Information about using LMCF
Information for after you have been trained . . .
Making a reservation
Now that you know how to use the microscope you can book and use it any time you want. Click "Booking" in the leftside menu and use your netid to login to the system. The booking page is fairly self explanatory but let Sam know if you have any problems. Use the comments section to indicate which lasers you will use (this helps minimize the number of times they are turned on and off unneccesarily).
Need more information or help?
I try and make as much information as possible available on the website. That is a good place to start if you have questions or are looking for a specific piece of information.
Please ask if you have problems or want to know more.
Further training
You are welcome to use as many different microscopes as you need. If you start imaging different things it is quite likely a different scope might be better. All the systems are listed on the website. Please request training on any of the other scopes if you want to start using them.
You are welcome to bring along lab mates or do imaging for them. If other people from your lab want to use the scopes themselves please ask them to request training.
Logbook
What you write in the log book each time you use the scope is used as the basis of the billing. Please try and write clearly. The PI you write on the list should be who is paying the bill. If you leave the scope on for somebody please write in the comments section "on for <name>".
Billing
We send out bills each month. Please let Heather Gavilan know if there is a person (such as a lab-manager) to whom we should send the bills, otherwise we will send them to whoever used the microscope. We also need a fund code, which you can change at any time.
Emails and communication
We send emails to users if there is important news (eg there is a new microscope or event that may be of interest). These emails are kept to a minimum. The status of microscopes is indicated on the booking page.