2026 MSC·SMC Meeting

Name: 2026 MSC·SMC Meeting
Start: 2026-05-25T12:00:00Z
End: 2026-05-29T22:00:00Z
Location: McGill University

McGill University

May 25-29, 2026

52nd Annual Meeting

The Microscopy Society of Canada/Société de Microscopie du Canada (MSC-SMC) is excited to host the 52nd Annual Meeting in Montreal! Abstract submission is closed.

The conference will be preceded by a Microscopy Summer School on May 25-26, 2026, featuring lectures and hands-on sessions in analytical electron microscopy, advanced optical microscopy, imaging data processing, and X-ray microscopy. Summer school registration fee is 100$; it will remain open until May 22, 2026

Delong Instruments offers free demonstration of low-voltage electron microscopy on May 26, 27 and 28 in Leacock 109. Sign up here

Lunch & learn sessions:

Inclusion in microscopy with Ben Britton and Patricia Kooyman, May 26, 12:00-1:00, Leacock 219 (free of charge)

Automated material identification and classification system (AMICS) with Hitachi, May 27, 12:15-1:30, Leacock 110 (free of charge)

Battery life analysis with JEOL, May 28, 12:15-1:30, Leacock 110 (free of charge)

Registration without submission is open until May 22, it includes the banquet and lunch breaks (trainee: $400, PI: $600)

Banquet dress code: cocktail, or just nice (as you see it)

Plenary speakers at the MSC 2026 annual meeting

Eric BetzigUniversity of California, Berkeley, USA

Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology
Senior Fellow, Janelia Research Campus, USA

Wah ChiuStanford University, USA

Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Director, Division of CryoEM and Bioimaging, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Rafal Dunin-BorkowskiForschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Professor, Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons

Na JiUniversity of California, Berkeley, USA

Professor of Neurobiology and Luis Alvarez Memorial Chair in Experimental Physics
Department of Physics & Department of Neuroscience

Scientific Topics

By method: light microscopy, electron microscopy, and X-ray microscopy,

By scale: nanoscale, microscale, and multiscale,

By domain of application: quantum materials, critical minerals, natural sciences, engineering, biomedical sciences, and history and cultural heritage.

Awards & Travel Support

We thank our Sponsors

Sponsor MSC 2026!

We invite all vendors in the field of microscopy, materials and biological sciences to participate in our 2026 meeting. Feel free to check out our sponsorship packages here if your company is interested in sponsoring our 52nd meeting!