My role at this meeting is quite extensive. First and most notably, I am chairing the inaugural MSA pre meeting congress for students and early career professionals. For your reference, here is the link for an article discussing my appointment to the MSA National Student Council. http://research.vtc.vt.edu/news/2017/apr/03/researcher-elected-biological-sciences-director-mi/
Additionally, I am participating in the national council meetings. Where policy and the direction of the field will be discussed.  Through my role on the Student Council , I will be co-hosting several student events. I will be attending the meeting and several professional development courses. One will be lunch with a mentor, where my mentor will be a non-academic mentor. I am not presenting at this conference.

Information about the meeting and my role can be found at: http://microscopy.org/

I expect to gain valuable professional development skills in the execution of the events. I expect to interact with those from industry and other non-academic fields. Last year, I attended this meeting as a platform talk after receiving an award for my work in virus mobility. This year I will be more intimately involved in running the conference. I expect that the experiences gained will help launch my career. 
The Microscopy Society of American (MSA) is covering the cost of registration. Deb is able to cover the cost of my flight, my hotel for the week will be the amount listed above, 1,395.10.