Instruments usage FAQs

Weekdays 9: 30-17: 00 (closed on weekends and holidays and university holidays).
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Yes.
If you register to use the instruments via KUMaCo system, you will be able to enter the rooms with your own IC card (staff ID, student ID, facility usage card).
It may take several days from registration to IC card recognition.

【Attention】
・You cannot use your IC card to unlock the entrance door of the buildings.
Please note the admission time of each building.
See also below for details.

How to enter Room 504 and Core facility room 306, Med-Pharm Collaboration Bldg
How to enter Core facility room 401a, Faculty of Medicine Center for Anatomical Studies

No, it is not available.

The staff of the support center or tenants of the center who have an annual contract might make reservations on weekends and holidays.

 

There are some instruments that the staff can teach you.
For instruments that the staff cannot handle, you will have to ask the manufacturer or distributor to handle them.
In either case, please contact the staff first.

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Please inform the following address of the actual usage time.
We will correct it from the system.

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The timing and number of courses vary depending on the instrument, but courses of high-demand instruments are held three to four times a year.
Please refer to our website, the on-campus e-mail, and the Kyoto University portal site.
(Courses page)

For some of the research instruments, users are required to attend a tutorial course before usage (12. Leica TCS SP8 and 36. BD FACS Aria II, III).

36. BD FACS Aria II, III can also be used by submitting a BD training course certificate (copy) (sample certificate).
Please submit the certificate (copy) to the following address.

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Yes.
It is possible to invite instructors to hold training in each laboratory.
We will share the information necessary for the event below.

* Please avoid holding during a state of emergency.

[BD FACS Aria]
・ 2 to 5 participants (1 person cannot be accepted by BD)
・ Course fee 55,000 yen (tax included) per person
・ Instructor invitation fee 28,600 yen (tax included) for 2 days
・ Reference URL
https://www.bdbiosciences.com/ja-jp/learn/training/instructor-led-courses#Equipment-training
・ When contacting BD, it will be smooth if you CC our e-mail address for the convenience of the instrument reservation.

[Leica TCS SP8]
・ Number of participants 1-5
・ About 80,000 yen for 2 hours of training

In any case, it is necessary to make adjustments such as equipment reservation and fee payment method, so please contact the center first.

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Basically, we ask the user to operate it by himself/herself.
(Click here for the manual) *Japanese only

Of the width of 91.4 cm, the print area is 90.4 cm.
Margins are set by 5 mm on each of the top, bottom, left, and right.

If you have any questions, please contact us in advance.

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To ensure the accuracy of the content, please contact us by email first.

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