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Microscopy Today (MT) seeks to provide information of interest to microscopists working in all fields. Microscopy Today is a controlled-circulation trade magazine owned by the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) and published by Oxford University Press. It is produced six times a year in the odd months, alternating with MSA's peer-reviewed scientific journal Microscopy and Microanalysis.
Readers and authors come from the life sciences and the physical sciences. Editorial coverage spans all microscopy methods including light microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, electron microscopy, ion-beam techniques, and a wide range of microanalytical methods.
We greatly appreciate article contributions from our readers — microscope users as well as microscope manufacturers and suppliers. The main criterion is that the subject matter should be of interest to a reasonable number of working microscopists. Of value to many microscopists is the accessibility of MT articles, allowing workers in one field to see how problems are solved in other fields with equipment and methods that may be unfamiliar to them.
Microscopy and Microanalysis is an international microscopy journal published for the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) by Oxford University Press. Microscopy and Microanalysis publishes original research papers in the fields of microscopy, imaging, and compositional analysis. This distinguished international forum is intended for microscopists in both biology and materials science. The journal provides significant articles that describe new and existing techniques and instrumentation, as well as the applications of these to the imaging and analysis of microstructure. Microscopy and Microanalysis also includes review articles, letters to the editor, and book reviews.
Microscopy and Microanalysis is the official journal of:
- Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
- Microanaylsis Society (MAS)
- Microscopical Society of Canada/Socie'te' de Microscopie du Canada
- Mexican Microscopy Society
- Brazilian Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis
- Venezuelan Society for Electron Microscopy
- European Microbeam Analysis Society
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
- Portuguese Microscopy Society
and is also affiliated with:
- Royal Microscopical Society
- German Society for Electron Microscopy
- Belgian Society for Microscopy
- Microscopy Society of Southern Africa
The goal of this international competition is to identify and showcase scientific micrographs and movie clips. While there must be scientific content in the images, winning entries will also exhibit exceptional composition and other esthetic qualities. The competition, open to all types of microscopy, is divided into three categories:
- Published micrograph category: static/still images first published within the calendar year prior to the contest.
- Open micrograph category: unpublished static/still images acquired by any microscopist.
- Video micrograph category: movie/streaming data clips up to 15 seconds in length, or up to 60 seconds in length with the proviso that only 10-15 seconds will be used, acquired directly with a microscope or generated as a video reconstruction from microscopy data. Confocal light microscopy image stacks that create 3-D images may be submitted as a still or as an animated sequence exhibiting 3-D characteristics.
