Training is provided for all instruments and procedures except for the high-resolution Hitachi S-900 field emission SEM. All training is done as a one-on-one tutorial, although small groups from a single lab can also be accommodated. The details and time necessary vary from instrument to instrument and the experience of the people being trained, but generally the preparatory equipment takes one to two sessions, the Zeiss light microscope one session of about 3 hours, and the Hitachi S-570 SEM 2 or 3 sessions. Making colloidal metals and conjugating them to proteins or other ligands generally involves a half-day, but difficult conjugates and metals other than gold can take longer, maybe a couple of days.

It is preferable to do the training using the investigator's samples, but it is also a good idea to start with samples that are not particularly important. The first try either works perfectly or fails horribly.

Contact Joe Heintz or Ralph Albrecht with questions or to schedule an appointment for training, and for information about fees for businesses outside of the University of Wisconsin.