The CI2B is deeply committed to accessibility and transparency.
By providing access to its cutting-edge instruments and the expertise to use them, the CI2B aims to optimize usage, promote accessibility, ensure long-term sustainability of research instruments.
Here are inclusive and transparent access policies open to all.
Self-service access is restricted to users who meet all of the following criteria:
Registered as users of the platform
Received training provided by the platform manager
Successfully passed a practical exam
Made an online reservation
Commit to acknowledge the platform in any publication resulting from the work carried out
Access to the instruments may be revoked totally or partially for a specific or indefinite period in the event of repeated non-compliance with the access rules.
Users agree to acknowledge and thank the Microscopy Platform of l'Institut Courtois d'innovation biomédicale CI2B, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, in any scientific publication, article, poster, oral presentation, communication, report, or thesis resulting from work that benefited from the platform’s equipment, services, or technical support.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Microscopy Platform of the Institut Courtois d'innovation biomédicale, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, for the training, technical support, advice, image processing and analysis, their contribution to the writing of the Materials and Methods section, and access to the equipment.