TEM User Policies

Approval for use of the TEM Core Facility is granted based on acknowledgement and agreement to the below policies.

1. User Training and Approval

  1. All users must undergo training provided by the Core Facility.
  2. If users do not demonstrate competence in autonomous usage of the facility, a mandatory 1-hour refresher training will be required.
  3. If a user does not use the TEM for 5 weeks or more, a mandatory 1-hour refresher training will be required.

2. Booking Policies

  1. Regular usage hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm.
  2. A user cannot book more than 4 hours per session or more than 3 sessions per week.
  3. If a user completes their session earlier or later than their scheduled duration, they must immediately notify the Core Facility staff.

3. Cancellation Policy

  1. Users can cancel their booking without penalty if they inform the Core Facility more than 24 hours prior to their scheduled booking.
  2. Cancellation requests made within 24 hours of the booking will incur a cancellation fee of $50.00 CAD.

4. Technical Problems

  1. Users must notify Core staff immediately of any technical problems that may arise during use of the TEM.
  2. Since the TEM is very sensitive to environmental conditions, if a technical problem occurs during use, the Core will not charge for the time that the instrument was unusable.

5. Core Facility as Intellectual Input

  1. The Core Facility should be recognized for its intellectual input, including experimental design, data analysis, interpretation, and technical contributions.

6. Acknowledgment in Publications, Conferences, and Seminars

  1. The Electron Microscopy Core provides services for electron microscopy on a fee-for-service basis. Basic processing and microscopy are the responsibility of the staff of the Electron Microscopy Core. Interpretations of resulting data are the responsibility of the submitting investigator.
  2. Co-authorship on resulting publications should be considered when projects brought to the Electron Microscopy Core require significant additional scientific or intellectual input from Electron Microscopy Core staff.
  3. The Electron Microscopy Core should be acknowledged in publications, conference presentations, or seminars in which microscopy results are utilized with the following statement: "The authors acknowledge the Electron Microscopy Core (RRID: SCR_025398) funded by the University of Ottawa, Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI) via Canadian First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)."