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McCrone 2023 Online and In-Person Microscopy Courses

APRIL

April 5 – 6: Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance, and Adjustment (1301V) ONLINE Closing soon
April 10 – 14: Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification (1630V) ONLINE Closing soon
April 17 – 21: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos (1608A) IN-PERSON Closed
April 19: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) Basics 1-Day Refresher (1200V) ONLINE
April 26: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos 1-Day Refresher (1601V) ONLINE

MAY

May 8 – 12: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] (1616) IN-PERSON Closed
May 15 – 19: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy (1204) IN-PERSON
May 23 – 25: Advanced Indoor Air Quality: Identification of Fungal Cultures (1632) IN-PERSON

JUNE

June 27 – 29: Sample Preparation and Manipulation for Microanalysis (1501V) ONLINE
June 29 – 30: Mycological Laboratory Techniques for Environmental Samples (1660V) ONLINE New course

JULY

July 10 – 14: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy (1204) IN-PERSON
July 10 – 14: Advanced Indoor Air Quality: Advanced Fungal Spore Identification (1635V) ONLINE
July 12 – 13: Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance, and Adjustment (1301V) ONLINE
July 25: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) Basics 1-Day Refresher (1200V) ONLINE
July 27: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos 1-Day Refresher (1601V) ONLINE
July 31 – August 4: McCrone Chemical Microscopy at Cornell University (1202) IN-PERSON

AUGUST

August 7 – 11: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos (1608A) IN-PERSON
August 14 – 18: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] (1616) IN-PERSON
August 21 – 25: Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification (1630V) ONLINE

SEPTEMBER

September 11 – 15: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy (1204) IN-PERSON
September 25 – 29: Advanced Indoor Air Quality: Advanced Fungal Spore Identification (1635V) ONLINE

OCTOBER

October 4: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) Basics 1-Day Refresher (1200V) ONLINE
October 11: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos 1-Day Refresher (1601V) ONLINE
October 16 – 20: Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification (1630) IN-PERSON
October 23 – 27: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] (1616) IN-PERSON
October 30 – November 3: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos (1608A) IN-PERSON

NOVEMBER

November 6 – 10: Advanced Asbestos Identification (1608B) IN-PERSON
November 15 – 16: Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance, and Adjustment (1301V) ONLINE

DECEMBER

December 4 – 8: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy (1204) IN-PERSON

Additional courses will be posted as soon as they become available. Courses and schedule are subject to change. Check this page frequently for updates and revisions.

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