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Hi,

Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?

Thanks,

Christophe

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Hi Christophe,

Here's my bullet list:

* lasers ... Bob Chow at USC had one big laser with fiber optics
delivering light to each microscope in different parts of his lab. I'm
not suggesting you buy one 3.5 W Arctic laser
(http://www.wickedlasers.com/arctic ... do not look at laser with
remaining eye") and have it drive all your scopes, but may be useful to
have a laser stack. Here is a referene for OCTOPUS:

Optics clustered to output unique solutions: a multi-laser facility for
combined single molecule and ensemble microscopy.
Clarke DT, Botchway SW, Coles BC, Needham SR, Roberts SK, Rolfe DJ,
Tynan CJ, Ward AD, Webb SE, Yadav R, Zanetti-Domingues L,
Martin-Fernandez ML.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2011 Sep;82(9):093705. doi: 10.1063/1.3635536.
PMID: 21974592

Clarke's Figure 1 is a layout of their facility - you can ask them for
more details than in the paper.


* A/C: HEPA  filters, no drafts on the microscopes (or users). Bonus
tip: avoid buildings whose A/C ducting includes right angle turns -
makes the building noisy (and likely energy inefficient).

*Electrical: (i) lots of power outlets. (ii) every station should be
using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Buy UPS's with more power
and outlets than you think you'll need. Most power outages are a few
seconds, but every building I've working in for the past 20 years has
had extended power outages. Sometimes the "red outlets" (hospital
essential equipment) power has gone out.

* Fast Ethernet ports ... lots of them. Bluetooth may be nice for
listening to your new iPhone, but wired is always going to be faster
than wireless for data transfer (at same cost).

* Network infrastructure ... try to get leading edge (100 Gbit?) installed.

* You may want or need major compute power at the acquisition station
and/or close by. Examples:

   -- dual (or triple) NVidia GTX 1080 or new TITAN GPU cards (~10
Gigaflops each) per acquisition PC. ... Microvolution or SVI Huygens
"instant gratification" deconvolution

   -- Acquifer (https://www.acquifer.de/) Hive or similar data
processing and storage.

   -- short term local high performance storage ... and fast network
connection and software control to move (week?) old data to cheaper I.T.
storage.

* space for big, high resolution, monitors, for every acquisition and
analysis workstation (even if you also have VR/AR), for example

https://www.amazon.com/YAMAKASI-O40USUT-Inch-Monitor-10Bit/dp/B017VWX3U8 
(see my August 2, 2016 comment on what port to use and possible cable
and adapters).

* vibrations: avoid being near elevators, other heavy equipment,
especially stuff on the roof (avoid top floor, even though penthouse
microscope suite sounds sweet for the views).

* microscopes should be in rooms without windows. Up to you to have
windows or not ... in the future maybe you'll be wearing VR/AR headset
instead of dealing with "no glare" monitor screens. Sept 9 arivis
imaging ad by Michael Wussow mentions, "Experience and knowledge of the
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality market and products" (I applied
yesterday). See also online content by googling for:  arivis zeiss    
... for example, https://3dprint.com/143825/immersive-microscopy

* avoid basement or first floor ... flooding, thefts from outsiders.


On 10/1/2016 4:14 AM, Christophe Leterrier wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms
> of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any
> important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list
> could add to this list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christophe
>
> --
> Christophe Leterrier
> Researcher
> Axonal Domains Architecture Team
> CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
> Aix Marseille University, France
>

--


George McNamara, PhD
Houston, TX 77054
[hidden email]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara
https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/75/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/44962650
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If only I was as well funded as George and some of the rest of you. We muddle through on a much tighter budget but have lots of toys.

My number one rec is to ask Leica and Zeiss for their detailed specification sheets for the room. They nicely spell out the electrical and ventilation characteristics. It is hard to have too many separate electrical lines - a mix of 120 and 220 is nice. Don't forget the heat output of the line conditioners/backup power supplies when calculating heat load for AC. Having a diffuser over air vent is nice. Give yourself plenty of space around the anti-vibration table on all sides so you can have access to the instruments front and back. Get a dimmer for your lights. Locked cabinets for your spare parts.



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Director, Molecular Cytology Core
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University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-7400
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Hi Christophe,

Here's my bullet list:

* lasers ... Bob Chow at USC had one big laser with fiber optics delivering light to each microscope in different parts of his lab. I'm not suggesting you buy one 3.5 W Arctic laser (http://www.wickedlasers.com/arctic ... do not look at laser with remaining eye") and have it drive all your scopes, but may be useful to have a laser stack. Here is a referene for OCTOPUS:

Optics clustered to output unique solutions: a multi-laser facility for combined single molecule and ensemble microscopy.
Clarke DT, Botchway SW, Coles BC, Needham SR, Roberts SK, Rolfe DJ, Tynan CJ, Ward AD, Webb SE, Yadav R, Zanetti-Domingues L, Martin-Fernandez ML.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2011 Sep;82(9):093705. doi: 10.1063/1.3635536.
PMID: 21974592

Clarke's Figure 1 is a layout of their facility - you can ask them for more details than in the paper.


* A/C: HEPA  filters, no drafts on the microscopes (or users). Bonus
tip: avoid buildings whose A/C ducting includes right angle turns -
makes the building noisy (and likely energy inefficient).

*Electrical: (i) lots of power outlets. (ii) every station should be
using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Buy UPS's with more power
and outlets than you think you'll need. Most power outages are a few
seconds, but every building I've working in for the past 20 years has
had extended power outages. Sometimes the "red outlets" (hospital
essential equipment) power has gone out.

* Fast Ethernet ports ... lots of them. Bluetooth may be nice for
listening to your new iPhone, but wired is always going to be faster
than wireless for data transfer (at same cost).

* Network infrastructure ... try to get leading edge (100 Gbit?) installed.

* You may want or need major compute power at the acquisition station
and/or close by. Examples:

   -- dual (or triple) NVidia GTX 1080 or new TITAN GPU cards (~10
Gigaflops each) per acquisition PC. ... Microvolution or SVI Huygens
"instant gratification" deconvolution

   -- Acquifer (https://www.acquifer.de/) Hive or similar data
processing and storage.

   -- short term local high performance storage ... and fast network
connection and software control to move (week?) old data to cheaper I.T.
storage.

* space for big, high resolution, monitors, for every acquisition and
analysis workstation (even if you also have VR/AR), for example

https://www.amazon.com/YAMAKASI-O40USUT-Inch-Monitor-10Bit/dp/B017VWX3U8 
(see my August 2, 2016 comment on what port to use and possible cable
and adapters).

* vibrations: avoid being near elevators, other heavy equipment,
especially stuff on the roof (avoid top floor, even though penthouse
microscope suite sounds sweet for the views).

* microscopes should be in rooms without windows. Up to you to have
windows or not ... in the future maybe you'll be wearing VR/AR headset
instead of dealing with "no glare" monitor screens. Sept 9 arivis
imaging ad by Michael Wussow mentions, "Experience and knowledge of the
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality market and products" (I applied
yesterday). See also online content by googling for:  arivis zeiss    
... for example, https://3dprint.com/143825/immersive-microscopy

* avoid basement or first floor ... flooding, thefts from outsiders.


On 10/1/2016 4:14 AM, Christophe Leterrier wrote:

> ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go
> to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images
> on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. *****
> Hi,
>
> Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms
> of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any
> important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list
> could add to this list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christophe
>
> --
> Christophe Leterrier
> Researcher
> Axonal Domains Architecture Team
> CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
> Aix Marseille University, France
>

--


George McNamara, PhD
Houston, TX 77054
[hidden email]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara
https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/75/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/44962650
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School of Biological Sciences, Room 4.17
University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
(0044) 01206 872246 / (0044) 07842 676 456
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Hi,

Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?

Thanks,

Christophe

--
Christophe Leterrier
Researcher
Axonal Domains Architecture Team
CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
Aix Marseille University, France


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Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the plug. I hope I did not contradict my 2007 self too much. I just added this to my MyNCBI bibliography. It is my 42 citation - and as some of you know, 42 is a very special number. for anyone who does not, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number) --  "popular culture" section.

http://www.labmanager.com/business-management/2007/03/bio-medical-light-microscopy-imaging-facility-management

PDFs of the magazine are at

http://www.labmanager.com/magazine
(subscription may be required?).

McNamara G, Boswell CA 2007 Bio-Medical Light Microscopy Imaging Facility Management. Lab Manager 2(3): 11-15.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200703-dl.pdf

While looking up the PDF link, I found what will likely be a much more useful article for everyone:

Collins 2007 HUMOR IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT (SERIOUSLY!). Lab Manager 2(5): 13-16.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200705-dl.pdf

//

Finally, it is now October, so time for the 2016 edition of The Halloween Game. Please go to

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/halloween-2016-trick-treat-can-you-self-identify-find-george-mcnamara

and self-identify AND see if you can find matches for Guy Cox, Jim Pawley, and (at the risk of my being banned from the listserv) Martin Wessendorf.

Images of each (hopefully from this decade) are available at,

http://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/authors/detail/author/cox-1/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/james-pawley-590b6019
http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/ProStu/facprof/wessendo.html


enjoy,

George
p.s. Guy, Jim and Martin are welcome to try to identify me,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara


On 10/1/2016 2:31 PM, phil laissue wrote:
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_________________________________________
Philippe Laissue, PhD
Royal Society Industry Fellow
School of Biological Sciences, Room 4.17
University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
(0044) 01206 872246 / (0044) 07842 676 456
[hidden email]
privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~plaissue

On 1 October 2016 at 10:14, Christophe Leterrier <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Hi,

Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?

Thanks,

Christophe

--
Christophe Leterrier
Researcher
Axonal Domains Architecture Team
CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
Aix Marseille University, France



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George McNamara, PhD
Houston, TX 77054
[hidden email]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara
https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/75/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/44962650

SANCHEZ MARTIN, CARLOS SANCHEZ MARTIN, CARLOS
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Hello, Philippe,

Although a bit out of date (2011), this article may help you:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471142956.cy1222s57/abstract

Goog luck.
Carlos


George McNamara <[hidden email]> escribió:

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Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the plug. I hope I did not contradict my 2007 self too much. I just added this to my MyNCBI bibliography. It is my 42 citation - and as some of you know, 42 is a very special number. for anyone who does not, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number) --  "popular culture" section.

http://www.labmanager.com/business-management/2007/03/bio-medical-light-microscopy-imaging-facility-management

PDFs of the magazine are at

http://www.labmanager.com/magazine
(subscription may be required?).

McNamara G, Boswell CA 2007 Bio-Medical Light Microscopy Imaging Facility Management. Lab Manager 2(3): 11-15.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200703-dl.pdf

While looking up the PDF link, I found what will likely be a much more useful article for everyone:

Collins 2007 HUMOR IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT (SERIOUSLY!). Lab Manager 2(5): 13-16.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200705-dl.pdf

//

Finally, it is now October, so time for the 2016 edition of The Halloween Game. Please go to

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/halloween-2016-trick-treat-can-you-self-identify-find-george-mcnamara

and self-identify AND see if you can find matches for Guy Cox, Jim Pawley, and (at the risk of my being banned from the listserv) Martin Wessendorf.

Images of each (hopefully from this decade) are available at,

http://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/authors/detail/author/cox-1/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/james-pawley-590b6019
http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/ProStu/facprof/wessendo.html


enjoy,

George
p.s. Guy, Jim and Martin are welcome to try to identify me,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara

 

On 10/1/2016 2:31 PM, phil laissue wrote:

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_________________________________________
Philippe Laissue, PhD
Royal Society Industry Fellow
School of Biological Sciences, Room 4.17
University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
(0044) 01206 872246 / (0044) 07842 676 456
[hidden email]
privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~plaissue

On 1 October 2016 at 10:14, Christophe Leterrier <[hidden email]> wrote:

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Hi,
 
Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?
 
Thanks,
 
Christophe
 
--
Christophe Leterrier
Researcher
Axonal Domains Architecture Team
CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
Aix Marseille University, France
 

 

-- 


George McNamara, PhD
Houston, TX 77054
[hidden email]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara
https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/75/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/44962650



Carlos Sánchez Martín
Servicio de Microscopía Óptica y Confocal (SMOC) (Lab. 310)
(Optical and Confocal Microscopy Facility)
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (UAM-CSIC)
C/Nicolás Cabrera, 1. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Cantoblanco. E-28049. Madrid. Spain
Tlf. 34-91 196 4613/4643
Fax. 34-91 196 4420
E-mail: [hidden email]
Blog: http://csanchezmad.wordpress.com
Web: http://www.cbm.csic.es/confocal
 
Red Española de Microscopía Óptica Avanzada (REMOA)
(Spanish Network of Advanced Optical Microscopy)
http://remoa.wikispaces.com
http://remoa.net
 
Plataforma de Microscopía para Biociencias
Red de laboratorios de la Comunidad de Madrid
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Hi List,
I'm looking for a good engineer to service our ageing LSM 510 Meta. Can anyone recommend someone that covers London?

Shane


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Hello, Philippe,

Although a bit out of date (2011), this article may help you:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471142956.cy1222s57/abstract

Goog luck.
Carlos


George McNamara <[hidden email]> escribió:

***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. *****

Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the plug. I hope I did not contradict my 2007 self too much. I just added this to my MyNCBI bibliography. It is my 42 citation - and as some of you know, 42 is a very special number. for anyone who does not, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number) --  "popular culture" section.

http://www.labmanager.com/business-management/2007/03/bio-medical-light-microscopy-imaging-facility-management

PDFs of the magazine are at

http://www.labmanager.com/magazine
(subscription may be required?).

McNamara G, Boswell CA 2007 Bio-Medical Light Microscopy Imaging Facility Management. Lab Manager 2(3): 11-15.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200703-dl.pdf

While looking up the PDF link, I found what will likely be a much more useful article for everyone:

Collins 2007 HUMOR IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT (SERIOUSLY!). Lab Manager 2(5): 13-16.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200705-dl.pdf

//

Finally, it is now October, so time for the 2016 edition of The Halloween Game. Please go to

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/halloween-2016-trick-treat-can-you-self-identify-find-george-mcnamara

and self-identify AND see if you can find matches for Guy Cox, Jim Pawley, and (at the risk of my being banned from the listserv) Martin Wessendorf.

Images of each (hopefully from this decade) are available at,

http://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/authors/detail/author/cox-1/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/james-pawley-590b6019
http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/ProStu/facprof/wessendo.html


enjoy,

George
p.s. Guy, Jim and Martin are welcome to try to identify me,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara

 

On 10/1/2016 2:31 PM, phil laissue wrote:

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_________________________________________
Philippe Laissue, PhD
Royal Society Industry Fellow
School of Biological Sciences, Room 4.17
University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
(0044) 01206 872246 / (0044) 07842 676 456
[hidden email]
privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~plaissue

On 1 October 2016 at 10:14, Christophe Leterrier <[hidden email]> wrote:

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Hi,
 
Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?
 
Thanks,
 
Christophe
 
--
Christophe Leterrier
Researcher
Axonal Domains Architecture Team
CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
Aix Marseille University, France
 

 

-- 


George McNamara, PhD
Houston, TX 77054
[hidden email]https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamarahttps://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/75/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/44962650



Carlos Sánchez Martín
Servicio de Microscopía Óptica y Confocal (SMOC) (Lab. 310)
(Optical and Confocal Microscopy Facility)
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (UAM-CSIC)
C/Nicolás Cabrera, 1. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Cantoblanco. E-28049. Madrid. Spain
Tlf. 34-91 196 4613/4643
Fax. 34-91 196 4420
E-mail: [hidden email]
Blog: http://csanchezmad.wordpress.com
Web: http://www.cbm.csic.es/confocal
 
Red Española de Microscopía Óptica Avanzada (REMOA)
(Spanish Network of Advanced Optical Microscopy)
http://remoa.wikispaces.com
http://remoa.net
 
Plataforma de Microscopía para Biociencias
Red de laboratorios de la Comunidad de Madrid
http://www.madrimasd.org/Laboratorios/plataformas-red/ficha.asp?IdPreli=3
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Hi Shane,


I've heard good things about Kevin Champion at http://ktecmicroscopes.co.uk/


cheers


Dale






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Hello, Philippe,

Although a bit out of date (2011), this article may help you:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471142956.cy1222s57/abstract

Goog luck.
Carlos


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Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the plug. I hope I did not contradict my 2007 self too much. I just added this to my MyNCBI bibliography. It is my 42 citation - and as some of you know, 42 is a very special number. for anyone who does not, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number) --  "popular culture" section.

http://www.labmanager.com/business-management/2007/03/bio-medical-light-microscopy-imaging-facility-management

PDFs of the magazine are at

http://www.labmanager.com/magazine
(subscription may be required?).

McNamara G, Boswell CA 2007 Bio-Medical Light Microscopy Imaging Facility Management. Lab Manager 2(3): 11-15.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200703-dl.pdf

While looking up the PDF link, I found what will likely be a much more useful article for everyone:

Collins 2007 HUMOR IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT (SERIOUSLY!). Lab Manager 2(5): 13-16.
http://photos.labmanager.com/magazinePDFs/archives/labmanager200705-dl.pdf

//

Finally, it is now October, so time for the 2016 edition of The Halloween Game. Please go to

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/halloween-2016-trick-treat-can-you-self-identify-find-george-mcnamara

and self-identify AND see if you can find matches for Guy Cox, Jim Pawley, and (at the risk of my being banned from the listserv) Martin Wessendorf.

Images of each (hopefully from this decade) are available at,

http://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/authors/detail/author/cox-1/
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/james-pawley-590b6019
http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/ProStu/facprof/wessendo.html


enjoy,

George
p.s. Guy, Jim and Martin are welcome to try to identify me,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara

 

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Hi,
 
Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?
 
Thanks,
 
Christophe
 
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We like the duct socks for minimizing air currents.
http://www.ductsox.com/why-fabric?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=DuctSox&utm_term=ductsox&utm_content=Duct%20Sox

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If only I was as well funded as George and some of the rest of you. We muddle through on a much tighter budget but have lots of toys.

My number one rec is to ask Leica and Zeiss for their detailed specification sheets for the room. They nicely spell out the electrical and ventilation characteristics. It is hard to have too many separate electrical lines - a mix of 120 and 220 is nice. Don't forget the heat output of the line conditioners/backup power supplies when calculating heat load for AC. Having a diffuser over air vent is nice. Give yourself plenty of space around the anti-vibration table on all sides so you can have access to the instruments front and back. Get a dimmer for your lights. Locked cabinets for your spare parts.



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Hi Christophe,

Here's my bullet list:

* lasers ... Bob Chow at USC had one big laser with fiber optics delivering light to each microscope in different parts of his lab. I'm not suggesting you buy one 3.5 W Arctic laser (http://www.wickedlasers.com/arctic ... do not look at laser with remaining eye") and have it drive all your scopes, but may be useful to have a laser stack. Here is a referene for OCTOPUS:

Optics clustered to output unique solutions: a multi-laser facility for combined single molecule and ensemble microscopy.
Clarke DT, Botchway SW, Coles BC, Needham SR, Roberts SK, Rolfe DJ, Tynan CJ, Ward AD, Webb SE, Yadav R, Zanetti-Domingues L, Martin-Fernandez ML.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2011 Sep;82(9):093705. doi: 10.1063/1.3635536.
PMID: 21974592

Clarke's Figure 1 is a layout of their facility - you can ask them for more details than in the paper.


* A/C: HEPA  filters, no drafts on the microscopes (or users). Bonus
tip: avoid buildings whose A/C ducting includes right angle turns - makes the building noisy (and likely energy inefficient).

*Electrical: (i) lots of power outlets. (ii) every station should be using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Buy UPS's with more power and outlets than you think you'll need. Most power outages are a few seconds, but every building I've working in for the past 20 years has had extended power outages. Sometimes the "red outlets" (hospital essential equipment) power has gone out.

* Fast Ethernet ports ... lots of them. Bluetooth may be nice for listening to your new iPhone, but wired is always going to be faster than wireless for data transfer (at same cost).

* Network infrastructure ... try to get leading edge (100 Gbit?) installed.

* You may want or need major compute power at the acquisition station and/or close by. Examples:

   -- dual (or triple) NVidia GTX 1080 or new TITAN GPU cards (~10 Gigaflops each) per acquisition PC. ... Microvolution or SVI Huygens "instant gratification" deconvolution

   -- Acquifer (https://www.acquifer.de/) Hive or similar data processing and storage.

   -- short term local high performance storage ... and fast network connection and software control to move (week?) old data to cheaper I.T.
storage.

* space for big, high resolution, monitors, for every acquisition and analysis workstation (even if you also have VR/AR), for example

https://www.amazon.com/YAMAKASI-O40USUT-Inch-Monitor-10Bit/dp/B017VWX3U8
(see my August 2, 2016 comment on what port to use and possible cable and adapters).

* vibrations: avoid being near elevators, other heavy equipment, especially stuff on the roof (avoid top floor, even though penthouse microscope suite sounds sweet for the views).

* microscopes should be in rooms without windows. Up to you to have windows or not ... in the future maybe you'll be wearing VR/AR headset instead of dealing with "no glare" monitor screens. Sept 9 arivis imaging ad by Michael Wussow mentions, "Experience and knowledge of the Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality market and products" (I applied
yesterday). See also online content by googling for:  arivis zeiss    
... for example, https://3dprint.com/143825/immersive-microscopy

* avoid basement or first floor ... flooding, thefts from outsiders.


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>
> Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms
> of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any
> important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list
> could add to this list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christophe
>
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> Researcher
> Axonal Domains Architecture Team
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Hi all,

The collar on our well-loved 20-20 Tech objective heater for our
multiphoton system has finally broken (the wires are coming out). We
can't locate the company online any more but would be delighted to hear
if it has been bought by somebody else so that we could get a
replacement?   Otherwise I would be grateful for people's comments on
their favourite objective heaters, bearing in mind that the Olympus 25x
multiphoton objective we use is (a) fat and (b) costs $30,000, and we
are using it in a multi-user facility. I know this topic was discussed a
few years ago, but it may be that there are new players in the field.  
Please note that I do NOT wish to hear a commercial plug from the
vendors themselves (unless it's from somebody selling the 20-20
heaters!), I want to hear the views of the people who are using them.

Thanks so much!

Alison

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Hi Alison,
I don't know about your particular objective, but Bioptechs heater works

Mike

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Hi all,

The collar on our well-loved 20-20 Tech objective heater for our multiphoton system has finally broken (the wires are coming out). We can't locate the company online any more but would be delighted to hear if it has been bought by somebody else so that we could get a
replacement?   Otherwise I would be grateful for people's comments on
their favourite objective heaters, bearing in mind that the Olympus 25x multiphoton objective we use is (a) fat and (b) costs $30,000, and we are using it in a multi-user facility. I know this topic was discussed a few years ago, but it may be that there are new players in the field.  
Please note that I do NOT wish to hear a commercial plug from the vendors themselves (unless it's from somebody selling the 20-20 heaters!), I want to hear the views of the people who are using them.

Thanks so much!

Alison

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We have Bioptechs as well. Very happy with it for a long time.

Best,

Gary



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> The collar on our well-loved 20-20 Tech objective heater for our multiphoton system has finally broken (the wires are coming out). We can't locate the company online any more but would be delighted to hear if it has been bought by somebody else so that we could get a
> replacement?   Otherwise I would be grateful for people's comments on
> their favourite objective heaters, bearing in mind that the Olympus 25x multiphoton objective we use is (a) fat and (b) costs $30,000, and we are using it in a multi-user facility. I know this topic was discussed a few years ago, but it may be that there are new players in the field.  
> Please note that I do NOT wish to hear a commercial plug from the vendors themselves (unless it's from somebody selling the 20-20 heaters!), I want to hear the views of the people who are using them.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Alison
>
> --
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Good Morning Alison

The last known contact info I have is…

John Rendina
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    Hi all,
   
    The collar on our well-loved 20-20 Tech objective heater for our
    multiphoton system has finally broken (the wires are coming out). We
    can't locate the company online any more but would be delighted to hear
    if it has been bought by somebody else so that we could get a
    replacement?   Otherwise I would be grateful for people's comments on
    their favourite objective heaters, bearing in mind that the Olympus 25x
    multiphoton objective we use is (a) fat and (b) costs $30,000, and we
    are using it in a multi-user facility. I know this topic was discussed a
    few years ago, but it may be that there are new players in the field.  
    Please note that I do NOT wish to hear a commercial plug from the
    vendors themselves (unless it's from somebody selling the 20-20
    heaters!), I want to hear the views of the people who are using them.
   
    Thanks so much!
   
    Alison
   
    --
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    Senior Director of the Bio-Imaging Resource Center,
    The Rockefeller University,
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Hi Christophe,

Here’s a recent publication on how to run a light microscopy core facility:

"Advanced light microscopy core facilities: Balancing service, science and career"

Best,
Michael

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Do you know a good resource for planning an imaging facility in terms of building and related equipment: AC, power outlets, lighting? Any important point the collective wisdom of the confocal mailing list could add to this list?

Thanks,

Christophe

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