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BSM Thesis Awards BSM Travel Grants
2012 SPMonSPM - Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy of Soft and Polymeric Materials Kerkrade (NL), 23-26 September 2012 A satellite conference of EMC2012 Organized by the BSM, Université de Mons, CIRMAP, Mesa+ (NL) and Universität Siegen (D) ELMI 2012 – European Light Microscopy Initiative 2012 Leuven, 5-8 June 2012 Sponsored by the BSM The General Assembly of the BSM vzw will be held in the first half of the year, an announcement will follow soon.
2011 2011 Joint Autumn Meeting of the BSCDB/BSM “Advanced Microscopy Meets Cell and Developmental Biology” October 22, 2011 – Antwerp University of Antwerp, Campus Groenenborger, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen Eurobioimaging: BSM participated as a national Belgian society in the Belgian Stakeholders Meeting of Eurobioimaging, Antwerp, October 22, 2011 BSM vzw General Assembly Thursday April 28, 2011, 15:30 University of Antwerp, Campus Groenenborger, Building U – Auditorium U.024, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen Minutes 2010 BSM-sponsored symposium ALM2010 - Advanced Light Microscopy Symposium 2010 Gent, September 23-24, 2010 BSM Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopies: Recent Techniques and Future developments for Biology and materials Science, Combined with BSM vzw General Assembly Louvain-la-Neuve, April 26, 2010
Early 2010: Transition to "Belgian Society for Microscopy vzw", i.e. the society gets formal legal status as a "vereniging zonder winstoogmerk / association sans but lucratif" (non-profit organisation) Founders: B. Nysten, D. Adriaensen, A.J. Bons, Ph. Leclère, S. Bals, W. De Vos, J. Lecomte-Beckers, J. D'Haen, J. Mast, Z. Hens, J. Hofkens, S. Munck, J.M. Vanderwinden
2009 BSM Annual Meeting & General Assembly Gent, November 21, 2009 Life Sciences: "Imaging of Life and Death" Materials Sciences: "Imaging, Measurements and Manipulations at Nanolevel" link to pictures BSM-sponsored Symposium on Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis Louvain-La-Neuve, October 27-28, 2009 BSM Symposium "SEM Under Pressure - Principles and Practice of VP-ESEM" May 26, 2009, Diegem, Belgium. Board: B. Nysten (president), D. Adriaensen (vice president), A.J. Bons (secretary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), K. D'Herde, D. Schrijvers, J. Lecomte-Beckers, J. D'Haen, P. Leclère 2008 BSM General Assembly at EMC2008 September 2, 2008, Aachen, Germany Board: B. Nysten (president), D. Adriaensen (vice president), A.J. Bons (secretary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), K. D'Herde, D. Schrijvers, J. Lecomte-Beckers, J. D'Haen, P. Leclère 2007 BSM Annual Meeting & General Assembly November 16, 2007, Liège "Exploring materials, living systems & their interactions" BSM Symposium "FIB for All - Symposium on Focused Ion Beam Techniques" October 12th, 2007, University of Antwerp, Belgium BSM sponsored EMAS2007 - Biennial European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis, Antwerp, May 6-10, 2007 Board: J.-P. Timmermans (president), B. Nysten (vice president), D. Adriaensen (secretary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), K. D'Herde, D. Schrijvers, J. Lecomte-Beckers, J. D'Haen, A.J. Bons 2006 Joint meeting NVvM-BVM-EMS November 26-28 2006, Lunteren, NL Full program available in hardcopy BSM Symposium "µTOM3D - Symposium on Electron / X-Ray Micro-Tomography and 3D Image Analysis" Leuven, 19 September 2006 Board: J.-P. Timmermans (president), B. Nysten (vice president), D. Adriaensen (secretary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), K. D'Herde, D. Schrijvers, J. Lecomte-Beckers, J. D'Haen, A.J. Bons 2005 BSM General Assembly & BSM sponsored 3rd Advanced Imaging Microscopy Meeting November 22, 2005, University of Antwerp Board: J.-P. Timmermans (president), B. Nysten (vice president), D. Adriaensen (secretary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), K. D'Herde, D. Schrijvers, J. Lecomte-Beckers, J. D'Haen, A.J. Bons 2004 EMC2004 - 13th European Microscopy Congress August 22-27, 2004, University of Antwerp Full program available in hardcopy Board: E. Pirard (president), J.-P. Timmermans (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), F. De Schrijver, M. Raes, K. D'Herde, M. D'Olieslager, A.J. Bons 2003 BSM Annual Meeting & General Assembly associated with a Materials Science Symposium at the Occasion of the 65th Anniversary and Retirement of Prof. Van Landuyt and the 80th Anniversary of Prof. Amelinckx May 23, 2003, University of Antwerp Board: E. Pirard (president), J.-P. Timmermans (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), F. De Schrijver, M. Raes, K. D'Herde, M. D'Olieslager, A.J. Bons 2002 JOINT MICROSCOPY MEETING LILLE 2002, SFµ - SSOM - NVVM - BSM joint meeting June 25-28, 2002, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France Full program available in hardcopy Board: E. Pirard (president), J.-P. Timmermans (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), F. De Schrijver, M. Raes, K. D'Herde, M. D'Olieslager, A.J. Bons 2001 BSM Annual Meeting & General Assembly ”Probing the molecular level” Rixensart, December 1, 2001 Board: E. Pirard (president), J.-P. Timmermans (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), C. Grandfils (treasurer), F. De Schrijver, M. Raes, K. D'Herde, M. D'Olieslager, A.J. Bons 2000 AMIABLE – 3rd Annual Meeting on Image Analysis in Belgium Liège, 21 January 2000 BSM - NVvM Joint Meeting, BSM General Assembly - modification of the statutes Papendal, NL, December 7-8 Board: E. Pirard (president), J.-P. Timmermans (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), G.Goessens (treasurer), ... ? 1999 AMIABLE – 2nd Annual Meeting on Image Analysis in Belgium Liège, 21 January 1999 BVM-SBM Annual Meeting “Microscopy and Aggression” Liège, 20 November 1999 Board: P. van Oostveldt (president), E. Pirard (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), G.Goessens (treasurer), C. Van Haesendonck, M. Deschuyteneer, J.-P. Timmermans, R. De Ridder 1998 AMIABLE – 1st Annual Meeting on Image Analysis in Belgium Liège, 21 January 1998 Trinoculaire 98, SFµ - SSOM - BSM joint meeting Strasbourg, F, 1-3 July 1998 Board: P. van Oostveldt (president), E. Pirard (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), G.Goessens (treasurer), C. Van Haesendonck, M. Deschuyteneer, J.-P. Timmermans, R. De Ridder 1997 BSM Annual Meeting Beerse, 29 November 1997 program available in hardcopy Board: P. van Oostveldt (president), E. Pirard (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), G.Goessens (treasurer), C. Van Haesendonck, M. Deschuyteneer, J.-P. Timmermans, R. De Ridder 1996 Information beyond the microscopical image, Joint Meeting NVvM & BVM December 12-13, "Het Pand", Gent Board: D. Van Dyck (president), M. Praet (vice president), D.Schrijvers (secertary), G.Goessens (treasurer), W.Jacob, P. van Oostveldt, O. Van der Biest, D. Thinès-Sempoux, C. Van Haesendonck, J.-L. Delplancke 1995 .... Board: D. Van Dyck (president), W.Jacob, G.Goessens (treasurer), D.Schrijvers, M.Praet, P. van Oostveldt, O. Van der Biest, D. Thinès-Sempoux, C. Van Haesendonck
1994
Special General Assembly - modification of the statutes Brussels, 20 May 1991 Transition from BVEM/SBME to BVM/SBM, broadening the scope to all forms of advanced microscopy
Joint meeting of the BVM/SBM with the NVvM (Dutch society) Papendal, 1-2 December 199
1993 .... 1992 AntwerpEM - Joint BVEM/SBME - NVvM meeting December 10-11, 1992 Program available in hardcopy Board: D. Van Dyck, F. Van Meijr, D. Schrijvers, ... ? 1991 General Assembly - modification of the statutes Namur, 19 April 1991 Board: D. Van Dyck, F. Van Meijr, D. Schrijvers, ... ? 1990 Joint meeting of the BVEM/SBME with the NVEM (Dutch society) Wageningen, December 1990 .... 1985 Joint meeting of the BVEM/SBME with the Deutsche Anatomengesellschaft Antwerp, September 1985 1984 Joint meeting of the BVEM/SBME with the SFME (French society) Lille, May 1984 1983 Joint meeting of the BVEM/SBME with the SFME (French society) Liège, May 1983 .... 1976 General Assembly - modification of the statutes Antwerp, 26 March 1976 .... 1974 Joint meeting of the BVEM/SBME with the NVEM (Dutch society) Rotterdam, May 1974 1973 Joint meeting of the BVEM/SBME with the DGEM and NVEM (German and Dutch societies) Liège, May 1973 .... 1970 International Congress on High Voltage Electron Microscopy Antwerp, September 1970 .... 1966
Founding of the Belgische Vereniging voor Electronenmicroscopie / Société Belge de Microscopie Electronique Gent, 25 March 1966 First Board Members: Prof. A. CLAUDE, Prof. A. VAN ITTERBEEK, Dr. Ir. T. GREDAY, Dr. P. BAUHUIN, Dr. H. FIRKET , Prof. A. LAGASSE
1957 Founding of the Comité Belge de Microscopie Electronique / Belgische Comiteit voor Electronenmicroscopie by L.Habraken, A. De Gueldre, M. Desirant, A. Lagasse (President), M. De Groodt, J. Fripiat and A. Bruaux
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Early 1950's Early attempt to found a Belgian Society for Microscopy, by Habraken (President) and Van der Meersch (Secretary)
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Sources: BSM archives D. Van Dyck, Electron Microscopy in Belgium, Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Vol. 96 (1996) p. 67-78
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