Distinguished renal pathologist Dr. Michael Kashgarian died peacefully at home in Hamden, CT on June 28, 2025 at the age of 91.  A founding member of the Renal Pathology Club (which would become the RPS), he was a past President of the RPS, recipient of the Jacob Churg Distinguished Achievement Award and the Robert Heptinstall Lifetime Achievement Award, and mentor to many RPS members. Please see his obituary here

ESP Webinar Series on AI and Electron Microscopy

Invitation to register for Part 1

The European Society of Pathology (ESP) is constantly striving to increase the array of offered educational opportunities in Pathology. Among others, we provide courses, workshops, on demand online material, the best pathology congress, Fellowships, and of course free online webinars.

We are excited to announce a new series of ESP webinars, this one in collaboration with the ESP Working Group on Electron Microscopy. This webinar series will be on the application of the Artificial Intelligence to Electron Microscopy.

We are pleased to invite you to register for the 1st webinar of this series, which is scheduled for 28 October 2025 at 15:00-16:00 CET.

The subject of this webinar will be “Active learning of GBM thickness estimation: a step towards precision nephrology”.

The speakers for this webinar will be Prof. Gianandrea Pasquinelli, IT and Dr Nico Curti, IT.

The webinar will be moderated by Prof. Renate Kain, AT, Dr Valentina Papa, IT, and Prof. Giovanna Cenacchi, IT.

This webinar, like all the others, will be recorded and made available to ESP members via the ESP Educational Platform.

Registration is free of charge and available via this LINK

Please note that there are plenty more ESP activities open for registration now, including today’s ESP webinar on clinical trials!

To see the list of our upcoming Events, visit the respective page of the ESP website.