The Winter School on Electron Microscopy aims to provide basic training in the theory and practice of Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM) and related techniques (EDX, FIB). The course covers imaging, diffraction and chemical microanalysis as well as important area of sample preparation.

 

Thanks to the limited number of participants in each group (max. 5), you will have the opportunity to experience SEM, TEM, FIB and sample preparation hands-on, at University of Nova Gorica in Ajdovščina and at Nanocenter in Ljubljana.

 

In the interactive training sessions and daily coffee breaks, you can discuss your research work and make new contacts with other doctoral students, young postdocs and expert trainers.

 

The participants will be divided into 3 groups (G1, G2, G3), with parallel activities. 

The sessions are organized according to the following programme:

 Monday 2/2/2026 Tuesday 3/2/2026Wednesday 4/2/2026Thursday 5/2/2026
(all in Ajdovščina)
 G1G2G3 G1G2G3G1G2G3G1G2G3
9:00 – 9:30Welcome9:00 – 12:00FIB/BIO sample prep.SEMTEMTEMFIBSEMSEMTEMFIB
9:30 – 12:00·       Introduction
to electron microscopy and sample preparation
·       Case studies
12:00 – 13:30Lunch all together at UNG12:00  – 13:30Lunch breakLunch break Lunch break
13:30 – 16:30 Demo labs tour:13:30-16:30FIB/BIO sample prep.SEMTEMTEMFIBSEMSEMTEMFIB
SEM
TEM
Sample preparation

 

For more information, please contact: mattia.fanetti@ung.si

The course will be open to a maximum of 15 participants from the Programme Area and will be held in English due to the highly technical content. The activity is co-financed within the framework of the ALL-MICRO project.

If you are interested, please fill out the application form and send it to:
mattia.fanetti@ung.si

The deadline for submitting applications is 14 November 2025. Selection will be completed by 30 November 2025, and selected participants will be notified during the first week of December 2025.

 

Reports will be written in Italian and Slovenian.