Dear microscopists, unfortunately despite a fair amount of pushing, the judges have not all come back to me with the scoring of the competition entries, and for unknown reasons the calendars have also been delayed, so we'll have to be patient with all this until the beginning of the new year. I'm really sorry for this, I've really tried hard to push everything through in time. The FILM Crew will be away during the college closure, and we'll be back refreshed from Wednesday 2 January 2013. I personally will be on a meeting directly afterwards, I'll be back at my desk a week later, from Wednesday 9 January, but Mark and Steve will be available earlier. Which leaves me to wish you all a relaxing holiday, a nice and peaceful Christmas break and a good start into the new year. Thank you all for the good cooperation in the facility, best wishes for your break from imaging, Martin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Martin Spitaler, PhD* *FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy* - Facility Manager - Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 401 Imperial College London / South Kensington Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK Tel. +44-(0)20-759-42023 E-mail m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk> Website: http://imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility