Inauguration of the SALVE microscope

Universität Ulm

Ulm, 11th of December 2017 - Ulm University was very pleased to welcome honored guests and friends from 17 countries of the world to celebrate the successful finishing of the SALVE (Sub-Angstrom Low-Voltage Electron Microscopy) project and the inauguration of the Cc/Cs-corrected SALVE microscope in its new purpose-designed building.

Prof. Michael Weber, president of Ulm University, opened the event, followed by warmest greetings expressed by Ulrich Steinbach (Ministerial Director, Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art), Dr. Burkhard Jahnen (Program Director, German Research Foundation - DFG), Prof. Michael Lehmann (President of the German Society of Electron Microscopy, DGE), Prof. Josef Zweck (President of the European Society of Microscopy, EMS) and Prof. Barry Carter (Vice President of the International Federation of Societies of Microscopy, IFSM).

The core of the ceremony was the speech of Prof. Ute Kaiser presenting the outline and the history of the SALVE project as well as important results obtained already with the new instrument. Within this talk Prof. Max. Haider (CEOS, Heidelberg) reported on the technological advances in electron optics triggered by the project.

The invited lecture of Prof. Klaus Müllen (MPIP Director, Mainz) elucidated the diversity of graphene chemistry, Prof. Klaus von Klitzing (Nobel Laureate, MPI Stuttgart) presented the inherent presence of electron microscopy in most ambitious and prominent research and technological projects of the last century awarded with the Nobel prize.

The ceremony had a profound festive note supported by musical performances by members of the Kaiser group, the string quartet and the chamber choir of Ulm University, and a performance of the Ulm University ballet.

The ceremony was completed by two after-dinner talks performed by Prof. Hannes Lichte (Senior Professor, Technical University Dresden) and Prof. Wolfgang Schleich (Head of Institute for Quantum Physics, Ulm University) giving a retrospective on the development of the Schrödinger equation in the last century and the importance of creativity, serendipity and inspiration in scientific life.

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Further information:
News article in German language
Event page of the SALVE inauguration and 3rd SALVE Symposium

Group picture with guests and speakers of the inauguration ceremony (Photo: Elvira Eberhardt)
Prof. Michael Weber, president of Ulm University, opened the event. (Photo: Elvira Eberhardt)
Prof. Ute Kaiser presented the outline and the history of the SALVE project as well as important results obtained already with the new instrument. (Photo: Elvira Eberhardt)