June 2026

In this edition, we remind you that the 2027 Texas Society for Microscopy meeting will be hosted by the MIC at Texas A&M, announce that the Nikon Multiphoton Microscope is now available for all Department of Biology users, and list the many events and workshops the MIC is hosting this summer.

Congratulations to Dr. Archita Sharma from Dr. Feng Zhao’s lab (Department of Biomedical Engineering) for being March’s Picture of the Month winner!

Congratulations to Zach Hoover from Dr. Junjie Zhang’s lab (Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics) for being May’s Picture of the Month winner! 

If you’d like to submit an image for a chance to be June’s winner and to win a free MIC t-shirt, you can do so and find more information on our POM webpage.

Previous Newsletters

Announce that the 2027 Texas Society for Microscopy meeting will be hosted by the MIC at Texas A&M, highlight staff member Dr. Stan Vitha, and list upcoming microscopy conferences.

 February’s Picture of the Month winner: Ms. Cerrina Rodriguez from Dr. Larry Griffing’s lab (Biology)

Ask Material Scientists for help in providing high-quality images, highlight staff member Dr. Holly Gibbs, and list some upcoming microscopy conferences and opportunities.

January’s Picture of the Month winner: Ms. Aakriti Rastogi from Dr. Alex Keene’s lab (Biology).

Ask for your opinion on a potential biological image analysis working group, highlight AIVIA, an AI-enabled software for 3D image segmentation, and list two TAMU microscopy courses co-taught by MIC staff that only happen in the spring.

December 2025 Picture of the Month winner: SK Hossain from Dr. Jeff Bullard’s lab (Civil Engineering)

Reminder of rate increase that goes into effect on December 1, Dr. Hansoo Kim highlight, and Talos F200i TEM highlight.

November 2025 Picture of the Month winner: Yang Hyun Auh from Dr. Jodie L. Lutkenhaus’s lab (Chemical Engineering).

CORRECTION: November POM description should be: “The samples and images… are courtesy of Natalie N. Neal, Dr. Kailash Arole, Dr. Yordanos Bisrat and Dr. Sisi Xiang.”

Rationale of rate increase, review of TEM sample preparation course, and highlighting upcoming seminars.

October 2025 Picture of the Month winner: Kaitlin Hill from Dr. Lawrence Griffing’s lab (Biology).

Cryo FIB-SEM highlight, Dr. Anindito Sen highlight, and reminder of upcoming TEM sample preparation course.

September 2025 Picture of the Month winner: Andrew Buxton from Dr. Dylan McCreedy’s lab (Biology).

Upcoming changes, meet the staff, and upcoming TEM sample preparation course.

We’re bringing back Picture of the Month! See gallery of previous ones here.