Policy and Configuration of Image Analysis Workstations @ MICC Cell Observatory


Image Analysis Workstations are available for users of the MICC Cell Observatory.

Some of them are dedicated to the analysis of Lightsheet data, and the others are open to all the Users of the Cell Observatory.

Usage of all workstations must be scheduled through the Internal Services => "Advanced Light Microscopy" service. 

If you use Imaris, Arivis, AutoQuant, or LasX, you must schedule their usage as well through the Internal Services

For Authorization, please contact Sefi Addadi or Ofra Golani, For further help, you can also contact Vitaly Golodnitsky 

Image Analysis Workstations Usage Policy 

General

  • Usage of all workstations must be scheduled through the Internal Services => "Advanced Light Microscopy" service. For Internal services and room entrance authorization, please contact Sefi Addadi or Ofra Golani
  • We provide two categories of Workstations
    • General WS: are mainly for users who acquire data using the Lightsheet Z1, Ultra Microscope (unless coordinated with us otherwise for specific needs), and other Cell Observatory microscopes or use our Image analysis service
    • Remote-only WS: intended for remote usage and can be used by all authorized users for image analysis tasks ( Maldives )
  • The operating system allows multiple remote users. However, priority is given to the person who scheduled work through internal services. If you log in as a second user, you SHOULD NOT use heavy-load software without coordinating with the scheduled person.

General Workstations

  • Only data acquired on the Lightsheet microscopes can be stored on the gpfs disk (ESS). No other data is allowed on this gpfs disk !!!
  • For Data organization on the ESS, please refer to ESS Guidelines
  • Intended for use mainly by users who acquired data on the Cell Observatory microscopes or use our image analysis service (unless coordinated with us otherwise for specific needs)
  • The user's data should be stored in a subfolder named by your WIS userid under \\lscf-storage\data ( so for the user XYZ it will be\lscf-storage\data\xyz ) - and not on the desktop or any other location. We can help you make it a shared folder for remote folder access.
  • You can store the data on the disk for the analysis period, but data must be deleted within 2 weeks after the analysis is done.
  • The data is not backed up.

Remote-Only WS

  • Maldives WS does not have a screen. It is intended for remote usage and can be used by all authorized users (not necessarily for data acquired at the Cell Observatory)
  • Only data acquired on the Lightsheet microscopes can be stored on the ESS (gpfs). No other data is allowed on this gpfs disk !!! 
  • User's data (not acquired using Lightsheet) should be stored in a subfolder named by your WIS userid under \\lscf-storage\data ( so for the user XYZ it will be \\lscf-storage\data\xyz ) - and not on the desktop or any other location. We can help you make it a shared folder for remote folder access.
  • You can store the data on the disk for the analysis period, but data must be deleted within 2 weeks after the analysis is done.
  • The data is not backed up.

Image Analysis Workstations Configuration

NameLocationOperating SystemCPUMemoryGraphics Card
Bali (20T)Ullman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon E5-2667 v4 @3.2 GHz512 GBNVIDIA Quadro M6000 24GB
Bahamas (20T2)Ullman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon E5-2687 v3 @3.0 GHz512 GBNVIDIA Quadro M6000 24GB
Maldives (30T)Remote OnlyWindows Server 20192*Xeon E5-2690 v3 @2.6 GHz256 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12GB
JavaUllman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon E5-2687 v3 @3.0 GHz256 GBNVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
Capri (UK2 WS1)Ullman 28Windows 102*Xeon Gold 6130 @ 2.1GHz256 GBNVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
Maui (UK2 WS2)Ullman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon Gold 6130 @ 2.1GHz256 GBNVIDIA Quadro P5000 16GB
BoraUllman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon Gold 6230 @3.90 GHz512GBNVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB
GalapagosUllman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon Gold 6230 @3.90 GHz512GBNVIDIA RTX 2080 8GB
WACOMUllman 28



SantoriniUllman 28Windows Server 20192*Xeon Gold 5318Y @3.40 GHz512GBNVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB
SicilyUllman 28Windows Server 2019AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5995WX512GBNVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB

Available Software

Fiji, CellProfiler, Ilastik, QuPath, Matlab, 

Imaris, Arivis , ZEN, LasX , Huygens(Bora workstation), AutoQuant,

PanoramicViewer, CaseViewer,

Amira, Avizo: upon request

Upon request, we can install other image analysis software for you.