Speakers
The 2026 MSC-SMC meeting will be featuring leading scientists in the fields of light and electron microscopy and their applications to biology and material science. Their expertise in these topics represents some of the most up to date advancements and applications in routinely used microscopy techniques.
Plenary Speakers
Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology
Senior Fellow, Janelia Research Campus, USA
Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Director, Division of CryoEM and Bioimaging, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Professor, Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons
Professor of Neurobiology and Luis Alvarez Memorial Chair in Experimental Physics
Department of Physics & Department of Neuroscience
Keynote Speakers
Professor, Department of Physiology
Director, Advanced BioImaging Facility (ABIF)
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Imaging Scientist
Associate Professor, Department of materials Engineering
Associate director of the Electron Microscopy Unit, Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at UNSW
Head of Electron Microscopy
Professor Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine
University of Missouri Curator’s Distinguished Professor / Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Endowed Professor
SARChI Chair Nanomaterials for Catalysis, Catalysis Institute
Department of Chemical Engineering
Professor, Nano- and Biomaterial Physics Group
Kyocera Professor
Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Biomineralization
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Department of Materials Science
Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Medicine
Director, School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Anthropology
Professor, Co-Director of McGill Center for the Physics of Materials, Canada Research Chair Tier 1 for Dynamics in Complex Materials
Killam and UBC Distinguished Professor, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Structure guided antibiotic discovery
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society London
Professor, Head of the Laboratory in Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications & President of the Mexican Hydrogen Society
Invited Speakers
Research Associate, Groupe de recherche Pr. Richard Martel et CERC Silva
PhD Candidate, Department of Physiology, Co-Chair, International Expansion Microscopy User Group, Co-Chair, Bioimaging North America (BINA) Early Career Working Group
In-situ investigation of laser-matter interactions in graphene-based materials, specifically Graphene oxide, using dynamic transmission electron microscopy (DTEM), with a focus on fluence- and pulse-dependent reduction mechanisms, oxygen removal kinetics, and structural evolution at the nanoscale
Preconference symposium on Microscopy for Critical Minerals
Invited speakers
Senior Principal Research Scientist - Characterisation
Research Facility Manager, Advanced Materials Characterization Facility
