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THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH
NEW INVESTIGATORS: A QUICK GUIDE TO STARTING YOUR RESEARCH AT
UCSF
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Setting Up the Office and Research Space
- Other Topics:
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get to UCSF? | What should
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SETTING UP THE OFFICE AND RESEARCH SPACE:
What Research Support Services are available
at UCSF?
• UCSF Departments
• Laboratory Equipment Services
• Laboratory Supplies
• Research Services
• Library Services
• Misc. Information Services
• Research Repositories
UCSF Departments
Three units you should be familiar with include Materiel
Management, Facilities Management and your home department.
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Materiel
Management Department (MM) is responsible
for a wide range of services including negotiating University
discounts for
Purchases,
the pick up of equipment and furniture for Storage or
for disposal of Surplus items,
the ordering of controlled substances, the management of Chemical
Stores/Distribution of compressed gases, alcohol, and
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Capital
Projects and Facilities
Management (CPFM) is responsible for
all maintenance and repair of the physical infrastructure
such as building
maintenance, the power plant, water and DI water, and ventilation
systems. A Building
Manager is assigned to each UCSF building and processes
work repair requests handles maintenance emergencies. Your
home department may prefer to submit all work requests
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Your Home Department/School provides
a variety of services through your Management Services Officer
(MSO) or Department Manager. Typically, departments and schools
have shared resources, department-only core services, preferred
service
contract vendors
for equipment repairs, and copier services as well as the standard
fund management, human resources, and ordering services. |
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Laboratory
Equipment Services
Most equipment repair is through a service contract
vendor either selected by your department or by you; you should
check with your home department before ordering
repair service. However, there are several
for-fee services on campus that repair basic laboratory equipment,
develop custom
designs, or provide temporary equipment loans including:
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Biochemistry Electronic Shop (equipment
repairs) |
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Instructional and Research Technology Services
(IRTS)
(Instrument Shop for Repair and Development 476-6396) |
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Emergency loaners for
-80 freezers (FM Service Desk, 476-2021) |
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Commercial rental of freezers
from Milens (510-234-5749) |
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Refrigeration Information (how to restart, plug types, other info) |
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Laboratory
Supplies
The University
of California's (UC) system wide purchasing power means that you
can get deep discounts on the majority of items frequently purchased
by UC
consumers. In
addition to these preferred vendors, UCSF also has several on-campus
sources for supplies.
The following is a partial list of these suppliers:
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Research
Laboratory Services
The core services at UCSF can be accessed through
various research units and therefore may be based upon a priority
availability hierarchy as follows:
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1. Members of the center or department
2. UCSF PIs
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Services are listed in the A-Z List on the
UCSF website by their official title. Core services
now include general laboratory, clinical services, repositories for
data, DNA, or tissue, and data management
services. However, plasmid, vector, and GMP core services are not
available at this time.
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General Laboratory: Core Facilities and Services (this
is a partial list - to add a link, comment or make suggestions about this
list, contact
vkirby@research.ucsf.edu)
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Cell
Culture Facility: customized
service, primary cells, storage |
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DNA Bank (DNA Services and Database Design) |
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DNA Sequencing |
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Ergonomic
Evaluations (OEH&S) |
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Geiger
Counter Calibration Service (OEH&S) |
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Hazardous
Waste Services (Hazardous Materials
Management Program: pickup, delivery, surplus, cleanout for biological,
chemical and radioactive
material) |
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LARC (animal housing, purchases, proximity
cards) |
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Mass Spectrometry Facility |
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Microarray
and Proteomics –UCSF core
facility (Derisi lab) |
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Oligo Synthesis (BRC- Biomolecular Resource
Center) |
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Peptide
Synthesis (BRC) |
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Shared BSL 3 laboratories: contact
Biosafety
Officer or OEH&S |
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TaqMan
RT PCR services (BRC) |
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Transgenic
Core Facility - LARC - Rederivation Services |
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