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LIU Jun(Miss) - Zeiss ConforcorIII, Leica SP5, Zeiss upright Microscope

Wong Pei Yee(Ms) - Olympus Live Cell, Nikon Biostation IMQ, Nikon A1R,and all microscopes in Tissue culture Room

Jasmine Chin (Miss) - API Delta Vision, Perkin Elmer Spinning Disk and Olympus TIRF

Trainings and Workshops

1. Users must attend trainings prior to accessing any microscopes in the facility. At this moment, hands-on training is only available for MBI staff/students.

2. For operation of microscopes, an 1-2 hours hands-on training will be organized in the form of either regular training or Ad hoc Training:

a) Regular Trainings - trainings would be conducted on a regular basis, provided by our core staff or vendor.

b) Ad hoc Trainings - students/staff who wish to be trained have to gather a total of 5 MBI staff/students to initialize an Ad hoc training.

Simply submit the filled Training Request Form to Microscope Staff an we'll organize a training as soon as possible.

• MBI PIs do not need to gather 5 staff/student to initialize an Ad hoc training. Individual training will be organized for MBI PI upon request.
• We'll not process the training application for user who failed to show up for registered training session without prior notice, or valid reason for one month(starting from the training day).

3. Regular workshop will be organized for those who wish to learn more about microscopes.

(MBI Microscope Workshop is conducted every Friday, 2:30pm to 3:30pm at T-lab, level 5)

Booking and Cancellation

1. There are 2 groups of microscope users in PPMS system:

a) Novice - Users can only book allocated microscopes from 9am to 10pm, Monday to Friday

b) Autonomous - Users can book the allocated microscopes at all time.

c) The following flow chart denotes the requirements for promoting from Novice to Autonomous

Users without training --------> Novice ---------> Autonomous

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Attended Training Passed quiz with at least 80%

2. User must use their login for booking. Users should not book for any other persons besides themselves.

3. In the event of any incidents during:

a) Office hour (8.30am - 6pm Monday to Friday):

Report the matter to Microscopy staff imediately. Actions will be taken by staff and the incidents will be reported in PPMS.

b) Non-office hour (6pm - 8.30am Monday to Friday, Saturday & Sunday):

Stop using the system (depending on severity). Report the incidents to both Microscopy staff and PPMS immediately. The Microscopy staff would take necessary action when resume working.

4. Users are urged to be punctual for the sessions booked, and leave punctually when sessions expire.

5. Users who are late for more than 30 minutes without informing any Microscopy staff may have their slot cancelled and given to other users on the waiting list.

6. Cancellations should be made as early as possible. Latest being 24 hours before the booked sessions for live cell imaging microscopes. If users are unable to cancel the booking, kindly contact Microscopy staff for assistance.

Laser Safety

1. Users need to obtain the N3 licence issued by NEA themselves. The N3 license has to be sought prior to the usage of the systems, even if the user has been trained to use the system. For more info kindly approach Microscopy staff.

2. Users are required to attend the Non-ionizing safety training provided in-house by NUS.

3. Microscopes with Class 3B lasers and above will be locked at non-office hours. Microscopy staff will give access to users who book the system

a) For overnight booking on weekdays (Monday to Friday): users to inform Microscopy staff before 6pm.

b) For weekend booking (Saturday and Sunday): users to inform Microscopy staff before 6pm Friday.