Establishing an LSBI Account:

To establish a new account please have your PI contact the LSBI administrative staff requesting a new LSBI account be created for their lab.  As this is a fee-for-use facility all new LSBI account requests should be initiated by the PI, after which new individual accounts can be created for members of the PI’s laboratory.

Establishing an LSBI Facility Online Manager (FOM) Profile:

Once a PI establishes an LSBI account, members of his/her laboratory can contact the LSBI administrative staff to create an FOM profile.  In the initial email contact, please copy your supervisor and provide a list of the following information:

Desired log in name:
First and last name:
Phone number:
Preferred email address:
Status: Undergraduate/Graduate/Postdoc/Staff/Faculty/Other
Research discipline:
Department:
Supervisor Name:
Instruments for which training is requested:

Once an account is established we will send you a temporary password, which you can change by going to the My Profile tab on the left side of the page following your first log in.  Your user level on the requested instruments will initially be set to “To Be Trained”.  Once training is completed, with an authorized trainer for each instrument, your user level will be changed as is appropriate. 

After your FOM profile has been created please contact the appropriate personnel for training.  This can be done by going to the LSBI home page and locating the instrument you are interested in under the Instruments tab.  On the page for each instrument the contact for training is listed.  Please note that training will not be scheduled until an FOM account has been established and your status has been set to “To Be Trained”. 

If you have further questions regarding use of the LSBI please contact the LSBI administrative staff directly.

Acknowledgement Policy

The LSBI provides instrumentation and consulting services that address the needs of the TAMU teaching and research community, related to materials science and the interaction of new materials (polymeric, organic, inorganic, etc.) with biological systems.  To facilitate interdisciplinary interactions we have established the following policy regarding acknowledgement of LSBI contributions.

LSBI users who have incorporated data obtained from LSBI resources into publications and presentations should acknowledge the LSBI facilities and personnel who contributed.  The LSBI recognizes that samples and all research materials involved in these investigations are the property of the Principal Investigator (PI), who serves as the responsible individual representing the University on funded projects.  Just as the intellectual property at the heart of the investigation may be owned by the PI, so the ideas for new methods developed by the LSBI staff may be the intellectual property of the Technical Staff, to be used with their authorization.  In many cases, techniques will be developed as the result of joint efforts.

Publication of these different facets should be discussed among all involved parties, and can be published together or separately as appropriate.  We ask all LSBI users to recognize and respect the contributions of the LSBI either by authorship or acknowledgement as is appropriate.  Cases of disagreement or potential conflict arising from involving the LSBI facilities will be resolved through the Office of the Vice-President for Research in consultation with the Director of the LSBI, or an ad hoc committee of their choosing.

Research carried out in part or in full using LSBI facilities will fall into one of three categories, with services and/or contributions requiring the following acknowledgements:

• Use of facilities only (PI’s lab carries out the research) requires acknowledgement of facilities in all resulting publications and presentations.  The following acknowledgement should be used: "Use of the Texas A&M University Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions (RRID: SCR_022287) is acknowledged."
• Provision of routine procedures and methods by the LSBI Staff requires acknowledgement of facilities and individuals in the resulting publications.  The following acknowledgement should be used: "Use of the Texas A&M University Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions (RRID: SCR_022287) and (Dr./Mr./Ms.) ____________ are acknowledged."
• Contributions of LSBI Staff that include (but are not limited to) development and implementation of new/original techniques or procedures, experimental design and interpretation of results, contributing to the writing of a manuscript or other significant intellectual input require co-authorship and acknowledgement of facilities.  The following acknowledgement should be used: "Use of the Texas A&M University Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions (RRID: SCR_022287) is acknowledged."

If you have any questions regarding our acknowledgements policy please contact us at LSBI@chem.tamu.edu.

Upon acceptance of your publication acknowledging the LSBI, please send the complete citation to the LSBI administration.

LSBI Billing Policy:

Please direct all questions regarding LSBI billing to the billing manager, Mr. Justin Smolen.  All bills are generated on a monthly basis, with a billing period starting on the 1st of each month and ending on the last day of the month.  Bills are submitted to the Chemistry department business office by the 5th of each month.  All billing disputes will be handled by the billing manger in partner with the LSBI administration.