Unless urgent, please visit us at our regular Open Office sessions.

You can to a certain extent request script generation for data analysis. Visit us at our Open Office sessions to learn more.

The system only allows bookings until 3 months in advance. However, please consider reduced staff during holiday seasons in case you need help with your analyses.

All users, even experienced ones, must be trained by the Bioimaging Core Facility staff before using any equipment for the first time. Please refer to our pricelist for information about trainings.

Personal assistance cannot be booked in our online booking system. Please visit us at our Open Office sessions to discuss your needs or send us an e-mail.

Cancelling in the booking calendar is only possible up to 24 h prior to your session. If you need to cancel with a shorter notice, please send an e-mail to The Bioimaging Team as well as to the next user.

PLEASE NOTE: Cancellations later than 24 h prior to a booked session should only occur e.g. due to illness or unforeseen emergencies.

• After using a microscope or a workstation, please transfer your data immediately to your personal AU drive (O:) and clean up your local directories on instrument PCs if you are not reusing data in subsequent experiments.
• For getting acces to your personal AU drive (O:), open the icon named Map on the desktop and user your AU-ID (au followed by number) and password to log-in. Close acess to your personal drive by pressing the icon on the desktop named disconnect. 
• The Bioimaging Core Facility staff will provide support to non-AU users for exporting data.
• Use of USB memory sticks or external hard drives is for security reasons not allowed.

No, any use of USB memory sticks or external hard drives is for security reasons not allowed. Usage of USB memory sticks may lead to suspension of the user license.

If requested by your journal, you may include the following information (where relevant) in your Materials and Methods section, to accurately describe the way in which you did your imaging:

• microscope model and manufacturer, e.g. 710 laser scanning confocal microscope, Zeiss
• objective lens magnification, NA, and correction for abberation, e.g. 63x/1.4 oil Plan-Apochromat
• wavelengths of excitation and emission
• camera model and manufacturer
• software programme(s) and version, e.g. Zeiss Zen Desk
• image acquisition settings, e.g. focus step size (for z-series), exposure time, binning, time between images (for time lapse)
• details of any image processing or analysis procedures

• The purchase of the Newton 7.0 has been possible by a grant from the Carlsber Foundation. If you used the Newton 7.0, please acknowledge the Carlsberg Foundation (CF23-1388) in publications.

The Research Resource Identification (RRID) number of the Aarhus University Bioimaging Core Facility is: RRID:SCR_023876.

What is an RRID number? 

If you did not use your booked time slot, e.g. due to illness or unforeseen emergencies, please let us know by e-mail and we will charge accordingly.

By default, you are charged for your booked time slots. Cancelling in the booking system is only possible up to 24 h prior to your session. If you are unsure if your experiment has worked, start by booking a short time slot (minimum possible booking time for most instruments: 30 min) and, if possible, extend your booking.

For security reasons, surfing the internet, downloading files, checking your e-mail account etc. is not allowed from our computers. If you want to access the internet, please bring your own devices and use WiFi.