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The Association of Clinical Electron Microscopists (ACEM) aims to promote awareness, teaching and best practice of clinical electron microscopy, i.e. electron microscopy applied to human specimens for the purpose of diagnosis and research. 

Founded in 1998, ACEM represents clinical electron microscopy in the UK at government and health professional organisation level.  Although UK-based, we have overseas members around the world. 

 


Latest News!

ACEM One Day Meeting

This year’s ACEM one day meeting will be held in conjunction with the PathSoc and BDIAP meeting in Manchester. The main meeting runs from Tuesday 23 - Thursday 25 June and the ACEM meeting will be on Wednesday 24 June. It may interest many of you to know that there is an Advances in Renal Pathology day on Tuesday 23 June.

We have lined up a great range of speakers for our sessions - https://abbey.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/manchester-pathology-2026/programme/Agenda. We will also organise a social event on the evening of Tuesday which you are all welcome to attend – details to follow.

Registration is open and early bird prices available before 23.59 on Friday 1 May 2026. It would be great to see as many of you as possible there. This meeting is a wonderful networking as well as an educational event. https://path.org.uk/default.aspx

Copies of the slides from all of the 2025 talks are available in the members area of the ACEM website. Membership costs £35 per year and if you would like to become a member please complete the form.


Job opportunity– please do forward to anyone you think might be suitable.

The vacancy is for a Trainee Biomedical Scientist (Band 5) in the Electron Microscopy Unit at Charing Cross Hospital (North West London Pathology). The vacancy is advertised on nhsjobs.com see link below:

Job vacancy: Trainee Biomedical Scientist, North West London Pathology, London | trac.jobs


View the recording of the Cellular Pathology Community Meeting from 23 January 2026

View the recording of the Cellular Pathology Community Meeting from 7 October 2025