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Microscope Reservation

Reservation : We use the Google calendar system for microscope scheduling. First time users must register and then send an e-mail to ramshes@musc.edu for the microscopes and indicate the email address you have used for the calendar account and which microscope you want to be added to. The calendar for the microscope will then be added to your account.

The calendars can be viewed from the links below. However to create or delete a sign-up one has to go to the calendar website and sign-in.
Zeiss LSM510 NLO Quad QE3C2
Olympus FV1000 MPE Quad QF414
BD CARV II Quad QF418
Zeiss 510 META STB 647
Leica HO704

Microscope usage fee:    

Instrument

Base rate $
(per hour)

Member rate $
(per hour)

After hours rate $
(per hour)

Zeiss 510 in Quadrangle

40

30

20

Mutliphoton laser
with Zeiss 510 in Quadrangle

48

36

24

BD CARV II

20

15

10

       Zeiss 510 in Strom Thurmond

40

30

20

      Leica TSC SP2 AOBS in Hollings

20

15

10

     Assistance/Training in addition to usage

50

37.50

Same

            

Sign-up policies:

  • Minimum sign up is 1 hr, subsequent charge in half hour increments.
  • Billing will be calculated on reserved time or actual time used, which ever is greater.
  • There is a 12 hour cancellation policy, with requirement to notify user list-serve by email (current lists will be provided). Without appropriate cancellation, reserved time will be billed.
  • High volume users may be assigned recurring time slots on individual microscopes that must be claimed by close of business on Thursday (5 PM) of the prior week. Unclaimed and remaining time is then open for sign-up on a first come basis.
  • Earliest reservations accepted the Monday of the week prior to use.
  • If last user of the day does not shut down the scope, PI will be charged hrs of laser time and/or user cannot use the scope for a period of time, to be determined by the Hollings Cancer Microscopy Imaging Facility Executive committee.
  • Billing is through a monthy Hollings Cancer Center IIT.
  • Required training hours are determined by personnel. In general they will be 1-4 hrs.
  • After hours is from 6 pm to 8 am and weekends.

    HCC requests that all users include acknowledgement of the core facility in publications and that these citations be sent to the Core Manager for compilation.