Booking the Core Microscopes

To book or delete a session on the core microscopes please follow the link below:

Microscopy Core On-Line Booking System

Unless you get prior approval from the Core for exceptional circumstances, please do not book any microscope more than two weeks in advance. Bookings posted further ahead than that without approval will be removed. We must do this to prevent the system being overbooked and minimise problems with users not turning up for their session. 

For help with using the booking system download our booking guide. If you have a problem booking a microscope on-line drop us an email at microscopy@well.ox.ac.uk and we can either advise you of a solution or book the microscope for you.

 

Zeiss 510 confocal microscope booking rules

  1. Please do not book more than three 3 hour sessions per week during office hours [9.00 am to 5.00 pm weekdays]. If you need to book for more than that [e.g. for live cell time-lapses], then please discuss this with us before booking.  
  2. During daytime hours, if another user has booked on to the confocal within two hours of you finnishing, leave the lasers and the mercury lamp ON for them. For an evening slot only leave the lasers/mercury lamp on if the user follows on directly from your slot [in case they subsequently cancel their booking].
  3. If someone has booked a LiveCell session after you, the stage incubator will be set to 37oC. Please leave the incubator ON and keep the incubator doors/top closed during scanning [as temperature variations will cause focus drift and affect your image quality].
  4. You can book up to two weeks in advance, so from Monday in the first week you may book any time in the following week. If you need confocal microscope time at short notice, ask the core and we will advise you when a slot has been cancelled.
  5. Please ensure that you arrive promptly within 15 minutes of your booked session slot.

    If you are unsure about anything, just ask a member of the core for advice.