General Policies
The instruments of the facility represent a substantial investment
and resource for the research community. To ensure that these resources
are available to investigators at the optimum performance level and a
minimum of down-time, the following policies have been established:
- To gain access the instruments, investigators must coordinate
with one of the directors of the facility and be instructed by the
staff.
- In the event of problems while operating the instruments, the
facility staff has to be notified immediately. All occurring problems
and failures must be recorded in the logbook.
- Instruments and chemicals must not be removed from the lab at any time.
- Computers in the microscope rooms may only be used for image
acquiring and processing purposes. The computers operating the
microscopes must not be used to browse the internet and write/read
emails.
- Acquired digital images or data have to be transferred
immediately to CD/hard disc drives or via online access. Computer hard
drives may only be used for temporary storage, and old files will be
deleted periodically without warning.
- Users who do not follow or abuse these policies and/or lack of
respect towards the other users or the facility staff, will be excluded
from use of the facility.
