FAQ
You click on “New member registration” on the Ordering page
No, your request to become a user will be processed and you will receive an e-mail notice that your request was approved.
After approval, you will need to schedule a training session with the center’s staff, and only after the training, you will be able to order specific instruments.
No, you will be able to reserve only the instruments that you have trained for and were assigned to you as a user.
No, registration only allows you to reserve instruments.
After your request is approved, you will be assigned for each instrument as a “self-operator” or “need assistance”.
If you need assistance, you will receive the required guidance and you will still need to contact us.
Our fees are published on the “Price List” page.
After registration, only approved users can download the related documents.
Registration to the site does not mean you are approved as a user.
Yes, we appreciate it very much. Always mention the LS&E Infrastructure Center in your acknowledgements and if relevant also in your Materials and Methods section. This is critical for the facility e.g. for better visibility of the facility and fundraising purposes – and it increases the credibility of your work.
All the papers acknowledging the center are listed on our “Publication” page.
All the papers acknowledging the center are listed on our “Publication” page.
Acknowledgments: The authors acknowledge the Life Sciences and Engineering (LS&E) Infrastructure Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, for the use of equipment, support, and excellent technical assistance.
You can also mention the staff who assisted you.
Materials and Methods: Image acquisition and analyses were performed at the Life Sciences and Engineering (LS&E) Infrastructure Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
The publication website page depends on your contribution to keep the publication list updated.
Please send us an e-mail providing the references of any publications that have used the equipment of the facility.
If requested by your journal, you may include the following information (where relevant) in your Materials and Methods section,
To accurately describe how you did your imaging:
- Microscope model and manufacturer, e.g. 710 laser scanning confocal microscope, Zeiss
- Objective lens magnification, NA, and correction for aberration, e.g. 63x/1.4 oil Plan-Apochromat
- Wavelengths of excitation and emission
- Camera model and manufacturer
- The software program (s) and version, e.g. Zeiss Zen Desk
- Image acquisition settings, e.g. focus step size (for z-series), exposure time, binning, time between images (for time-lapse)
- Details of any image processing or analysis procedures