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This Friday, Jan 21st 7AM - 8AM

All, We will have a short water outage in the building this Friday morning from 7AM until 8AM. Domestic and laboratory water will be affected, RO water for the labs and vivarium will be...

January 19, 2022 · 12:48 PM

Third floor Autoclave is operational

All, The steam generators in the mechanical room are at 35 psi. This allows us to use the autoclave on the third floor. I'm not certain if this is related to decreased demand from the campus or...

December 30, 2021 · 3:40 PM

Biosafety cabinet certifications

Monday December 20th

All, The following biosafety cabinets will be certified Monday morning 12/20 starting at 8:00 AM...

December 15, 2021 · 3:33 PM

Autoclave situation

All, The boilers in the basement continue to limp along. It appears that the heating load associated with the campus being occupied and the heating needs associated along with reduced steam...

December 10, 2021 · 3:46 PM

Film crew this weekend

Sunday, December 5th

All, UMBC will be producing a segment of "The College Tour" this Sunday in the lobby area of the building. I just want everyone to be aware of this if you're in this weekend..

December 3, 2021 · 12:10 PM

Steam to the building

Autoclaves down 11/8 - 11/22 ish

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...

November 4, 2021 · 8:23 PM

IMPORTANT

Autoclave preventive maintenance (New info)

This Thursday Nov. 4th.

All, The Steris tech will need to have the units turned off on Wednesday evening to change the exhaust valves the next day. I'll be turning the units off around 5:00 PM on Wednesday to make...

November 1, 2021 · 4:41 PM

Biosafety cabinet Certifications

November 11th and 12th

All, B&V will be out to complete this year's biosafety cabinet certifications next week, November 11th and 12th. Each certification takes about an hour. Please be aware of this and try to...

November 1, 2021 · 4:27 PM

Out of the Office

10/25 - 10/29

All, I'll be out of the office most if not all of next week, I will be checking email so please feel free to email me any problems or concerns which come up.

October 22, 2021 · 4:57 PM

Autoclave PMs postponed

All, The Autoclave PMs scheduled for tomorrow have been cancelled due to quarantine protocols. The PMs will be conducted during the first week of November. The boiler work is still...

October 20, 2021 · 8:55 PM

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