Dear microscopists, thanks to everybody who has come along to the first test installation for the microscopes for the L-Block in Hammersmith. The microscope was solidly booked all week, and it's been put to the test with very challenging samples. Everybody who has participated, please send me your feedback, which is very important for the purchasing decision: Everything is interesting for us: practical experience (sensitivity, speed, accuracy, reliability), usability, functionality, flexibility, anything that comes to mind, feel free to be critical. I'll collect the feedback and compile a summary document, which will inform the final purchasing decision. More test are being organised for the coming weeks, the schedule so far is: - Leica confocal SP5 and widefield: Tue-Thu 11-13 October 2011 - Zeiss widefield: Tue-Thu 18-20 October 2011 - Olympus widefield: tbc, probably end of October The up-to-date schedule is also on the FILM website under NEWS (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/page/portallive/imagingfacility/news#micro...) Please keep coming, testing and giving your feedback, you can book your time slot at any time by emailing us in FILM. Good imaging, Martin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Martin Spitaler, PhD* *FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy* - Facility Manager - Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 401 Imperial College London / South Kensington Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK Tel. +44-(0)20-759-42023 E-mail m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:m.spitaler@imperial.ac.uk> Website: http://imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility