User Policy
Eligible User
- Use of equipment in IMCB-NIC for research purposes is available to all researchers in Singapore. Currently, there will be no charge for training or use of the microscopes.
Privacy Policy
- By registering as a IMCB-Nikon Imaging Centre user, you hereby accept the Nikon Singapore Private Limited Privacy Policy.
- Please read this Privacy Policy carefully in this link. By accessing and continuing to access this website, using any services provided by IMCB-Nikon Imaging Centre, which is supported by Nikon Singapore Private Limited, and/or submitting any information to us thereon, you acknowledge and consent to the terms of Nikon Singapore Private Limited Privacy Statement.
Equipment Training
- If you would like to use equipment in IMCB-NIC, please sign up an NIC user account and review the user policy. (Only trained users are allowed to book the equipment)
- User can contact us to arrange for training session or fix an appointment for discussion on microscope best suited for your project.
- For user who wishes to use A1RHD25 Confocal System and N-STORM/TIRF + Live Cell System, please refer to N3 licence user policy below.
N3 licence user policy (A1RHD25 Confocal System and N-STORM/TIRF + Live Cell System)
- User will require N3 licence from National Environment Agency (NEA) in order to book and operate A1RHD25 Confocal and N-STORM/TIRF + Live Cell System independently. (Both system is equipped with Class 3b lasers)
- Upon completion of certification, please send a scan copy and pass physical photocopy of the N3 licence along with your NIC user account to IMCB.Nic@nikon.com and IMCB-NIC staff respectively. You may book and operate the corresponding system after documentation is done.
- If you wish to use the N-STORM/TIRFM live cell system without laser. Please inform us after booking.
Acknowledgement of NIC
- It is important to acknowledge IMCB-NIC for any publication incorporating data acquired or analyzed in NIC. Please include an acknowledgement statement something like: “Microscopy data and image for this study were acquired and/ or analyzed in the IMCB-Nikon Imaging Centre at Biopolis.”
- In addition, please state the equipment use for obtaining the Microscopy data and image.
- We would also like to collect a list of publications that result from use of the IMCB-NIC. This will allow us to justify to our corporate partners that have supplied equipment to the IMCB-NIC that the centre is producing useful scientific results.
- When you publish a paper incorporating data acquired at the of IMCB-NIC, please send either a reprint of the paper or the complete citation of the paper to IMCB.Nic@nikon.com.
Data Management
- User must prepare their own storage media to export all generated data after each session. IMCB-NIC is not liable for data stored on the computer system.
- Unauthorized software installation in imaging PCs is strictly prohibited.
Biological materials and risks
- Our acquisition systems are not equipped for work with pathogenic agents or radioactive products. Their use is thus strictly prohibited in NIC. It is forbidden to manipulate any systems with gloves.