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If you are a new user or if you need training on a microscope or software you haven’t used before, you should email lmcb-lm-help@ucl.ac.uk to discuss your project and to arrange training. In order to maintain social distancing we are remotely training new microscope users where possible, so it is more important than ever to try to tailor training to the user's requirements. If you are new to the facility, a staff member will grant you access to the Agendo booking system where you will be able to find the facility’s COVID-19 local rules in the Notes & SOP section. There are additional guidance documents for users of the UCL Super-resolution Facility in the Agendo Notes & SOP section.
Depending on the equipment available, the trainee will normally operate the microscope while the trainer connects remotely. A member of facility staff will be in the building during the training sessions and can be contacted if a problem arises that cannot be solved remotely. Depending on your experience with microscopes you may be required to take a short online induction before hands-on training.
What visitors need to do to get access
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Once you are in the LMCB you must hold your QR code up to the scanner at reception to register that you have entered. The picture below shows the QR scanner with the red arrow indicating the camera.
Training
On your first visit to the facility a member of staff will be available to help with any problems. This will probably be remote help, but there is always a member of facility staff in the building if required. Depending on the equipment available, the trainee will normally operate the microscope while the trainer connects remotely. A member of facility staff will be in the building during the training sessions and can be contacted if a problem arises that cannot be solved remotely. Depending on your experience with microscopes you may be required to take a short online induction before hands-on training.
Working in the LMCB
Masks, gloves, and hand sanitiser are available at reception, on the landings and outside the toilets. You must wear a face-covering when walking around the building, when in shared areas like labs, and when working in microscope rooms. You must wear gloves when working on the microscopes or other shared equipment and when touching commonly used door handles and entry systems (e.g. the code lock on the door to the microscope lab G.08). Fresh gloves are available in the microscope labs and there is a hand-wash basin in room G.08.
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