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New microscope users must attend a compulsory 2-hour introductory training session before being given access to a microscope on the booking system. Up to three trainees can be accommodated per session.This basic training will be provided using a standard specimen provided by the light microscopy group. In addition, if you need to use advanced microscopy techniques as part of your project you must attend a compulsory supervised advanced training session in which your own specimen will be used to demonstrate the equipment and software tools necessary for your project. Even if you aren't doing anything very advanced it would be worth booking one of these sessions; especially if you're new to microscopy or unfamiliar with the instruments.
Anyone who has not been trained on a particular microscope or analysis computer must be directly supervised by someone who has been trained until they receive training themselves. Please note that undergraduates, M.Sc students and other students who need access to the LMCB microscopes or image analysis computers for 2 months or less will not be eligible for training and instead must be directly supervised throughout that period.
How do I book training?
All training must be booked through the LMCB light microscopy email: lmcb-lm-help@ucl.ac.uk
Once an introductory or advanced training session has been booked it will be entered on the Microscope Training Calendar. If there is already a training session scheduled you can join that session provided it isn’t already fully subscribed but please email the address above to let us know you will be attending. Once you have received introductory training on a microscope you will be given access to the Faces Scheduling System where you will be able to book any microscope you've been trained on. You will also be entered onto the lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk mailing list, which microscope users can use to communicate with one another. Unless you will be doing nothing more advanced than imaging fixed slides it is highly likely that you will then have to attend an advanced training session using your own specimen.Please note that undergraduates, M.Sc students and other students who need access to the LMCB microscopes or image analysis computers for 2 months or less will not be eligible for training and instead must be directly supervised by a postdoc or other supervisor.
Introductory Training
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What will I learn?
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