Trained users are NOT authorized to train new users. Please contact Ben Luttge to arrange. Any user may request hands-on assistance with imaging for an added fee, if time allows. Select "assisted usage". ALL USERS MUST LOG IN AS THEMSELVES AND LOG OUT WHEN FINISHED. If you do not have access, please contact Ben (bxl244@case.edu) to setup a new username and password, or to reset your password. Users may "lock" their session to allow images to be processed in the background. If a session has been locked by someone else, just start a new session. PLEASE LOG ALL USE IN iLabs! There will be no more paper log. The proper procedures are posted near the entrance.

Update 1/23/2023. Full illumination restored.

Microscope has been repaired with new port selector (selects between camera and eye view).

Be gentle with this knob, as it can break if twisted with too much force.

Note: Images that contain chromatic aberration are NOT evidence of system malfunction or neglect. There is NO guarantee that your signals will properly colocalize, because chromatic and spherical aberrations can be minimized with proper training and settings. This does not require any adjustment or repair of the microscope. The system is maintained by a service contract with Leica.

Minimum reservation is 15 minutes.

Cancellation Policy: 

There is no requirement to schedule a reservation in advance if you use the "Kiosk" feature in iLabs to create a walk-up session. If you have made a reservation you must cancel your equipment usage within 1 hour of usage if you do not plan to attend. If you do not use your scheduled time (and did not cancel), you will still be billed for that time unless someone else uses your scheduled time.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATA STORAGE POLICIES (as of February 2019):

The internal hard drive (DATA1) is for short term storage only. This allows space for new data. All files created/modified on DATA1 are duplicated daily (7 days a week, 365 days per year) onto the QNAP external drive for long term storage. Deltavision Files (.dv) older than 6 months on DATA1 will be deleted whenever the hard drive approaches 90% capacity.

Users who occupy >400 GB of DATA1 will have their files deleted at a faster rate, until they fall below this limit.

If the administrator removes files that are older than 24 hours from DATA1, this DOES NOT RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA, because these files already exist on the QNAP. Hence, the affected user WILL NOT be notified. There is no cause for alarm.

Long term copies on the QNAP (up to 1 TB total per user) are available for at least 3 years. Beyond that, QNAP files may remain for up to 10 years if space allows.

- The automatic daily data backup system from DATA1 to QNAP occurs at ~3pm.

- If you wait until after 3 pm to move files created in the morning, unnecessary duplicates will be created.

BL.

Ben Luttge (administrator) bxl244@case.edu