Access and Policies
The VBCF Electron Microscopy facility can be accessed via research projects. The facility also provides full research service and trained user access.
In general, the VBCF General Cooperation Conditions apply. If you want to use equipment or require training, please fill out the Infrastructure Usage and Training Request form. To book your services, please provide the following details in a service request:
What is your scientific question?
Which organisms and samples are you working with?
Do you have preliminary results?
Are there any papers describing what you want to do?
Research project
Research projects are the equivalent of contract research organizations (CRO). The customer submits the starting material/sample and receives the ready-to-use data for publication. Hence, core facility members are often co-authoring and involved in the entire publication process.
Full research service
The user submits the sample, we perform a pre-defined workflow (incl. QC) and process the raw data. Data interpretation or contributions to publications cannot be offered in this service mode.
Trained user access | User labs
VBCF experts maintain an instrument park and train users to operate it. This requires a certain level of expertise, maturity of the offered technology, a hands-on attitude and reliability from the user.
Shared technology platform | Instrument park
These technologies require expert knowledge to run the offered instruments. Experts are hired by one of the research institutes on the Vienna BioCenter Campus. The experts maintain an instrument park, run the experiments and train other trainers. Machines can only be operated by experts.