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• • Prime time: 1000 to 1800 Monday to Friday
  • No restrictions on booking outside prime time
  • Maximum number of hours per user per day in prime time: 5
  • Maximum number of hours per user per week in prime time: 12
  • You may only book 2 weeks in advance

Booking rules

The following In addition to the General Rules, the following specific booking rules apply.

• The Vox 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 in 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 may be cancelled. Exceptions can be made in some cases but a detailed written explanation must be given 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 set the chamber heater accordingly. If no temperature is specified then you may leave the chamber at its current temperature
• If no-one will be using the machine for the rest of 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: sending an email to the Agendo mailing list or to lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk

Users breaking the rules where the word MUST is highlighted in red will receive a warning. A further infringement of one of these rules will result in a two-week sin bin period banning the user from booking the machine. An additional week will be added for each further infringement. Warnings and sin binnings will elapse after 6 months if no further infringements have occurredThe rules are designed to preserve the life of the confocal system and to ensure everybody has fair access to the machines. Failure to observe them will initially result in a warning email, after which booking privileges will be removed; initially for one week but increasing to two weeks, three weeks etc. if the problem continues. Warnings and other penalties will elapse after six months if there have been no more infringements.

Usage rules

In addition the usage rules below must be followed.

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