Dear All

A reminder to please take care of the microscope objectives

On returning to the facility after the Xmas break, several oil objectives still had oil on them

Please remember to carefully clean off the oil at the end of your session

In addition this image shows the state of one of the dry objectives from the Hammersmith widefield.

The surface had the remains of a broken coverslip on it and because it had been left in this condition, this resulted in it drying down onto the surface. Luckily in this case, it was possible to remove the glass and clean the objective without it being damaged.

Please, please take care of our objectives – they are expensive and time consuming to replace and inconvenience other users

Thank you for your cooperation

Bw

steve

FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy

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Steve Rothery
FILM Technician
Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 403
Imperial College London / South Kensington
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2AZ
Tel +44-(0)207 594 9793

And

ICTEM, (L-Block) Room 314
Hammersmith Campus
Imperial College London
Du Cane Road
London, W12 0NN
Tel. +44-(0)207 594 1669

E-mail  s.rothery@imperial.ac.uk
Website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/facility-for-imaging-by-light-microscopy/
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