Nacht der Forschung 2017

On September 16, 2017, the University of Bern celebrated the Nacht der Forschung. The MIC contributed with various activities, organized by the coordinator Ruth Lyck. Urban Deutsch, Britta Engelhardt, Xenia Ficht, Daniel Hauser, Robert Rieben and Stefan Tschanz. Each of them gave short talks about their research and linked their findings to the benefit and fascination of high-quality microscopy. An exhibition of historic microscopes, kindly provided by the Institute of Medical History, and of microscopic images, kindly provided by members of the MIC, decorated the seminar room and, thus, added to the enjoyable atmosphere of presentations. In parallel, the visitors had the opportunity to construct a simple microscope with their smart phone camera, using a glass bead and a holder. This activity proved to be very attractive: Under the supervision of Yury Belyaev, Ana Stojiljkovic and Daniel Hauser more than 150 microscopes with magnification of 100x and 300x were built and distributed. We also set up three binocular microscopes and a specimen preparation station. In addition, histological samples from the medicine basic education were presented. Specimen preparation and inspection through the microscope was highly attractive especially for children. Popular with all age groups were the histological samples. Pascal Ender, Ruth Lyck, Nora Ruef, Raphaela Seeger, Michael Stoffel and Stefan Tschanz guided and supervised sample preparation and microscopy. Mariana Dias, Martin Liptay, Anita Senk, Coralie Dessauges and other students of the PhD program Cutting Edge Microscopy, provided additional important support. See impressions below.