Policies of the Cell Analysis Facility
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these
policies, please contact
Michele Black (mblack2@u.washington.edu)
or MuraliKrishna Kaja (mkaja@u.washington.edu).
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1. All unfixed human samples must be of known origin and free from pathogenic
material. Any human sample that has not been verified as pathogen free
must be fixed.
2. All time used needs to be booked through the on-line calendar. Please
provide the requested information for each entry.
3. Time used and a valid budget # need to be entered into the CAF Billing
computer by the user after each time an instrument is used.
4. The user is billed for the time that they book on the calendar or the
actual time used if it is greater.
5. The next scheduled user can request that the current user log off the
instrument if they are running into their time. If a user knows that they
need more time, communicating this to the staff and the next scheduled
users will help to accommodate everyone.
6. In the event that the user does not use all of their scheduled time,
any subsequent user that uses the remaining time will be billed, not the
person originally signed up. In other words, the facility will not double
bill for time used on any given instrument.
7. Moving time scheduled on any instrument the same day to an open slot
is permitted, but please remove name from time originally booked so others
can use it. This will also prevent charges for both time slots, failure
to do this will result in charges for both slots.
8. Cancellations prior to the cut off (i.e. 24 hours from time
scheduled) will not be billed.
9. Cancellations after the cut off due to unforeseen difficulties
preventing the user from setting up their experiment will be charged for
one hour. It is the users' responsibility to notify the facility if this
occurs.
10. No shows will be charged for the FULL amount of time booked.
11. Sorter time is billed for the entire time booked which includes the
time it takes to set up the sort. Specifying the flourochromes to be used,
type of sorting required, (i.e. 96 well, sterile etc.) will make setup
more efficient.
12. Users will not be charged for time to remedy a malfunction of the
instrument. This does not include issues that result from intrinsic sample
properties (sticky or clumpy cells) or time spent configuring the instrument
for an experiment that was not communicated prior to the start of the
sort.
13. Users should plan to remain with their sort. If they are unable to
do so for some reason, this should be communicated when booking the sort
through the on-line calendar so that the facility can determine if an
operator will be available to monitor the sort. In the user's absence,
please note that if operator is needed by others in the facility, the
sort may be put on hold temporarily to preserve its integrity in their
absence.
14. After hours sorting and analysis are permitted once the user has been
trained and demonstrated they can perform the proper shutdown of the instruments
by the CAF staff. Upon completion of after hours training, users will
be given key card access to the facility for analysis. An after hours
sort is charged at a discounted rate. Users that schedule time during
staffed hours but show up late will still be charged at the full rate
for the amount of time that was originally scheduled during staffed hours
and then the after hours rate will be applied.
15. Users need to conform to the standard file naming structure established
by the facility to ensure the integrity of the archived data.
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