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Microscopy facility rules of use:
1. Before being issued online booking access and using the CIAN Microscopy facility ALL USERS MUST meet the following requirements:
- Be trained by one of the local confocal managers or a representative from the microscope company. Users will not be permitted to train other new users.
- All users MUST fill out a project proposal form.
- Users MUST be part of a laboratory or group that is registered with the facility and has provided account information for billing of fees.
2. Initial training sessions will be scheduled for 3 hours and the user is required to bring a sample similar to one they will be using for their project to work with during the training session. This makes the training more specific to a given application and helps address specific sample issues.
3. Each confocal session will be limited to a maximum of one 4 hour session per day with a limit of 3 sessions (total of 12 hours) per week.
If there is a need for longer/more access to the equipment either for a single use or on a more permanent basis please contact us.
4. Users are to sign in the log book with the time they start using the equipment and the time they finish. Users will be charged for time used with a minimum charge of one hour for each booking. If users consistently overbook time they will be charged for time booked, not time used. If users do not show up for time they have booked and they do not cancel a booking within 2 hours of the start time they will be charged for the entire booking.
5. If users do not show up during the first hour of their booking the instrument is considered available for others to use. As per statement 4, you will be billed for the time booked.
6. Users will NOT be charged if the equipment is not functioning. Please inform the local manager or the facility director immediately if there is a problem with the equipment.
7. Users can only work on instruments they have been trained on.
8. ONLY users with prior approval will be permitted to use the instruments after hours.