Basic Process Overview
1) Submit iLab request. 2) Receive quotation from MBCF (not automated)*. 3) Use the quotation to generate PO through your purchasing department. 4) Update iLab request with valid PO (or email it to us). 5) MBCF will begin processing request ASAP. *Internal customers use project number, do not need a PO Important Information to include in iLab As a small lab, multiple people process our samples received from quality control to sequencing. To ensure a smooth experience at MBCF, please be detailed when filling out information in iLab's system. This allows everyone to easily find the necessary information Important information to include:
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1) The “Fish Room”
Located near the 3rd-floor elevator lobby of the Smith building, SM360. Samples may be dropped off in the fridge or RNA freezer (-80) and our courier will deliver them to us. She comes twice a day at 8am and 12pm. For access call security and they can remotely buzz open the door. Their phone number is 617-632-3131 DNA: place samples in racks in top half of left-hand fridge RNA: -80C freezer: take an empty blue cooler from the bottom half of the freezer, place samples in blue cooler, place blue cooler in the top half of freezer to await pick up. 2) MBCF come visit! Located at an offsite of Dana Farber on the 4th floor of 21-27 Burlington Ave (~15 minute walk from main campus & across from Fenway Park) Contact us to schedule handoff 3) Shipping to lab FedEx (directly to our lab) Attn: Molecular Biology Core Facilities Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 21-27 Burlington Avenue 4th Floor Boston, MA 02215 USA USPS and UPS (through DFCI shipping and receiving; may add a day) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Receiving 50 Industrial Drive - Yard 5 BA-0432 Boston, MA 02215 USA |