Hi Everyone:
We received this past year a new AVANCE 500. Prior to this, we
were doing high resolution work on two older instruments, an
AC250 and a AMX400.
Of course, everybody wants to do their work on the 500 for obvious
reasons. The problem we are experiencing is that different groups
have different access requirements and we need to strike some sort
of balance. For example, the organic people here want the sample
changer (CASE 24) and ICONNMR running on the instrument 24-7.
They want quick access to routine experiments and they are the
majority. There are 3 or 4 other groups here who want the exact
opposite...they want long periods of time on the instrument to do
research and the sample changer gets in their way.
The ideal solution would be a second modern instrument and we
will be working on that. However, in the interim I am wondering how
other labs have handled this issue. What kind of balance between
these two conflicting demands have other managers found struck a
good balance?
I will of course post a summary if there is sufficient interest.
Regards,
Mike
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Michael D. Lumsden, Ph.D.
NMR Facility Manager
Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre
Room 428, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4J3
phone:(902)494-1635
FAX: (902)494-1310
email: mike.lumsden_at_dal.ca
Received on Tue Dec 02 2003 - 17:35:01 MST