Inter/Micro

Happy New Year 2021!

As we enter this new year, we are encouraged by the tremendous support that we have received and say thank you. Through the generosity of new and loyal donors at every level, and several major gifts from caring individuals and corporations, we reached our initial goal and have gradually begun to resume operations. Scroll down the long list of recent donors on this GoFundMe page and see the progress that has been made so far: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/mccrone-research-institute-fund1

Last year, McCrone Research Institute faced an extraordinary budget gap. It was primarily due to the losses from unprecedented course and event cancellations and disruptions in every area of our operation as a result of emergency travel restrictions and business interruptions that our students and faculty here in Chicago and around the world have been experiencing since February. We want you back and need your help reaching our latest goals as 2021 unfolds. Please continue to give today and share our cause with your network to help us keep up the momentum. If you have already made a donation, thank you for supporting our mission. Your gifts at every level are making it all possible.

We are so grateful for the support we have received to date. Gifts like yours continue to help us make the major shift and deliver our mission. To stay up to date with upcoming courses, please check our website at https://www.mccroneinstitute.org.

McCrone Research Institute / Chicago Central-stop dispersion staining of a mixture of glass particles mounted in nD=1.520 Cargille high-dispersion liquid. (McCrone Research Institute)

Thank you for your continued support of McCrone Research Institute. We are inspired by the early success as we climb closer to our initial goal of $50,000 every day, and look forward to a bright future at the Institute in a post-COVID world. Please continue to share this campaign with your social networks and spread the word to preserve the legacy of Walter and Lucy McCrone.

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Important Message About COVID-19

We regret to announce that the Inter/Micro conference originally scheduled for June 2020 is cancelled.

We are closely monitoring the situation related to coronavirus by following and continually adapting to the recommended guidelines outlined by local, state, and national public health agencies including the CDC. At this time, the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago have issued a Stay at Home order through April 30, 2020. In adherence with this order, we at McCrone Research Institute in Chicago are confident that we are acting in the best interest of the health and well being of our students, instructors, staff, and the greater community. We will temporarily adapt our business operations to the changing circumstances and all but essential personnel will work at home while maintaining our not-for-profit mission of scientific education, research, and publishing. We are doing our part in trying to “flatten the curve” and control the spread of COVID-19 by adhering to public health agency recommended guidelines.

Please direct all enquiries to email: [email protected]

Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - cdc.gov

Thank you to our Exhibitors and Sponsors for their support:

ASTEE, Jan Burmeister, Cargille Labs, EDAX, Millette Technical Consulting, Nightsea, pH2, LLC, SMSI, TAKA International Agency, Inc., The Microscope journal

Reggie's Trivia Night Winners:

"Back of the Bus"

Peter Zoon, Kelly Brinsko-Beckert, Pete Diaczuk, Jan Burmeister, Martin Janssen, Walter Rantanen, Robert Boyle, Patrick Buzzini and Joseph Insana (left to right)

Inter/Micro 2019:

"Sources of GSR Particles: One that Shouldn’t and One that Wasn’t"

Martin Janssen — Netherlands Forensic Institute

Inter/Micro 2019: "Continuing Adventures in Fluorescence"

Charles Mazel - NIGHTSEA

Inter/Micro 2019:

Andra Lewis of Sam Houston State University discusses microscopical techniques for identifying various automobile fluids in a forensic investigation.

Michael Kamnischer (left) and Devin Kress of Penn State University take a break from presentations in the exhibitor room at Inter/Micro 2019.

Professor Brian J. Ford of Cardiff University, Wales, discusses the microscopical virtues of excrement during his annual Evening With Brian presentation at Inter/Micro 2019.

Kelly Brinsko-Beckert, a member of the American Society of Trace Evidence Examiners (ASTEE), leads the trivia contest at the Reggie's Rooftop Dinner Tuesday.