{"id":79,"date":"2026-04-22T12:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:54:06","slug":"guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"General Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All requests to the Scientific Instrumentation Workshops must be submitted via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"161\">ticketing system<\/a>. We will then typically set up a follow-up meeting to discuss detailed requirements and evaluate the suitability of the project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk-in requests are welcome. Urgent repair requests, or follow-up discussions regarding recently produced hardware can be brought directly to the respective workshop teams. <strong>For all other walk-in inquiries and requests, please first visit the Head of SIW (Thanasi) in 404B.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To provide fair services to all users, the Scientific Instrumentation Workshops work on a first-come-first serve basis, accounting for established project deadlines. Because of this, short-term deadlines may not be possible to accommodate, and delivery timelines can vary based on current workshop load. For urgent parts that we cannot produce quickly in-house, we are happy to help find external solutions or coordinate external fabrication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While we can produce the majority of components for our projects in-house, some projects require us to engage external manufacturing partners or to order project-specific tooling. In these cases, we will bill the external costs directly through to the end-user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mechanical Workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3D CAD Designs of parts\/assemblies will only be accepted in the following formats: Solidworks (preferred), STEP, IGES.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If submitting multiple related parts, please also submit the complete assembly file, and ensure that assemblies are exported in a way that all references are included (e.g. pack-and-go).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publication Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you publish work supported by the Scientific Instrumentation Workshops design and fabrication services,\u00a0 it is obligatory to <strong>include this sentence in the acknowledgment<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"vf-blockquote-small | vf-u-margin__bottom--600 vf-u-margin__top--600\">\n  <div>\n    <div>\n      <p>We thank the Scientific Instrumentation Workshops at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) for their support.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the SIW staff contributed significantly to the conception and design of an instrument central to published work, the relevant staff members shall be included in the author list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Repair Procedures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you get in touch with us after your equipment fails, the SIM group will evaluate the possibility of repairing in house, taking into account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>type of the equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>year of construction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ratio instrument cost \/ repair cost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>availability spare parts in the near future<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>supplier warranty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cost of the new equivalent Equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If we determine we cannot repair the device, we will let you know and can help to organize an external repair, which will be billed to your group.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-title-left-aligned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/scientific-instrumentation-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}