Winter Recess

All User Meeting

Laser Capture Microdissection - Workshop Announcement

3D3C 2017 Workshop Announcement

Construction Notice

Winter Recess

With the extended break this year between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays the university will be closed for 11 days in a row, beginning Friday, December 23rd and concluding Tuesday morning, January 3rd. This represents a challenge for us to maintain some limited research capability while the university is officially closed with no staff members present.

Therefore the Birck Nanotechnology Center will implement the following policy for the duration of this time period:

1. No toxic, flammable, or hazardous gases will be available. This includes hydrogen, methane, silane, dichlorosilane, ammonia, nitric oxide, chlorine, KrF. These gases will be shut off at the source and no processes using

these gases will be allowed.

2. Cleanroom and laboratory operations will still be available as long as they don’t use any hazardous gases.

3. Fume hoods will be open for use but please make sure someone else is nearby if you’re going to work alone in the hood.

4. Stocked materials should be especially conserved by all users as no deliveries to the university will occur during this period, and stocking of on-hand materials may occur on a very limited basis.

5. Cleanroom users should continue to re-use their cleanroom gowns and other garments as much as possible since the shipping of used garments to our laundering supplier will be unavailable during this time.

6. No staff will be working normal hours but some may intermittently stop in for brief walk-throughs and checks.

Thank you for your support of this extended period of time for staff, faculty, and students to enjoy time off with family and to refresh.

Ali Shakouri

Dimitri Peroulis

All User Meeting

The All User Meeting is scheduled for the dates below:

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105

Tuesday, January 19, 2017 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105

Please attend either of the sessions. Failure to do so will result in suspension from the labs and cleanroom.

Stephen

Stephen E. Jurss CIH, CSP

Safety Manager

Laser Capture Microdissection - Workshop Announcement

3D3C 2017 Workshop Announcement

Dear Fellow Scientists,

Since the official launch of the 3D Cell Culture Core (3D3C) facility in August 2015, we have organized three different workshops covering basic cell culture techniques, basic 3D cell culture techniques and microscopic visualization of 3D cell cultures. These workshops, limited to six participants in order to facilitate hands-on training, have been run more than eight times encompassing at least 40 participants from campus. Starting with spring 2017, we plan to run these three workshops once every semester as a series for people to choose based on their needs or enjoy as a complete set. Dates and costs are listed in the table (discount is available for multiple workshops as explained in the last paragraph).

There is no prerequisite for the first workshop (cell culture basics). For the workshops on 3D cell cultures (basics and microscopic analysis) a prerequisite is either attending the cell culture basics training workshop or prior knowledge of cell culture techniques. A 5% discount will be offered to individuals who register for two workshops and a 10% discount for registration to the three workshops within the semester. Details regarding individual workshops from this year are available at https://nanohub.org/groups/3d3cfacility/training and will also be sent along with deadlines for registration about six weeks before the workshop date. If you have further questions or would like to know more, please feel free to contact me. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Tim Kwok
Facility Manager
3D Cell Culture Core (3D3C) Facility
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue University

Below are links to information on the State Street project. Some traffic restrictions will begin when we get back next year.

News from Physical Facilities for Building Deputies – December 21, 2016

Construction Notices

Preliminary vehicular traffic plans posted for State Street Redevelopment Project

Periodic lane restrictions on State Street from January through March

Changes to pedestrian walkways near Bell Tower in new year