All,
The campus is doing work on the high temperature hot water (steam) system away from the building. However our boilers supplying steam to both the vivarium and autoclaves are being seriously affected by the work.
Autoclaves are available now through first thing Monday morning, after that I will turn them off for the duration of the repair work. The projected length at this point is 14 to sixteen days after Monday, but the university is trying to reduce the length as best as possible.
Engineering, Chemistry and Biology have all offered assistance with their units, however Biological sciences is very tied up with their current capacity.
Please get as much as you can plan for your research done in the next several days and then coordinate your needs over the next few weeks so I can coordinate the logistics for our needs.
I'm sorry to have to get you this unfortunate news on short notice, but these repairs will help us all in the long run.