International Federation of Societies for Microscopy

The IFSM was created in October 1951 by the International Council for Science (ICSU) as the Joint Commission for Electron Microscopy. In July 1955, it became an independent federation following the meeting of national societies representing electron microscopy from the nations of Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden and Norway), Switzerland and the United States, forming the International Federation of Electron Microscope Societies, with the view of furthering international co-operation between microscopists. ==Presidents==

• Bodo von Borries, 1954–1955. • Jan B. Le Poole, 1978–1981. • Archie Howie, 1998–2001. • Christian Colliex, president 2006–2009. Later Vice President. Later Vice President • Angus Kirkland, 2018–2023 Current Vice President • Eva Olsson, 2024-Current ==Membership==

European Microscopy Society Listed below are the bodies which are members of the European Microscopy Society. All those listed have reciprocal membership agreements. It has 28 member countries. National bodies • Armenian Electron Microscopy Society (AEMS) • Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy (ASEM) • Belgian Society for Microscopy (BSM) • Croatian Microscopy Society (CMS) • Czechoslovak Microscopy Society (CSMS) • Dutch Society for Microscopy (NVvM) • Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (Institute of Physics) (EMAG) • Polish Society for Microscopy (PTMi) • Portuguese Society for Microscopy (SPMicros) • Romanian Electron Microscopy Society (REMS) • Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) • Serbian Society for Microscopy (SSM) • Slovene Society for Microscopy (SDM) • Spanish Society for Microscopy (SME) • Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM) • Turkish Society for Electron Microscopy (TEMD) Other societies • Bulgarian National Committee for Electron Microscopy • European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS) • Greek Society of Electron Microscopy • Institute of Physics • Latvian Society for Electron Microscopy • Rumanian National Committee for Electron Microscopy • Russian Academy of Sciences • Scottish Microscopy Group (SMG) ==References==