Month: April 2020

Dear colleagues, After 1,5 weeks of systems checks and preparation, we are ready for restart. BIF has started all systems that were booked from 13h this Monday morning, to be able to resolve any issues with 1st startups that might occur. Before you start: please take note of our guidelines → BIF-COVID-19 website. The guidelines need to confirmed in PPMS (BIF-COVID-19  guidelines document), else we cancel your bookings. We ask you to leave the microscope rooms between 9 and 10 a.m., while we do our daily morning checks. Please take this into account with your experiment planning. BIF REMOTE SUPPORT: Read More …

All BIF equipment that have a system computer are installed with  usage trackers WORKSTATIONS: Since one logs-on with own user-credentials, the PPMS tracker work with your windows log-on. It is essential to sign-out after use! MICROSCOPES / CYTOMETRY: On BIF equipment, we make use of shared local accounts. for this reason, the PPMS tracker here works with a 2-step log-on: 1. Firstly, one needs to first log-on to the microscope with the local BIF-user account, just as before. 2. Secondly, you needs to log-on with your own IST/PPMS credentials 3. Lastly, it is essential to Sign out from the computer after your Read More …