Equipment-Specific Terms of Use for the Transmission Electron Microscope

of 7 January 2022

1. These Terms of Use govern the use of the transmission electron microscope at the Zoological Institute and Museum in user and service operations. The Terms of Use are set out in this appendix, which is incorporated into the General Terms of Use of the Department of Biology’s Imaging Center.
2. Use in service operations is as stipulated in the General Terms of Use.

1. The general contact is the administrative head of the Imaging Center.
2. The scientific contacts and the persons responsible for the device are listed on the Imaging Center’s homepage (https://imaging.uni-greifswald.de/en/about-us/organisation/our-team/).

The transmission electron microscope provided for the Imaging Center at the Zoological Institute and Museum and a detailed description of the device are available on the Imaging Center’s website (https://imaging.uni-greifswald.de).

1. The device is usually operated by trained members of staff at the Zoological Institute and Museum and the Imaging Center in both user and service operations.
2. For longer projects with a large number of samples or samples that require extensive imaging, it is also possible to allow other members of staff and students of all disciplines at the University of Greifswald to operate the device (user operation).
3. Only trained members of staff at the Zoological Institute and Museum and the Imaging Center are allowed to use the device in service operations.

1. Users may not use the equipment specified under § 3 until they have filled in the questionnaire (§ 5(2)) of the General Terms of Use) and until they have received a briefing from a person in charge of the equipment (§ 2). The briefing will last several days. Users from outside the Department of Biology will have to pay for this briefing. The briefing is only valid for the person to whom it has been given and is combined with a general safety briefing and a laser safety briefing. Users may only use the device on their own after receiving the required briefings.
2. Once the equipment briefing and general safety and laser safety briefings are complete, access to the rooms in which the equipment is situated will be granted by a person responsible for the equipment as per § 2.

1. Users can book the equipment by arranging a time with a person in charge of the device (§ 2(2)).  
2. It is not permissible to use the equipment without prior booking.
3. The user will receive appropriate notification if the equipment is unavailable due to a defect or because it is being serviced.

1. Only authorised users may use the equipment listed in § 3.
2. The equipment can only be used during the booked time. If the experiments require a longer period of use, this can be arranged with a person responsible for the device (§ 2(2)) unless the subsequent time slot has already been allocated to somebody else.
3. The user must fill in and sign the logbook at the end of the usage period. If any irregularities need to be reported, this should also be included in the logbook.

Fee table for the use of the transmission electron microscope at the Zoological Institute and Museum in the version as amended from time to time

The English translation of the Gerätespezifische Nutzungsordnung für das Transmissionselektronenmikroskop is intended solely as a convenience to non-German-reading students/members of the University. Only the German text published on 14 January 2022 is legally binding. In the event of any conflict between the English and German text, its structure meaning or interpretation, the German text, its structure, meaning or interpretation shall prevail.