As the world leader in serving science, we were thrilled to not only showcase to a global audience our latest innovations across microscopy and spectroscopy, but to raise awareness of the groundbreaking work scientists and engineers are doing to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s M&M Conference in Portland, Oregon was extra special for our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as we welcomed a record number of attendees,\u201d shared Glyn Davies, President, Materials and Structural Analysis at Thermo Fisher Scientific. \u201cOur colleagues worked tirelessly to put an exceptional event together, which included launching four new product innovations: our Arctis Cryo-Plasma Focused Ion Beam, Embedded CryoSPARC Live Software, Helios 5 Laser Hydra and Helios 5 Laser TriBeam Systems, and the Electronic Dose Control Package on our Spectra S\/TEM.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also had the pleasure of kicking-off the Women in Microscopy Breakfast, hosting an appreciation event for hundreds of valued customers and receiving awards from Microscopy Today<\/em> for top innovations of 2022,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe energy and excitement of being back together in person was quite palpable and it was truly an honor for me to be in the midst of so many brilliant minds in my first year as president of the division. I\u2019m excited to see the next wave of scientific innovations we will deliver stemming from connections fostered at M&M 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch our Microscopy and Microanalysis 2022 sessions on-demand<\/a> >><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A major leap for cryo-electron tomography<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Monday, August 1, 2022, we announced an innovation three years in the making designed to advance cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) research.<\/a><\/p>\n

Analogous to the development of our automated Thermo Scientific Krios Cryo-TEM 15 years ago, which helped catapult cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we introduced the Thermo Scientific Arctis Cryo-PFIB<\/a>, a plasma-focused ion beam dedicated to production of cryo-lamellae for the cryo-ET workflow.<\/p>\n

The Arctis Cryo-PFIB features a state-of-the-art plasma ion source, an automated sample loading system, integrated fluorescence microscopy, and the lowest contamination rates, allowing preparation of cryo-lamellae at a higher level of productivity than ever before, thus producing the best possible samples for tomography.<\/p>\n

We were proud to make this announcement at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2022 alongside The Rosalind Franklin Institute, a collaborator in the development of the new system since 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough a strategic effort with Thermo Fisher Scientific on the build of this innovative cryo-PFIB, we hope to increase\u2014by a factor of ten\u2014the number of biological specimens that can be prepared for analysis by structural biology, and pioneer large volume cryo-ET,\u201d said Jim Naismith, director of The Rosalind Franklin Institute.<\/p>\n