Students

X60 — Annual Pre-Meeting Congress for Students, Post-Docs, and Early-Career Professionals in Microscopy and Microanalysis

**Organized by the Microscopy Society of America Student Council (StC).**

Saturday, July 31, 2021 • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Separate registration required — Don’t forget to check the box while registering for M&M 2021

This pre-meeting congress is organized by and for students, postdocs, and early-career professionals, and provides:

A forum for early-career professionals to deliver presentations to peers ahead of the meeting
Opportunities to share research and data in an engaging, non-intimidating, and interactive setting
Expanded professional networking, and career development mentoring from recent graduates
The opportunity to win awards, determined by peer voting

PMCx60 Overview

The Pre-meeting Congress X60 (PMCx60) is an annual meeting organized by the MSA Student Council (StC) for Students, Postdocs, and Early-career Professionals in Microscopy and Microanalysis. The PMCx60 is held in conjunction with the annual Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) Meeting.

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The PMCx60 is organized by, and tailored to, students and early-career professionals, however all are welcome to attend. The PMCx60 offers a highly interactive forum for participants to discuss their cutting-edge research, and to network and engage with peers ahead of the main meeting. Invited speakers are selected from the awardees to be honored at M&M, giving attendees a unique opportunity to sample the best research from their peers in biological science, physical science, analytical science, and instrumentation.

Contributed posters also give attendees an opportunity to share their work with peers in an intimate and casual setting.

Additional professional development activities include a luncheon featuring a panel of recent graduates currently working in industry, academia, policy, and government labs. The PMCx60 and M&M are wonderful opportunities for students (undergraduate and graduate), postdocs, and early-career professionals to network with peers, members of academia and industry, as well as vendors from a variety of top companies who are invited to exhibit their latest developments during the PMCx60 Poster and Extended Networking Sessions.

PMCx60 2021 Virtual

We are hard at work organizing the virtual PMCx60. See you there!

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters!

PMCx60 Meeting Highlights (detailed schedule coming soon)

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Thank you to our sponsors and supporters!

PMCx60 Program - 2021 Virtual (Coming Soon!)

Steps to attend the PMCx60

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Attend the PMCx60

Present a Poster

This is a great chance to expand your audience by presenting your research to peers and colleagues. Poster submission to the PMCx60 is remarkably simple. Just email poster title to the meeting chairperson. We will collect your poster from the main meeting submission anThis is a great chance to expand your audience by presenting your research to peers and colleagues, and there is a cash prize for best poster and runner-up, as voted on by the PMCx60 attendees. Poster submission to the PMCx60 is remarkably simple, just email your accepted M&M paper and the poster title to be printed in the PMCx60 program book to Meeting Chairperson.

PMC X60 Financial Aid Information (Coming Soon)

Information for Presenters (Coming Soon)

Support the PMC X60

Become a PMCx60 sponsor

To become a Sponsor, email us directly at studentcouncil@microscopy.org.

Benefits of sponsorship include

Supporting the development of a thriving community of students and early career professionals in microscopy and microanalysis.
Increased brand exposure to and recognition amongst the future leaders of the microscopy and microanalysis community.
Recognition of support for students and early career professionals via online/printed PMCx60 promotional material and social networking initiatives.
First access to network with the preeminent and award-winning young talent attending M&M 2021.

Donate to the PMCx60 and MSA Student Council (StC)

MSA Donation Submission Form

Meet the 2020-2021 PMCx60 Programming Committee

Program Chair Piyush Haluai Graduate Student Arizona State University
Biological Sciences Co-chair Joseph Kim Graduate Student University of Wisconsin-Madison
Physical Sciences Co-chair Berit Goodge Graduate Student Cornell University
Social & Activities Chair Dara Laczniak Graduate Student Purdue University
Member, PMC Planning Committee Neerja Zambare Pauling Fellow Pacific Northwest National Laboratory