Dr. Barnaby Levin to Present at MSC-SMC 2026 in Montreal

Direct Electron is pleased to announce that Dr. Barnaby Levin will be presenting at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of Canada / Société de Microscopie du Canada (MSC-SMC) in Montreal.

MSC-SMC 2026 brings together researchers and technologists from across the microscopy community for a week of scientific exchange focused on electron microscopy, advanced imaging, analytical techniques, and emerging instrumentation. The meeting will also feature a Microscopy Summer School on May 25–26, including lectures and hands-on sessions in analytical electron microscopy, imaging data processing, advanced optical microscopy, and X-ray microscopy.

We look forward to connecting with attendees throughout the meeting to discuss the latest advances in cryo-EM, diffraction, and high-performance direct detectors for TEM imaging.

If you’ll be attending MSC-SMC 2026 in Montreal, we hope you’ll join Dr. Barnaby Levin’s presentation and connect with our Canadian partners Edge Scientific during the meeting.

And don’t forget to follow Barnaby on BlueSky at @bdalev.bsky.social!

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