The 2010 McCrone Research Institute Course Calendar

The following list is the McCrone Research Institute (McRI) course schedule. Most classes run from Monday morning to Friday afternoon. The exceptions are 1430 and 1210 which are three day courses, and 1301 which is a two day course.

January 2010

January 7-8:	Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance and Adjustment (#1301)
January 11-15:	Microscopical Identification of Asbestos (#1608A)
January 18-22:	Advanced Asbestos Identification (#1608B)
January 25-29:	Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] (#1616)

February 2010

February 1-5:	Comparative Microscopy of Soils (1701)
February 8-12:	Advanced Polarized Light/Microscopy of White Powders (#1550)
February 15-19:	Sample Preparation and Manipulation (#1501E)

March 2010

March 8-9:	Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance and Adjustment (#1301)
March 15-19:	Microscopical Identification of Asbestos (#1608A)
March 22-26:	Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] (#1616)0
March 29-April 2:	Applied Polarized Light/Forensic Microscopy (#1201/1204)

April 2010

April 12-16:	Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification (#1630)
April 26-30:	Microscopical Identification of Asbestos (#1608A)

May 2010

May 3-7:	Advanced Asbestos Identification (#1608B)
May 17-21:	Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Spectroscopy (#1402)

June 2010

June 7-11:	Microchemical Methods (#1270A)
June 14-15:	Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance and Adjustment
June 14-18:	Applied Polarized Light/Forensic Microscopy
June 21-25	Pharmaceutical Microscopy
June 28-30:	Fluorescence Microscopy

July 2010

July 26-30:

Microscopical Identification of Asbestos

August 2010

August 2-3:	JUST ADDED Microscope Cleaning, Maintenance, and Adjustment
August 2-6:	Chemical Microscopy
August 2-6:	Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification
August 9-13:	Food and Foreign Body Identification
August 9-11:	Raman Microscopy
August 16-20:	Practical Infrared Microspectroscopy – FTIR
August 23-27:	Applied Polarized Light/Forensic Microscopy

September 2010

August 30-September 3:	Advanced PLM/Advanced Forensic Microscopy
September 13-17:	Microscopical Identification of Asbestos
September 20-24:	Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582]
September 20-24:	Microscopy for Pigment and Fiber Identification in Art and Artifacts
September 27 – October 1	Pharmaceutical Microscopy

October 2010

October 4-8:	Applied Polarized Light/Forensic Microscopy
October 18-22:	Microscopy of Explosives
October 25-29:	Comparative Microscopy of Soils

November 2010

November 1-5:	Forensic Hair and Fiber Microscopy
November 8-12:	Microscopical Identification of Asbestos
November 9-11:	Indoor Air Quality: Advanced Fungal Spore Identification
November 15-19:	Advanced Asbestos Identification
November 29-December 3:	Applied Polarized Light/Forensic Microscopy

December 2010

December 6-10:	Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Spectroscopy
December 13-17:	Practical Infrared Microspectroscopy – FTIR
December 13-17:	Microscopy for the Conservator of Art and Artifacts

If there is a course or a subject not listed that you are interested in, please contact the registrar.

The McCrone Research Institute reserves the right to reschedule or cancel courses because of low enrollment or extenuating circumstances. All of the participants will be notified by email, fax or phone. We will make every effort to contact participants as early as possible. Please contact the Registrar with inquires.