To preserve the health and well-being of members of Penn State’s research communities, the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, in consultation with Dr. Leslie Parent, Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Penn State College of Medicine, announced steps to reduce research activity in laboratories across all Penn State campuses.
On-campus research has been reduced to essential research-related activities as of March 24, 2020. See details on essential research and the slowdown here.
The core facilities of the College of Medicine have provided the following information regarding core use during the research slowdown.
Most Facilities Remain Open
Most of the College of Medicine’s core facilities are still open, but with limited staffing and restricted hours, and with the expectation that only instrument usage and requests for sample analyses for essential research lab work will be allowed.
- Hours of operation and protocols for continuing to use core resources are specific to individual cores and staff availability. Investigators should check with the core before physically arriving at its location. All usage of cores where physical presence is required will be by appointment only, to ensure limited physical contact.
- Each core will have signage posted at its entrance including telephone contact information, hours of operation and sample drop-off or analysis protocols.
- Each core is emailing all current users with detailed information on telephone contact information for staff, hours of operation and sample drop-off or analysis protocols.
- Information for each core will be posted here and shared on individual core websites and research.med.psu.edu/core-facilities as available.