Equipment Usage:
- All unassisted users must be trained by AIF staff.
- You must have an iLAB reservation before using the equipment.
- Vacate the equipment promptly at the end of your scheduled time if another user is scheduled.
- You may cancel a reservation up to 4 hours in advance in iLab.
- To cancel an appointment after the 4-hour deadline, call AIF staff x3547.
- Appointments more than 30 minutes late without notifying AIF staff are considered noshow and may be cancelled.
- No-shows will be billed for full scheduled appointment time.
- Users will be billed from the reservation start time; billing stops with log off.
- Some instruments have daily use restrictions; please check iLAB.
- Users may not change default settings on any machine. Each imaging session begins
and ends with the microscope in the “standard configuration”.
- Users must follow the appropriate hazardous material and waste policies.
- Please notify AIF staff if there is anything wrong with a piece of equipment.
- Users must follow the appropriate hazardous material and waste policies.
- All publications that include data generated in the AIF, must acknowledge the Analytical Imaging Facility of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Policies on Storing Data on Facility Computers:
- All data must be saved in the designated User Files directory.
- Users must transfer their own data to reststop or the data server.
- User files are deleted after 30 days without notice.
Feel free to email Frank Macaluso or Vera DesMarais if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.