Hi all, With the influx of new PIs, postdocs and students I wanted to touch base on appropriating CO2 tanks for your research. We have several distributors in the area that will service the...
March 3, 2025
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2:37 PM
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All, I have a fairly comprehensive page of the ILSB website that has numerous resources for laboratory operations. The site is located at: https://ilsb.umbc.edu/laboratory-resources/ It's a...
February 19, 2025
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11:44 AM
The recirculation pumps for the laboratory hot water are currently both down. This only affects the water at the sinks in the research and teaching labs. Neither glassware washers nor autoclaves...
February 19, 2025
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10:00 AM
All, I am happy to report the campus boiler situation is back to normal. Through the day yesterday, as we corrected one issue, another presented itself. We had three different contractors on...
February 19, 2025
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9:54 AM
The boilers for the campus are still limping along, we currently do not have enough steam pressure in the building to run the built in autoclaves. The autoclave on the 3rd floor on the right hand...
February 18, 2025
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12:54 PM
All, The third floor shaking incubators are all good to go. Thank you for your patience.
February 17, 2025
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1:45 PM
All, Eppendorf will be out this coming Monday 3/17 to inspect and certify that the newly stacked S44R shaking incubator is calibrated and safely attached for use. Please refrain from using...
February 12, 2025
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12:41 PM
All, The Steris tech replaced a solenoid today and repaired the autoclave. Please feel free to use it. Please let me know if you have any issues with the machine.
February 12, 2025
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12:02 PM
Hi all, It appears we have a faulty solenoid on the 4th floor autoclave, as we are getting steam into the jacket, but not the chamber for sterilization. We do have an additional three units in...
February 11, 2025
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11:56 AM
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Hi all, The RO water loop will be sanitized next Monday the 28th of October. This is a two day process and RO will be unavailable on both the 28th and 29th, as the system needs to be flushed...
October 23, 2024
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1:49 PM