McCrone Microscopy Training Course Schedule
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Courses and schedule are subject to change. Check back here frequently for updates and revisions:
2020 McCrone Microscopy Courses New dates
January 2020
January 13 – 17: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] Closing soon
January 20 – 24: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos Closing soon
January 27 – 31: Advanced Asbestos Identification Closing soon
February 2020
February 3 – 7: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) / Forensic Microscopy
February 18 – 20: Fluorescence Microscopy
March 2020
March 2 – 6: Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification
March 11 – 12: Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance and Adjustment
March 16 – 20: Hair and Fiber Microscopy
March 24 – 26: Animal Hair Identification
March 30 – April 3: Microcrystal Tests for Illicit Drugs and Diverted Pharmaceuticals
April 2020
April 6 – 10: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis
April 13 – 17: Advanced Indoor Air Quality: Advanced Fungal Spore Identification
April 20 – 24: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582]
April 27 – May 1: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos
May 2020
May 4 – 8: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy
May 11 – 15: Food Microscopy
May 18 – 22: Microscopy of Extraneous and Foreign Matter in Food
June 2020
June 8 – 12: Inter/Micro 2020: International Microscopy Conference
June 22 – 26: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis
July 2020
July 6 – 10: Microscopy for the Conservator of Art and Artifacts
July 13 – 17: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582]
July 20 – 24: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy
July 27 – 31: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos
July 27 – 31: McCrone Chemical Microscopy at Cornell University
August 2020
August 10 – 14: Sample Preparation and Manipulation for Microanalysis
August 18 – 20: Fluorescence Microscopy
September 2020
September 1 – 3: Digital Imaging and Photomicrography
September 21 – 25: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis
October 2020
October 5 – 9: Advanced Forensic Microscopy (1701) / Advanced Applied Polarized Light Microscopy
October 19 – 23: Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582]
October 26 – 30: Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification
November 2020
November 2 – 9: Applied Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) (1201) / Forensic Microscopy
November 9 – 13: Microscopical Identification of Asbestos
November 16 – 20: Advanced Asbestos Identification
December 2020
December 7 – 11: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis