This article focuses on Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) workshop. SEM studies in dermatology will be the subject of the workshop on April 17, 1981 in Dallas, Texas during the SEM/1981 meetings sponsored by SEM Inc. Papers dealing with studies on stratum corneum, epidermis, dermis, hair, sweat glands, receptors, tumors, microorganisms, embryology, acne, alopecia, psoriasis or comparative aspects of the skin and its appendages in man and lower forms are invited for this workshop. Studies on cornified surfaces of other organs and those which promote the advancement of SEM applications to cutaneous pathology are also welcome.