http://www.microchuck.com Micro and Macro Info on Microscopy Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:09:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dr. Garber was born in Rock Island, Illinois. The founder, President and CEO of Structure Probe, Inc., he earned his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1963, a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Case Institute of Technology in 1965 and a Ph.D. ... http://www.microchuck.com/2007/09/28/in-memory-of-charles-a-garber-phd-president-and-ceo-of-structure-probe-inc/ PITTCON maybe be becoming more of a "microscopy" meeting. Of the four main special "symposia" of this years PITTCON, two had the following titles: a) Nanoscale Self-Assembled Systems and b) Nanobiotechnology: From the Single Cell to the Single Molecule, suggesting that nanotechnology is becoming an important ... http://www.microchuck.com/2007/03/21/report-from-pittcon-2007-part-ii/ The PITTCON 2007 is now history. The organizers were not publicizing the attendance figures as they usually have done, hence I have concluded, based on that and also, traffic in the exhibition to mean attendance was "down" from last year. Certainly there seemed to be more than the ... http://www.microchuck.com/2007/03/15/report-from-pittcon-2007-part-i/ Next week is  PITTCON 2007 in Chicago, the largest trade show in the world featuring analytical instrumentation.  And it is this time of the year, when I am getting ready for this year's PITTCON that I am reminded of an experience of many years ago, March 1967 to be exact ... http://www.microchuck.com/2007/02/22/trade-show-exhibitions-as-a-learning-experience/ Sorry for the long period of time that has passed since my last blog entry. I realize this is not good if I want to see traffic growth to the MicroChuck blog and I will redouble my efforts to make a new posting once a week. I have been traveling ... http://www.microchuck.com/2007/02/12/a-visit-to-a-small-business-entrepreneur-down-under/ And this is important because when the conduct of electron microscopy is no longer price competitive with other analytical methods, either microscopic or non-microscopic, less EM works gets done. And that means there are fewer people employed to do EM work. For at least the last ten ... http://www.microchuck.com/2006/12/22/today-i-would-like-to-cover-the-high-costs-of-doing-electron-microscopy/ The whole world at times seems like it is on a "quality" kick. How many times a day do we see manufacturers’ statements about "ISO 9000 registration, " which imply that their product somehow has a higher quality because it carries this designation. I am ... http://www.microchuck.com/2006/12/15/certification-of-a-standard-is-todays-topic/ Hello Fellow Microscopist, If you are reading this, consider yourself a part of an experiment, one of my own creation. A blog about microscopy. Or perhaps more precisely, a periodic venting of my own personal views on some aspect of microscopy, the business of microscopy, future trends and/or other factors impacting ... http://www.microchuck.com/2006/12/06/hello-fellow-microscopist/