1. The NIBB Collaborative Research
The applications are submitted from November to early December of the previous fiscal year. In addtion, you can apply at any time during the year until the end of October, however it takes two months from application to approval.
e. g. : Application: Dec. 1, 2019, Approval: Feb., 2020, Experiment execution: April 1, 2020~Mar 31, 2021
Please click the NIBB Collaborative Research category of the equipment you want to use for details.
How to use：For Researchers except NIBB, NIPS, IMS, ExCELLS
Researchers who belong to universities or research institutes can use our facility through the following two systems:
1. NIBB Collaborative Research
- Target researchers: Researchers who belong to universities or research institutes
- Other: Travel expenses can be paid (only in Japan)
2. ABiS (Advanced Bioimaging Support)
- Target researchers: Researchers who supported by KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
Request for Publication
We request that you publish the work using our facility in the form of a peer-reviewed paper as soon as possible.
Request for Acknowledgement
All works published that include results obtained using the SBI equipment must be acknowledged and a copy of the publication should be sent as paper or pdf to the facility.
Examples for acknowledgements:
for OLS
・This study was supported by NIBB Collaborative Research Experiments for the Okazaki Large Spectrograph (NN-NNN*) to AA**.
for Imaging
・This study was supported by NIBB Collaborative Research Program for Integrative imaging (NN-NNN*) to AA**.
for Others
・This study was supported by NIBB Individual Collaborative Research Program (NN-NNN*) to AA**.
*: the project number of the NIBB collaborative research project.
**: the initial of the representative of the NIBB collaborative research project.
for ABiS
・This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP16H06280.
(1) Flow of the NIBB collaborative research application [Okazaki Large Spectrograph]
1. Prior consultation
Please consult with SBI staff about your experiment in advance.
2. Web application
Please go from NOUS sysytem
Please select "the use of Okazaki Large Spectrograph" as the collaborative research category.
3. Acceptance notification
We will review your application and notify you of the results.
4. Machine Reservation
Regular Reservation
We will ask for your preferred schedule by e-mail and coordinate your schedule to include other research group. Regulerly we will send you the e-mail around February for April-September use and around August for October-next March use. Please reply with your request.
Additional Reservation
If there is free machine time after regular machine reservation, you can make a reservation additonaly. Pleaser check the following calender and contact us.
OLS reservation calender (Browse only) Google calendar
5. Experiment execution
6. Report submission
Please submit your experiment report by the end of April of the following year on the NOUS system.
The report will be posted on the NIBB website.
Contact
Person in charge：Maki Kondo
(2) Flow of the NIBB collaborative research application [Microscopes and other imaging tools: integrated imaging]
1. Prior consultation
Please consult with SBI staff about your experiment in advance.
2. Web application
Please go from NOUS sysytem
Please select "Integrated imaging" as the collaborative research category.
3. Acceptance notification
We will review your application and notify you of the results.
4. Scheduling Experiment
Please contact us once you have decided on your desired visit experiment schedule. We will reserve the equipment you need for your experiment.
5. Experiment execution
6. Report submission
Please submit your experiment report by the end of April of the following year on the NOUS system.
The report will be posted on the NIBB website.
Contact
Person in charge：Misako Saida
(3) Flow of the NIBB Collaborative Research Application 【Behavior analyzer : Individual】
Applications are usually submitted from November to early December of the previous year, but applications are also accepted at any time. (Application within the year is until the end of October)
The flow of application and use is as follows.
1. Prior consultation
Please consult with the person in charge of Spectrography and Bioimaging Facility in advance regarding the experiment.
2. Web application
Please go from Application system NOUS
Please select " individual" as the collaborative reasarch category.
3. Acceptance notification
After the examination, we will inform you of the decision result of acceptance or rejection.
4. Experiment execution
For each visit, please submit the visit experiment schedule. Depending on the availability of staff and equipment, we may not be able to meet your request at the most recent visit, so please contact us as soon as the experimental schedule is decided.
来所実験事前チェックシート (Sorry, now in Japanese)
実験計画書 (Sorry, now in Japanese)
Equipment reservation status (read only)Google calendar
5. Report submission
The proposal representative must submit the research report within 30 days after the joint research (usually at the end of April of the following year). The report will be posted on the NIBB website.
Contact
Person in charge：Joe Sakamoto
Flow of ABiS Application
Normally, applications are accepted twice a year in the first half (around May to June) and the second half (around October to November). However, applications are also accepted outside the open period.
Target microscope
IR-LEGO
micro X-ray CT
Please see the ABiS homepage for application and usage flow.ABiS Website
Contact
person in charge : Yasuhiro Kamei
