[Researchflowcore] Reminder: Sorters moving Friday!

[Monica DeLay]

Just a reminder that the sorting facility is moving this Friday!  If you missed the details before, see below.

Thanks,
Monica


The FACSAria sorters and FACSCanto (3-laser) are moving to the 5th
floor!!!

Move Information:
The move will occur on October 23rd.  Access to the sorting facility
will be limited on Thursday, October 22nd for packing and
decontamination of instruments and will be CLOSED on Friday, October
23rd for moving.  The sorters will then be tested over the weekend
(24th-25th) to ensure proper function after moving and to minimize
disruption of the facility.  The FACSCanto should be up and running by
Friday afternoon.

Sorter Location:
The sorters will be located in room R5001 which is down the hall from
the FACSCanto room (R5529), towards the animal facility.  R5001 will
contain an inner room to house a sorter in a biosafety cabinet.  This
cabinet provides the environment to sort samples requiring BSL2+
containment (e.g. HIV, LCMV and adenovirus infected samples).  The
outer
room will contain a sorter in a BL2 environment.  

FACSCanto Location:
The FACSCanto 3-laser analyzer will be moved to the LSRII and
FACSCalibur room (R5524) on October 23rd.  This instrument has an
optical layout similar to the LSRII and will be available for use 24/7
providing more overall acquisition time for analyzer use.  If you have
never used a Canto before you MUST complete a short training session
before using this instrument.  Please contact RFCC staff for more
information or to schedule a training session.

OPEN HOUSE:   
In honor of our newly consolidated core facility we will hold an open
house!  On Wednesday, October 28th representatives from BD Biosciences
will be here for our grand opening.  Mike Hulsey (Applications
Specialist) will give a seminar on compensation from 10-11 a.m. and
from
1-3 p.m. we will hold our open house.  So come to the 5th floor in R
building on Wed, Oct 28th from 1-3 to tour our new space!  There will
also be demonstrations of our ImageStream and Cellometer automated
cell
counter.