Access and Training
The SCF provides an accompanied open access to its 32 bookable instruments. Here you will find some practical information and regulations on how to gain access and how to use our instruments and servies.
First-time facility users need to contact us to get the best instrument for their project assigned to them and to organize training and booking access.
Contacts:
Microscopy support:
Flow cytometry support:
Image Analysis and Data Management support:
Laboratory Automation Facility (LAF)
In case you are looking for information about our sister-facility LAF, please refer to their dedicated website here.
Laboratory Automation support:
All work and projects conducted in the SCF are subject to the general D-BBSE/ETH safety regulations.
For our detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) see our dedicated Wiki page.
For our BSL2 SOP see our dedicated Wiki page.
All groups must establish individual biosafety protocols of the experiments performed in the facility within the SCF´s reservation system openIRIS.
Group BSO´s can find instructions on how to establish these protocols by filling in the corresponding form in openIRIS on our Wiki.
The instruments and resources of the Single Cell Facility are managed using the openIRIS booking system.
OpenIRIS is accessible online, through the BSSE-specific IRIS portal: protected page https://reservation-bsse.openiris.io (D-BSSE login required).
Through the IRIS booking system, users of the facility can
- view the bookings and availability of the different SCF resources & instruments,
- book sessions,
- request trainings,
- report issues,
- see current information on the status of the instruments, and
- view the biosafety status of a given reservation.
- for more information see our internal Wiki page on reservations
