Dear all,

I am running a small microscopy facility at Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab.
in Life Sciences. We have a steady stream of new users that want to use
our Zeiss LSM410 and very limited resources for training. Can you point
me to basic training materials to get these new people going on our
system? Most new users tend to have no or very limited microscopy
experience.

My main concerns are (in order of importance):
1) How not to cause harm to the instrument (e.g. oil on dry lenses,
powering on/off arc lamps, scratching objectives, etc.)
2) Basic operation of the instrument and how to get reasonable data out.

3) Teaching them enough about microscopy so together we can design the
experiments properly for optimal usage of the instrument.

I was thinking of a combination of:
1) Once a month a brief introductory tutorial/workshop.
2) Hand-out with do-it-yourself hands-on training (with supervision).
3) List of books for in-depth understanding for the serious users.

I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
- Damir

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Damir Sudar - Staff Scientist
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory / Life Sciences Division
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