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Thanks everyone who replied. It's good to hear what your thoughts are, and I would be glad to hear more input. I didn't mean to imply that I would charge a course or students a lab fee. I would actually bill the department, but I was trying to decide whether I should only charge "lab courses" or "all ...

I am curious to know if there are any cores with policies regarding use of core facilities by instructors for their college classes. Let me give a couple of examples. I have one instructor, who is affiliated with core facilities, who teaches an annual short course on microscope techniques. On the last ...

Dear Joe, Although I cannot answer your questions, this is a very timely question. I am at Creighton University, which is an R2, but some similar conversations have been started here. If there is enough interest or feedback from others, I think this would be a valuable town hall topic. Anthony ...

Thank you, Mahmud, for that perspective. It was quite helpful. For what it's worth, if we purchase a WLL, it would be part of a Leica system. My primary concerns were the cost of a service contract and laser power. I have previously heard that the tradeoff for a WLL is power, so I'm glad you addressed ...

A couple of investigators recently suggested the idea that our imaging core should purchase a white light laser for one of our core's existing confocal microscopes. I am familiar with the standard "Pros" in support of White Light laser sources, but I am also starting to hear whispers of some serious ...