UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
UPDATE : RESUMING BASIC NMR TRAINING WITHIN SAFE START PARAMETERS – PLEASE READ
Dear NMR Users With the help of hindsight provided by the calibrated reopening and operation of our NMR facility so far, we are trying to slowly scale up our activity in another important area : Basic NMR training and certification for new NMR users. This is particularly challenging to achieve given the social distancing norms […]
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CLARIFICATION – NMR RESERVATION POLICY
Dear Users Referring to my earlier post shown below about the UW and Departmental policy in reserving and using NMR instruments within the Safety parameters of the Safe Start plan, I want to add an important clarification. Refresh your memory below and then read on : The TOWN CRIER IS BACK ! – PLEASE FOLLOW […]
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UPDATE ! AV500 – BACK TO NORMAL; READY TO RUN
Dear All A minor computer related ‘snafu’ led to the system out of action until now from some time in the evening yesterday. The issue has been identified and resolved and will note recur in the future. I did a quick health checkup of the spectrometer and things look normal. Sorry for the […]
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The TOWN CRIER IS BACK ! – PLEASE FOLLOW THE SAFETY PROCEDURES DILIGENTLY !
Dear NMR Users As much as you perhaps don’t want me to start my ‘whining broadcast’, I could not help but start another Act here, by repeating myself from last week. I see that people are either ignoring the guidelines or did not hear from me loud enough the first time ! (or simply missed […]
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SAFE START REMINDER and NMR Facility Use – PLEASE READ AND IMPLEMENT
Dear NMR Users With research activity picking up speed in the Department, it doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves once again the stipulated safety plan that keep us all productive, safe (and happy in the process). Here is a quick link to the department guideline page : http://depts.washington.edu/chem/admin/COVIDGuidelines.htm I especially would like to highlight the following […]
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AV500 UPDATE : SYSTEM MIGRATED TO UDRIVE STORAGE – PLEASE READ !
Dear NMR Users The (super)long wait to migrate the last system in the facility to UW IT’s UDRIVE storage system is over, at long last ! Here is a quick link to my old blog post to jiggle your memory : https://blogs.uw.edu/rajanp/2017/06/06/how-to-access-udrive/ Here are a few more useful pointers : When you login for the […]
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Let us keep Everyone Safe – In Anticipation – please take a moment
Dear NMR Community If you are one among the many who are raring to go and pick up the research threads where we left it before the world turned upside down and use the wonderful tool called NMR from your tool kit, to continue your critical mission of answering important research questions, I am totally […]
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FRIENDLY REMINDER : WE ARE ALL STILL HERE !
Hello NMR Users (and prospective Users !) of the Facility Though we all have been forced to slow down the usual flurry of activity and things might appear to be in a state of suspended animation, THE NMR FACILITY IS ALIVE AND WELL AND ALL THE EXISTING PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES OF USAGE ARE STILL IN […]
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REACHING OUT : CONTINUITY AND COMMUNICATION DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTIES
Dear NMR users Kindly bear with me if I am emphasizing the obvious. We are committed and doing the utmost to keep the NMR facility running and accessible with minimal disruption, while following the recommended practices of social distancing for the safety and health of all. As users, you too have a role in this. […]
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UPDATE ! AV500 – BACK IN ACTION !
Pneumatic system is working properly now i.e. both the Sample Lift and Sample Spin functions are behaving as expected. But, from the looks of it, I won’t be surprised if the problem recurs again. Of course, we shall keep a hawkish eye on the developments and swoop down to fix it asap, when that happens […]
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