Support from LBIC staff for approved projects
LBIC has a limited staff (for staff researchers and other staff members, see homepage). LBIC staff will to the best of their ability help researchers with their projects, given the complexity of the equipment. At present, however, LBIC cannot within its budget provide full service from start to goal for research groups that have received approval for their project.
As a general rule, LBIC staff will help with (see also Project planning):
- Initial discussions and design of experimental layout
- Writing adequate parts of the application form to the RB
- Performing pilot studies for the project
- Providing basic teaching in handling of the equipment when experimental series are made
- Providing platforms for data storage and image analysis and assisting in data transfer and selection of image analysis tools
Therefore, LBIC staff cannot be expected to perform e.g. large investigational experiment series, or to perform image analysis or statistical data analysis for the research group. We advise the research group to find a person within their group, that can be adequately trained with support from LBIC staff. Should the PI need LBIC staff support for such tasks as described above, or similar, the platform coordinator can decide if staff has the possibility to provide the services required for a fee (see table above).