McCrone Research Institute
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| Established | 1960 |
| Type | Independent, Not-For-Profit |
| Students | Over 25,000 since 1960 |
| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Website | http://www.mcri.org |
The McCrone Research Institute [1] is a not-for-profit educational and research organization for microscopy located in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by Dr. Walter C. McCrone [2][3] in 1960. With over 25,000 enrollments since its incorporation, it is the largest independent microscopy and microanalysis institution in the United States dedicated solely to the teaching of microscopists. McRI maintains over one hundred light microscopes in addition to electron microscopes, spectrometers, and scientific digital imaging systems for use in any of its over 50 intensive one-week courses offered each year.
The McCrone Research Institute incorporates enhanced lecture rooms and laboratories, a museum, a library, reference collections, atlases, databases, and other teaching materials relating to microscopy and microanalysis in its own 11,000 ft2 building and is the principal microscopy training organization for tens of thousands of practicing scientists in environmental, forensic, industrial, government, and university laboratories worldwide.
Microscope Publications, a division of the McCrone Research Institute, is publisher and provider of microscopy textbooks, handbooks, and atlases including The Particle Atlas, the world’s first atlas of microscopic particles, The Microscope Series Handbooks, and the international journal, The Microscope, founded in 1937 [4].
The McCrone Research Institute sponsors the Inter/Micro [5] Conference in Chicago. These meetings were first organized in 1948 and feature a symposium, exhibition, and workshops on light and electron microscopy.
Additionally, McRI maintains a program for Certification in Applied Chemical Microscopy and awards certificates for successful completion of its microscopy and microanalysis courses.
