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- Booking policies (show website: 3 h slots, 4-wk in advance max)
- Don't book and then just before, remove a massive session
- We use the booking system to generate bills
Incubator
- we We keep it at 21.5°C, all the time (do not leave it open!)
- other Other cooling: right-side of the table is at 17°C, all the time, for the objective turret
- leave Leave coolings on!
Switch-on
- Buttons in numbered sequence
- Pause between buttons, do you need the fluorescent lamp?
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- Use gentle imaging conditions, and the control-panel Z-controls, define top and bottom of the stack
- The knobs on the microscope control the height of the whole table, the knob on the control panel controls the smaller Z-inlet
- Change step-size, best is system optimized, but can reduce them a bit
Time series/focus control
- Define total experiment time, and intervals between acquisitions
- The series will use the currently active acquisition settings (speed, format, etc.)
- Now the Automated Focus Control (AFC) becomes relevant, which uses IR laser reflection to hold-current-position over time
- "show Show autofocus channel" can show what's going on there
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