International Federation of Societies for Microscopy

International Federation of Societies for Microscopy
Fédération internationale des sociétés de microscopie électronique
AbbreviationIFSM
FormationOctober 1951; 73 years ago (1951-10)[1][2]
TypeINGO
Location
  • Illinois, USA
Membership
37 national members and 9 associate members[3]
Official languages
English, French, Spanish, German
President
Angus Kirkland
Vice President
Kazuo Furuya
Websiteifsm.info
Formerly called
Joint Commission for Electron Microscopy[1][3]
International Federation of Electron Microscope Societies[2]
International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy[2]

The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (French: Fédération internationale des sociétés de microscopie électronique; Spanish: Federación Internacional de Sociedades de Microscopia Electrónica; German: Internationaler Verband der Gesellschaften für Elektronenmikroskopie)[1] is an international non-governmental organization representing microscopy. It currently has 37 national members and 9 associate members, which are split into three regional committees, the Committee for Asia-Pacific Societies of Microscopy, the European Microscopy Society and the Interamerica Committee for Societies for EM.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "International Federation of Societies for Microscopy - Yearbook Profile". Union of International Associations. 22 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Hawkes2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ICSU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).