Dear FILM Users,

 Please find the annual FILM report 2011-12 on the FILM website under RESOURCES / DOCUMENTS
 (https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility/Internal/FILM%20report%202011-12.pdf).

Overall it’s been another good year for FILM in difficult financial circumstances. The establishment of the L block satellite has been one highlight. Please let me or Martin know if you have any comments or queries. Many thanks.

And at this place a reminder: You may not be aware of the financial model FILM operates on – College requires us to recover /all/ our costs but /not/ to make a surplus. You can imagine this is not a straightforward challenge, but we do our best and so far have thankfully broken even or made only a slight surplus!

To set our charges for the upcoming year, in essence what we do is divide our costs (which are more or less fixed – service contracts, consumables/minor equipment and salaries) by the number of hours usage of the microscopes and other services we offer. So you can see that this simple calculation means that the more the microscopes get used, the less we can charge for usage in the next year – so, the more you use FILM, the cheaper it gets!

Best,

Tony

Anthony I. Magee
Professor of Membrane Biology
Head of Section of Molecular Medicine
National Heart and Lung Institute
Faculty of Medicine
Imperial College London

Sir Alexander Fleming Building
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London SW7 2AZ
UK

Tel. +44 (0)20 7594 3135
FAX +44 (0)20 7594 3015

http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/molecular/lipidation/
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