Facility Use Policies
Facility Access
If you would like to use an instrument in the facility, please fill out the facility service request form. Following filling out the form, you will likely be asked to meet with Facility Director Emery Ng regarding imaging needs and timeline.
The facility can be accessed three different ways:
Assisted Use
- For those who won’t be using the facility frequently, assisted use of an instrument with Emery Ng can be arranged with the above form.
- Instrument use and facility assistance rates are charged.
Training
- Training by a Facility faculty member is required for independent use of the instruments.
- Initial training sessions will take 2 hours, with 1-2 users from one lab per session.
- Instrument use and facility assistance rates are charged for trainings.
- Requests for training can be made by completing the above form; Please contact Emery with any questions regarding the above form.
- Only trained users will get access to make instrument reservations and 24/7 card access to relevant doors in Steger Hall for Nikon instruments.
- For those who need access to the Zeiss LSM 880 in Fralin Hall, you will either be trained by Emery or Sandy and will need to request to access Fralin Hall 24/7.
- For more information on rates, please see the rate information here.
Consultations
- To determine whether imaging and the chosen technique will suit your research needs, we offer free short imaging sessions.
- Contact Emery Ng to describe what you want, and to make a time to trial instrument(s) to see what will suit your needs!