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All microscope users must receive introductory training before being able to book microscopes. Introductory training on a microscope will consist of an initial session covering the overall operation of the machine to be followed by a further session with the user's own specimen. Please see the LMCB Light Microscopy Training Policy for more information.
The LMCB Code of Practice for Laboratory Workers and the LMCB Health and Safety Policy apply to all microscope rooms. Remember that these rooms are laboratories and should be treated as such.
Each microscope room has a folder
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If you want to carry out a procedure that is not covered by the standard risk assessment (e.g. one involving higher risks) then you must discuss this with the light microscopy facility manager well in advance and prepare a separate risk assessment for that work.
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You must book microscopes for all the time you want to use them. The booking rules vary between microscopes. More details about booking microscopes can be found in the LMCB Light Microscopy Booking Policy.
In general you should save microscope data directly to the server because it is routinely backed up. Exceptions to this include time-lapse acquisitions where it might be safer to save data on a local disc before copying it later. More details about saving data can be found in the LMCB Light Microscopy Data Policy.
Keeping the microscopes clean
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- Contact email for arranging training, reporting problems or requesting help with image acquisition or processing: lmcb-lm-help@ucl.ac.uk
- Departmental Safety Officer's email to report any accidents or incidents: p.topham@ucl.ac.uk
- Members-only mailing list for communicating with other microscope users and sharing information about protocols and procedures: lmcb-lm-users@ucl.ac.uk
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