Dr. Mario Schimak was awarded his Magister in Ecology from the University of Vienna and graduated in Deep-sea bacterial symbiosis and marine ecology. His Doctoral thesis was completed at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, and focused on the transmission of obligate bacterial symbionts in animal hosts. The past two and a half years were spent at Lonza in Visp, Switzerland, as a team leader in a GMP QC Microbiology laboratory. His EM experience includes sample preparation, Ultra-thin sectioning, Cryo techniques and EM analysis for both SEM & TEM. Mario recently joined Leica Microsystems in Vienna within Dr. Robert Kirmse’s Team as Product Manager and will support in Ultramicrotomy. Together with Robert Ranner as an advisor, Mario is responsible for UC7, FC7, ARTOS, EM KMR3, EM RAPID, EM TRIM2, EM TP & AC20.