UPenn Cell & Developmental Biology

How to Request Service

1. Contact Andrea Stout or Jasmine Zhao directly to discuss the microscopy needs of your project. For all scanning electron microscopy (SEM) services, contact Yuri Veklich.
2. You must have an active PennKey to use our Core. If you don't have one, download the PennKey application form here. Fill out the top part and send it to Andrea Stout for completion.
3. Email Andrea Stout and request to be added to the Microscopy Core customer database. Include your PennKey in the email if it's not part of your email address.
4. If your PI is based in the Perelman School of Medicine: ask your business administrator (BA) to log onto their my.med home page and use a utility called "Service Center Account Management" ("SAM") to authorize you to have your Core charges automatically deducted from an active grant. Instructions for BAs on how to use SAM can be found here (44 KB pdf). NOTE: users who are from another UPenn schools should no longer do this step.
5. If your PI is based in another UPenn school, or at CHOP, Wistar, or another outside institution: contact Andrea Stout for further instructions.
6. After steps 3 and 4 (or 5) have been completed, activate your Microscopy Core account:
   • Log onto your my.med home page (http://my.med.upenn.edu/) using your PennKey & password
   • Click on the Microscopy Core Scheduler link on the left side of the page (under MY APPLICATIONS)
   • Click on the PROFILE tab and select the budget code to be used using the pull-down selection menu. Click the "Submit button to complete the process.