GUEST SPEAKER Ross Boadle is Senior Scientist in Electron Microscopy at the Institute of Clinical Pathology at Westmead Hospital. Ross announced that seeing that it was a dinner meeting he thought it wise not to bring “samples”. Ross explained the procedure of reducing tissue specimens so that they can be seen under the Electron Microscope for research work. The cost of the microscopes can be in excess on $2 million. Specimens have to be frozen so that very thin slices can be removed. This leads to the risk of frost bite in the fingers. Ross had samples of “things” (didn’t get told what they were) on slides so we could see close at hand the way they were magnified. All the members obviously found the talk very interesting and there were many question asked of Ross after his talk. Lou thanked Ross on behalf of the club for a very informative but brief look at the world of cells and tissues through a microscope.