Joint meeting of the Microscopy Society of America (56th) and the Microbeam Analysis Society (32nd).

An exciting and diverse set of meeting activities has been arranged for the upcoming gathering of microscopists and micro-analysts in Atlanta, Georgia in July. The meeting should prove to have something for everybody. The core of the Microscopy and Microanalysis '98 meeting consists of state-of-the-art symposia in the areas of Advances in Instrumentation and Techniques and in Applications of Microscopy and Microanalysis in the areas of biological sciences and physical sciences. Invited speakers include world-renown researchers from 14 different countries. Of special interest are symposia celebrating 30 Years of Energy Dispersive Spectrometry in Microanalysis (specially sponsored by MAS), 30 Years of Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopy, and a pre-meeting workshop and meeting symposia on that topic have also been scheduled this year.