Since 1948, McCrone Research Institute (www.mcri.org) has sponsored the Inter/Micro symposium. This week-long meeting offers presentations on all aspects of microscopy, methods and materials. Most of our attendees feel that Inter/Micro is the best conference they attend all year due to the quality of the content in the multidisciplinary technical papers, the experts in all areas of microscopy that regularly attend, and the personal atmosphere of the entire meeting.