Endy:Starting Out
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Linking In
- Get a Stanford ID card.
- Add your name and contact info onto the Emergency Contact Info sheet on the clipboard by the main entrance.
- Get your email account at Stanford.
- Have Christine add you to the Endyscope mailing list.
- Update your info page on the Lab Members wiki page
Stanford Training Requirements
Go through the Endy Lab Training form with the current lab safety coordinator (Atri Choksi). Make sure to:
- Email Jennifer Mattler your online training certificates
- Upload your online training certificates to the Endy team drive
- Give your name to Julia to update in BioRAFT
- Sign the training form
- Sign the PPE assessment form (which the lab safety coordinator has)
Our lab meeting point in case of an emergency is in the plaza behind Coupa Cafe.
ENDY LAB TRAINING[1]
Building and Lab Access
After you get an ID card,
- See Pat Carlson in Shriram 150 about building access. For after-hours building access, follow these simple [[...get after-hours building access?|instructions.]]
There is a keycard access point on the courtyard side of the red atrium. You will need your card after 6PM weekdays and all weekend. Additionally, keycard access is required in the elevator and the stairway door in the red atrium for after-hours security. Please, never leave the building or stairwell doors propped open on weekends.
- Ask for the keycode for the lab, B07 door.
This door can be a problem for the newcomer! If you are having trouble opening the door, you are probably pushing down on the handle too quickly after entering the code. Listen carefully for the lock noise or try counting ONE, TWO, then Turn handle down. Wait for it to reset if you have to retry.
- For emergency access to the lab in case something happens to the keypad door, a key is provided in a lockbox in the hallway, next to the lab door by the washroom. Ask for the code. This key also works the door at B17. Always return the key to the lockbox!
Ordering Supplies
Endy lab ordering is a community effort.
- General supplies for the lab, tubes, gloves etc., are maintained by Julie. If you find something is low or empty please point this out to her for restocking. Ask Julie to invite you to the Endy Group Purchasing page for a detailed list of general supplies.
- Specific reagents and supplies may be ordered directly by YOU, and are generally your responsibility! Ask Julie to invite you to the Endy Group Purchasing page. Here you will need to fill in columns A to H with your item, cat number, appx cost and vendor. Jean Cookingham will place the orders and fill in the rest. Priority code is loosly: A-Quickly, B-Sometime Soon, C-Next time there is an order for the is vendor. If the item is urgently needed, fill in request and contact Jean via email to make sure she can place ASAP.
- Stanford also has BioStores (www.stanford.edu/dept/BioSci/) and PhysicsStores (www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/facilities/stockroom.html). Ask Drew to be added as a user. BioStores has many commonly used items, ask to go along with someone for a tour next time they go. Note: Biostores is closed between 12 and 1 daily.
Glassware, Culture Tubes, Washroom Info and Autoclave Directions
Glassware is located in B07B. Culture Tubes are located above the ice machine in the washroom, B07A, two sizes are available.
Media
Tuesdays, Julie makes LB and/or LB Agar; both are kept in the cabinet in the chemical room, B07B; batches are coded. Agar can be melted in the microwave. Ask someone with experience about the settings. If you want to keep the Agar molten so you can pour plates, there is a water bath, by the wall in bay C (Ariel). Turn it on when needed and turn off when not in use to avoid evaporation. There are also ring weights for the flask necks there. Recipes and prep follow.
