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Limitations on booking within the scheduling system are listed below. Prime time
limitations apply between 1000 and 1800 hours.
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The following booking rules apply.
- The Vox must always MUST be booked before use; even if that means immediately before use. If you are using the machine without booking it, then any user that books the same time has priority over you and can quit your session. So make sure you book enough time to carry out your experiment and transfer data
- Always specify what temperature you need using the drop-down menu when you book the Voxin the Agendo booking system
- You MUST begin imaging, transferring data or otherwise using the system within one hour of the beginning of your booking or the session will may be cancelled. Exceptions can be made for particular projects in some cases but a detailed written explanation must be given for the project explaining saying why the specimen or technique necessitates such a long delay (e.g. variable embryo development time)
- If you need to cancel your reservation you MUST do so as soon as possible and not less than 4 hours before the start of the session
- Whenever you finish or cancel your session you MUST check if anyone has booked after you. Always scroll down in the booking system to check the evening; it is very likely that someone will have booked after 6pm and you won’t be able to see this unless you scroll down
- You MUST check to see what temperature the next user needs and turn set the chamber heater on or off accordingly. If no temperature is specified then turn you may leave the chamber on to 37°Cat its current temperature
- If no-one will be using the machine for three hours or more after the end rest of your session the day you MUST turn the imaging system off. This does not apply to the heater, which should be left at the correct temperature for the next user
- When you cancel or finish early you MUST alert all other users that the Vox is free by emailing the following address: lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk
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