How is the room environment for instruments monitored and maintained in your lab / facility?

Collected data will be used as base for discussion during the GerBi chat on “Importance of Room Conditions for Microscopy”. In addition, we would like to share the collected data with QUAREP-LiMi to support its new working group on environmental control. Ideally, this will result in a community-developed publication (please indicate in Q10 whether you want to participate).

1. Do you report from a lab / facility / other?

1. Do you report from a lab / facility / other? Lab Facility Other Other
2. Do you measure room temperature?

2. Do you measure room temperature? Yes No
a. How do you measure room temperature?
b. How much fluctuation (in °C) do you observe in the rooms?
c. Do you have issues with large temperature differences?

c. Do you have issues with large temperature differences? Yes No
d. Describe the temperature differences further?
3. What kind of air condition system is used?
a. Type (laminar floor, overhead/under ceiling, above instrument, others ...)
b. Company
c. Cooling capacity
d. Adaptability
e. Only cooling? - also heating?
f. Feedback / sensor principle
g. Additional information
4. Do you measure humidity?

4. Do you measure humidity? Yes No
a. Company
b. Sensor type
c. How often
5. Do you control humidity?

5. Do you control humidity? Yes No
a. How?
6. Do you measure floor vibrations?

6. Do you measure floor vibrations? Yes No
a. How?
7. Do you control floor vibrations?

7. Do you control floor vibrations? Yes No
a. How?
8. Do you control noise? (could be electrical, acoustic, light or any other type of noise)

8. Do you control noise? (could be electrical, acoustic, light or any other type of noise) Yes No
How do you control noise?

How do you control noise? a. Electrical b. Acoustic c. Light d. Other d. Other
Please describe how
9. Do you or your users have experiments failing due to environmental problems (temperature, humidity, vibrations...)?

9. Do you or your users have experiments failing due to environmental problems (temperature, humidity, vibrations...)? Yes No
a. Please describe
10. Are you willing to share your measurement data for a publication (as co-author)?

10. Are you willing to share your measurement data for a publication (as co-author)? Yes No
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