The future of ePSIC: virtual town hall
Feb
03.
The future of ePSIC: virtual town hall
The future of ePSIC: virtual town hall
- Date
- 03/02/20262026-02-03T09:30:00
- Time
- 09:30
- Location
- Online
The electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (ePSIC) is a UK national user facility for aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy, based at Diamond Light Source. To date, ePSIC has been funded by contributions from Diamond Light Source Ltd, the University of Oxford, Johnson Matthey Plc, and JEOL UK. To ensure a sustainable future for ePSIC, we are preparing a Statement of Need in Research Infrastructure to present to EPSRC, making the case for funding ePSIC’s operational costs. During this virtual town hall meeting, we will provide an overview of ePSIC’s contribution to UK science to date, share our plans for the future and invite attendees to provide feedback and ideas for new opportunities. We believe it is essential that ePSIC remains a community-driven facility supporting both the electron microscopy community and the broader UK scientific ecosystem. We welcome input from scientists across a diverse range of disciplines and career stages on how we can best support their research.
If you plan to attend the town hall meeting and would be willing to complete a short survey that would be very helpful. The survey should take no more than 2 minutes to complete and can be found here: ePSIC user survey – Fill in form.
| 09.30 – 10.00 | ePSIC – a national facility for aberration-corrected electron microscopy |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Multi-modal, multi-length-scale imaging at ePSIC and DLS, progress and opportunities |
| 10.30 –11.00 | A brief history of ePSIC |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Break |
| 11.15- 11.30 | A user perspective of ePSIC |
| 11.30 – 11.45 | Industrial research at ePSIC |
| 11.45 – 12.00 | The ePSIC peer-review panel |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Break |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Future plans for ePSIC – EPSRC statement of need |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Open discussion |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Final comments |
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