International Federation of Societies for Microscopy

Fédération internationale des sociétés de microscopie électronique

Abbreviation| IFSM
Motto| to contribute to the advancement of microscopy in all its aspects.[1]
Formation| October 1951; 74 years ago (1951-10)[2][3]
Type| INGO
Location|

* Illinois, USA

Membership

| 37 national members and 9 associate members[4]

Official languages

| English, French, Spanish, German

President

| Kazuo Furuya[5][6]

Vice President

| C. Barry Carter[5][6]
Website| ifsm.info

Formerly called

| Joint Commission for Electron Microscopy[2][4]
International Federation of Electron Microscope Societies[3]
International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy[3]

The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (French: Fédération internationale des sociétés de microscopie électronique; Spanish: Federación Internacional de Sociedades de Microscopia Electrónica; German: Internationaler Verband der Gesellschaften für Elektronenmikroskopie)[2] is an international non-governmental organization representing microscopy. It currently has 37 national members and 9 associate members, which are split into three regional committees, the Committee for Asia-Pacific Societies of Microscopy, the European Microscopy Society and the Interamerica Committee for Societies for EM.[4]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Presidents
* 3 Membership
* 3.1 European Microscopy Society
* 3.1.1 National bodies
* 3.1.2 Other societies
* 4 References

## History

The IFSM was created in October 1951 by the International Council for Science (ICSU) as the Joint Commission for Electron Microscopy.[2][3][4] In July 1955, it became an independent federation following the meeting of national societies representing electron microscopy from the nations of Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden and Norway), Switzerland and the United States, forming the International Federation of Electron Microscope Societies, with the view of furthering international co-operation between microscopists.[2][3][4]

In 1958, the federation changed its name to the International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy following the joining of national societies representing Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy and Spain. In 1976 it joined the International Council for Science.[4] In 2002, the word "Electron" was dropped creating the current name International Federation of Societies for Microscopy.[3][7]

## Presidents

* Bodo von Borries, 1954–1955.[7]
* Ernst Ruska, 1956–1957.[7]
* Thomas F. Anderson, 1958–1961.[7]
* Noboru Higashi, 1962–1965.[7]
* Gaston Dupouy, 1966–1969.[7]
* Vernon Ellis Cosslett, 1970–1973.[7]
* Don W. Fawcett, 1974–1977.[7][8]
* Jan B. Le Poole, 1978–1981.[7]
* Hatsujiro Hashimoto, 1982–1985.[7]
* Gareth Thomas, 1986–1989.[7]
* Elmar Zeitler, 1990–1993.[7]
* Arvid Maunsbach, 1994–1997.[7] President of the Nordic Microscopy Society (SCANDEM) 1977–1980.[9]
* Archie Howie, 1998-2001.[7]
* David Cockayne, President from 2003-2007 (or 2002-2005[7]), vice-president 1994–1997[7] and 2007-2010.[8][10]
* Christian Colliex, president 2006-2009.[7][8] Later Vice President.[11]
* C. Barry Carter, President 2010-2013.[7][12][11] Current Vice President.[5]
* Kazuo Furuya, 2014–present.[5][6]

## Membership

### European Microscopy Society

Main article: Organization:European Microscopy Society

Listed below are the bodies which are members of the European Microscopy Society. All those listed have reciprocal membership agreements.[13] It has 28 member countries.[14]

#### National bodies

* Armenian Electron Microscopy Society (AEMS)
* Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy (ASEM)
* Belgian Society for Microscopy (BSM)
* Croatian Microscopy Society (CMS)
* Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS)
* Dutch Society for Microscopy (NVvM)
* Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (Institute of Physics) (EMAG)[15]
* French Microscopy Society (SFµ)
* German Society for Electron Microscopy (DGE)
* Hellenic Microscopy Society (HMS)
* Hungarian Society for Microscopy (HSM)
* Israel Society for Microscopy (ISM)
* Italian Society of Microscopical Sciences (SISM)
* Microscopical Society of Ireland (MSI)
* Nordic Microscopy Society (SCANDEM)[16]
* Polish Society for Microscopy (PTMi)
* Portuguese Society for Microscopy (SPMicros)
* Romanian Electron Microscopy Society (REMS)
* Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)[17]
* Serbian Society for Microscopy (SSM)
* Slovene Society for Microscopy (SDM)
* Spanish Society for Microscopy (SME)
* Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM)
* Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy (TEMD)

#### Other societies

* Bulgarian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
* European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS)
* Greek Society of Electron Microscopy
* Institute of Physics[15]
* Latvian Society for Electron Microscopy
* Rumanian National Committee for Electron Microscopy
* Russian Academy of Sciences
* Scottish Microscopy Group (SMG)

## References

1. ↑ "About". http://ifsm.info/about-ifsm.html. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "International Federation of Societies for Microscopy - Yearbook Profile" (in en). 22 October 2016. https://www.uia.org/s/or/en/1100000045. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Hawkes, Peter W (1 June 2015). "3.1" (in en). Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 190 (First ed.). Academic Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780128023808. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Td6oBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA145. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Members - International Federation of Societies for Microscopy". https://www.icsu.org/members/ifsm-international-federation-of-societies-for-microscopy. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Executive" (in en). http://ifsm.info/executive.html. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) - Committee" (in en-gb). http://www.apmc11.org/index.php/committee/ifsm. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 Mulvey, Tom; Kazan, Benjamin; Hawkes, Peter W; Cosslett, Vernon Ellis (article author) (3 July 1996). "1" (in en). Early History of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (from The Growth of Electron Microscopy, Volume 96) (2012 ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 3–35. ISBN 9780120147380. http://ifsm.info/uploads/3/4/4/5/34451884/ifsm_history_121120.pdf. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "History". http://ifsm.info/history.html. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
9. ↑ Mulvey, Tom; Kazan, Benjamin; Hawkes, Peter W (3 July 1996). "2.11.4" (in en). The Growth of Electron Microscopy, Volume 96 (1st ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 315–316. ISBN 9780120147380. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=o-IFp53_1-IC&pg=PA315. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
10. ↑ Hirsch, Sir Peter (December 2015). "David John Hugh Cockayne. 19 March 1942 — 22 December 2010" (in en). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 61: 53–79. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0025.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Janousek, Karel. "IMC 2014" (in en). http://www.imc2014.com/index.php?page=ifsmexe. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
12. ↑ "Executive Committee". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309035358/http://www.ifsm.uconn.edu/executive1.html. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
13. ↑ "National and regional societies" (in en). http://www.eurmicsoc.org/en/organisation/societies/. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
14. ↑ "European Microscopy Society - Yearbook Profile" (in en). https://www.uia.org/s/or/en/1100038465. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Physics, Institute of. "Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group". https://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/emag/. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
16. ↑ Paavolainen, Lassi. "About the Society" (in en-gb). http://www.scandem.org/the-society/about-the-society. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
17. ↑ "Membership Benefits". http://www.rms.org.uk/membership/membership-benefits.html. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

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