Policies & Training
General policies
- Access to the lab is allowed only by authorized personnel.
- Users are allowed to reserve time and work only after passing training by their supervisors and by the X-ray lab personal.
- No food or beverages near the diffractometers or workstations.
- Please clean up the microscope desk and remove personal belonging at the end of the experiment.
- A bucket for the disposal of sharps and broken glass is near each microscope
- Do not change or align the equipment. If there is any problem call the X-ray staff.
Facility Schedule (maintenance)
- There is no maintenance on regular schedule. Maintenance is done when needed. Shutdown time will be according to necessity.
Liquid Nitrogen
- There is automatic LN refilling of the large LN storage dewar situated at each X-ray Diffraction system. In addition, there is a manual LN filling point located near the back door of Room 152. Closed shoes and face shields are required. Please follow all Weizmann Institute Safety regulations for the use of LN. See here
A guide for new X-ray Users
Our Diffractometers are normally operated as a service
- As a service: the X-ray lab staff performs all small molecule structure determinations.
- By trained users: The Macromolecular equipment is accessible to users who has been trained (Users Training) on their use by the X-ray lab staff and group supervisors, performing work for their own research groups. Each authorized-user account is given a special permission for scheduling time on the instruments.