[Bpsfaculty] Your input is crucial

[Katayoon Dehesh]

Greetings all,
I would like to thank you for your time and the critical input helping us to identify Nex seq 2000 as the most needed instrument by the majority.  As such, we will proceed and use the lottery fund to purchase the Nex seq 2000 that contrary to my understanding was not yet purchased when I sent you the first email (see blow).

We will pursue alternative funding channels for the purchase of the Ascend.

Again, my sincere thanks for your time and your voice.

Be powerful and have a gran long weekend.

Katie

Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh
Director, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Distinguished Professor
Ernst and Helen Leibacher Endowed Chair in Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-6370;  Fax: (951) 827-5155


From: Katayoon Dehesh
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 11:56 AM
To: 'IIGB_All at lists.ucr.edu' <IIGB_All at lists.ucr.edu>; bpsfaculty at lists.ucr.edu
Cc: IIGBadmin <iigbadmin at ucr.edu>
Subject: Your input is crucial
Importance: High

Dear Colleagues,

The Dean informed me yesterday that the total lottery funds awarded to IIGB is $530K.  This money can be spent for the purchase of any instrumentations with greater impacts on teaching and research activities, albeit with a more focused view on the teaching outcome.

There are two groups of instruments that fulfill the required criteria for the funds:


  1.    10X Chromium: an instrument for single-cell genomics, bundled with GridION, a high-throughput long-read sequencer.



  1.  Orbitrap ASCEND mass spectrometer for high resolution proteomics and metabolomics.  For this instrument we will need an extra 100K,  however the Dean added that we will go to the provost to secure the amount.


Rather than making a unilateral decision, I am reaching out to ask for your input. It is important that we purchase the instrument with highest impact for most of our community. To better assess your needs, I am sending the link below where you can state the choice of your preferred instrument.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dR_moNhfllQmImap9_ik_CDHWDhE7cYzB56kLVKqB_4/edit?usp=sharing


Please provide your responses not later than the next Thursday September 1st.  I will let you know outcome.

Be powerful and thanks in advance for your input.

Katie





Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh
Director, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Distinguished Professor
Ernst and Helen Leibacher Endowed Chair in Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-6370;  Fax: (951) 827-5155


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