For moment, I thought I was on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise …but no, it was actually the launch of Leeds Electron Microscopy & Spectroscopy Centre (LEMAS) at the University of Leeds Bragg Centre for Materials Research. We’ve come a long way since 1943 when textile physicist and pioneer of molecular biology William Astbury first installed an electron microscope in the toilets of the Textiles Deptartment at the University of Leeds!
