AUGUST 2024

 

Helios EDX Detector Down

The EDX detector on the Helios FIB-SEM is currently down and needs to be sent to EDAX for repair. This will mean an extended period without EDX capability for the Helios SEM. In the interim, EDX analysis is available on the Hitachi SEM. Please contact CHTP staff if you would like training on this system.

 

2024 CHTP Image Contest

Victoria French, winner of the 2023 CHTP Image of the Year contest, with her supervisor, Dr. Johan Foster

After last year’s successful competition, the CHTP will be holding another image contest this year. The winning image will be featured in our winter newsletter, and a framed print will be mounted on the wall outside the CHTP.

  • Images from all CHTP equipment are eligible for submission, including but not limited to light microscopes, electron microscopes, and micro-CT scanners.
  • Images submitted to the contest must be acquired by the user; images acquired by CHTP staff do not qualify for the contest.
  • Only one image may be submitted per user.
  • False colouration of images is permitted.
  • Contest images must not have been previously published or be published in the future.
  • Images must be submitted in tiff format at the pixel resolution that they were acquired in.
  • All entries must be received by October 1, 2024.

The finalists will be selected from the submissions by CHTP staff based on their artistic merit. A poll of our users will decide the winner of the contest. All users can vote in the poll for their favourite image from among the finalists regardless of whether or not they’ve submitted an image to the contest. The image with the most user votes will be crowned the winner. Only votes from CHTP users will count; votes from non-users will not be counted.

Please e-mail your submissions to sem@dentistry.ubc.ca with the subject line “2024 CHTP Image Contest.”

 

TeamShare Data Cleanup

A friendly reminder that the TeamShare server is only meant to be used as a file transfer mechanism and not for long-term storage. Please remember to remove your images from TeamShare once you’ve copied the data to your personal storage mediums. Now would be an excellent time to clear out old data from your directories before the start of the fall semester.

 

Equipment Usage Fee Increase

Due to increased lab costs, the CHTP will implement a minimal increase in user fees starting on September 1, 2024. An updated price list is available on the CHTP website.

 

Corporate Sponsors

The CHTP is grateful to the following corporate sponsors for their significant in-kind Canada Foundation for Innovation support: