🧪 Plan Your Experiments
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Plan your experiment before you book the microscope. Careful experimental design is crucial for acquiring quantitative, unbiased, and reproducible imaging data.
📖 Essential Reading
Before starting your imaging project, we highly recommend reviewing these foundational guides:
- Accuracy and precision in quantitative fluorescence microscopy – A foundational guide to collecting quantitative data
- Designing a rigorous microscopy experiment – Validating methods and avoiding bias
- Believing is seeing – The deceptive influence of bias in quantitative microscopy
🤖 AI-Assisted Microscope Selection
Choosing the right microscope for your specific biological question can be challenging. Because our facility maintains a highly structured database, you can use AI assistants (like ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot) to recommend the best system for your needs based on our actual inventory!
Step 1: Download our Facility Database
Download the tailored, AI-ready snapshot of our active microscope inventory. This file includes current hardware capabilities and live instrument health statuses.
⬇️ Download llm_inventory.json
Step 2: Open your preferred AI Assistant
Go to your preferred AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) and ensure it supports file uploads.
Step 3: Upload the file and use this prompt
Upload the llm_inventory.json file you just downloaded. Then, describe your experiment in the input box below and copy the auto-generated prompt into your AI assistant.
Fill in the box below with your experiment details. The AI prompt will automatically update. When you are ready, click Copy Prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude.
💬 Consult Our Staff
While AI is a great starting point for navigating our equipment, nothing beats human expertise! If you are unsure about your experimental design, fluorophore choices, or which microscope is the perfect fit for your research, please don't hesitate to contact our core facility staff.