[IIGB_All] Your input is crucial

[Katayoon Dehesh]

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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