How to Shrink your Microscope

Tuesday 11th November 2025, 6.30pm, Sibson Lecture Theatre 3

Michael Hughes (University of Kent)

Something about making microscopes smaller – abstract TBA

About the speaker
Dr Michael Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy and a member of the Applied Optics Group, where his lab develops new technology for ultra-miniature optical imaging and sensing probes with the potential to open up new applications in medicine and biosciences. He is particularly interested on building cost-effective systems for use in point-of-care and low-resource settings.

The talk is free and open to all.  Doors open about half an hour before the talk begins.

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