Re: Web app to direct user to the right microscope?

Posted by Benjamin Smith on
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One resource I do steer a lot of researchers to who want to learn more
about microscopy is the Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer site.  The
descriptions and interactive tutorials are immensely helpful in helping a
lay-person understand how all the different imaging modalities work, and
what all those knobs and switches actually do.  I can say as a graduate
student who knew nothing about microscopes but whose research was heavily
reliant on getting a LSCM to work at the limits of its capacity, this site
was invaluable.  Once someone graduates past that, the "Imaging: A
Laboratory Manual" from Cold Spring Harbor is another excellent resource.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 2:48 PM Cammer, Michael <
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> Even if a sophisticated AI system could capture all the meeting and in lab
> experiments I have done over the last 30 years and score them, it would not
> have enough data for an app.  I bet if it included yor experiences too, it
> wouldn't be enough.
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> Also, one of the replies says, "[I]n my experience users often don't even
> know how to phrase what it is that they want to do in terms of what the
> microscope is capable of[.]"  They don't understand what microscopy can
> do.  They don't know what questions to ask.
> Often they need help with the biology too.
>
> We would have to give them a significant education just to understand the
> app.
>
> And the people who do understand microscopy can read the webpages and ask
> a few follow-up questions to see what we offer.  Maybe they teach us stuff
> too.
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> Dear Matthieu,
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> Even though I have email correspondence with equipment users prior to
> their training session, I am still often surprised when they show up with
> their samples.
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> For live imaging, I always meet with the person face-to-face before
> booking any equipment so that I can determine which system is best for them
> to start with and there are so many questions that need to be
> asked/answered.
>
> Also, we have such a broad range of research to support in our facility,
> from biological/biomedical/pharmacy to materials/geology, etc. that it
> would be very hard to cover all options and possibilities. Plus there is
> always the analysis to consider and we try to take the reverse view as per
> the paper that Teng-Leong alluded to and advertised to this list a while
> ago.
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> I do have people asking to learn particular instrumentation as they can
> see all of our machines on our website. But I still ask the questions as
> sometimes they will ask to learn an invert (or upright) when their sample
> is not suitable. For example, the very confident person who requested the
> upright and turned up with a multiwell plate...
>
> I think our team of experts is still the best option for helping users
> decide and in a timely way. We are also the ones who will be training and
> supporting them so we do need to know what is coming!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jacqui
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> Dear all,
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> I've been repetitively asked by some users if I could build a Web app that
> would guide them through a series of questions (like a personality test) to
> the ideal microscope(s) for their experiment. Does anyone have experience
> with this? Which app have you used?
>
> Obviously, I'd rather they come and talk but maybe I'm just scary :-)
>
> Sincerely,
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> Matthieu
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