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2. GENERAL LABORATORY POLICIES
1. Ortiz primary students and postdocs have priority on all laboratory equipment.
2. All new group members and collaborators should be initially trained by an Ortiz graduate
student (MFP trainer : Monica Rixman ([e-mail]), AFM trainer : Laurel Ng
([e-mail])) The trainer should be provided with a one-page summary of their planned
experiments in the near future before beginning training. Observation of experiments
performed by another experienced user multiple times is strongly suggested.
4. Safety precaution sheets should be read carefully and adhered to before starting any
experiments.
5. Any problems with the equipment should be reported immediately to Prof. Ortiz.
6. Researchers should reserve time on the equipment by signing the appropriate schedule. It
is suggested to sign out either morning/ afternoon/or evening block, not more than one full
day at a time.
8. All students must sign and date the log-books for the equipment each time they use it.
Prof. Ortiz will review the log books on a weekly basis.
9. Collaborators should keep track of and pay for all of the supplies they use, i.e. cantilever /
probe tips. The collaborating students advisors are expected to take care of the costs for
chemicals, materials, and supplies related to the project.
10. All group members are expected to attend the weekly Ortiz group meeting (Mondays
5pm, MIT 12-009) and informally present what they have done during the week.
11. All laboratory notebooks and keys should be returned to Tim Doyle upon completion of
the research project and work in the lab.
12. Abstracts for talks, papers, and any other published work resulting from experiments
done in the Ortiz Lab should be sent to Professor Ortiz and all other authors at least one
week before the deadline.
13. Always close and lock all doors to laboratory equipment.
14. No laboratory equipment should be removed from the lab without prior permission
from Prof. Ortiz and verification with the other laboratory group members.