November 2025 - plants-user - lists.vbcf.ac.at

Reminder: Waste and cleanliness in plant growth chambers at the MPL

by Rozanek,Solvejg

Dear all, lately it was more often the case that freshly watered pots with plants have been trashed and that the trash cans were completely full. Since the bags should not get too heavy (also because they become even heavier after autoclaving), we would be grateful if you could trash your plants only when they are dry or not completely wet. Watering takes place every Monday morning and Thursday afternoon. If that is not possible, we would ask you to only fill the trash cans half full. If no empty trash cans are available, please take one of the transparent bags and place them next to trash cans, where they will be picked up for autoclaving. This procedure saves time and resources. Further we would like to remind you to keep the soil room (and especially the sink) and other working rooms clean so that the cleaning staff and other users can use them in the same way. Trays ready to be cleaned must be stacked upright instead of sideward to use the space in the box as efficient as possible. Thank you for your understanding and your help! Best, Solvejg for the VBCF Plant Sciences Team

Nov. 27, 2025

Re: ! Repair in plant growth chamber system, Tue 11th Nov !

by Peter Schlögelhofer

…many thanks! Best regards, Peter > On 11.11.2025, at 09:30, Helfenbein,Paula <paula.helfenbein(a)vbcf.ac.at> wrote: > > Dear all, > > the technicians were extremely fast and the repair is already done! Water and humidity control are running again, there were no strong deviations from the humidity during the time of the repair, if you need any recordings feel free to contact me! > > Best > Paula > > > > From: Helfenbein,Paula <paula.helfenbein(a)vbcf.ac.at <mailto:paula.helfenbein@vbcf.ac.at>> > Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2025 6:55:32 PM > To: plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at <mailto:plants-user@lists.vbcf.ac.at> <plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at <mailto:plants-user@lists.vbcf.ac.at>> > Cc: VBCF Plant Sciences (PlantS) <vbcfplants.grp(a)vbcf.ac.at <mailto:vbcfplants.grp@vbcf.ac.at>> > Subject: ! Repair in plant growth chamber system, Tue 11th Nov ! > > Dear all, > > unfortunately, our internal watering pump for the growth chambers in the 8th floor is leaking and needs to be replaced as soon as possible. At the moment all chambers are running as usual and temperature and humidity are the same as always and will also stay this way. But it is important to replace the broken pump as soon as possible, as it could cause further damage to the system otherwise. The repair is scheduled for next Tuesday, 11th of November at 8:30 am. > > During the repair, the watering pipes will be closed, therefore, there will be no watering (automatic or manually) and no humidity control in the chambers! > We estimate that the repair will take a few hours, maybe less. > > Please contact me as soon as possible in case you have any humidity sensitive experiments running in the chambers at the moment. Please ensure that everyone in the lab is informed, that there will be no water accessible in the chamber during this time. I will inform you once the repair is done, and you can water your plants as usual. The automatic watering on Monday morning will happen as always. > > Thanks a lot for your understanding, > best > Paula > > > > <Outlook-VBC Logo.png> > Paula Helfenbein > Core Technician, Plant Sciences Facility > M +43 664 80847 7980 > paula.helfenbein(a)vbcf.ac.at <mailto:paula.helfenbein@vbcf.ac.at> > Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH > Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 > 1030 Vienna > Austria > www.vbcf.ac.at <https://www.vbcf.ac.at/> > > _______________________________________________ > plants-user mailing list -- plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at <mailto:plants-user@lists.vbcf.ac.at> > To unsubscribe send an email to plants-user-leave(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at <mailto:plants-user-leave@lists.vbcf.ac.at> Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Schlögelhofer Department of Chromosome Biology Max Perutz Labs University of Vienna Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9 1030 Vienna Austria Phone: +43 1 4277 56240 Email: peter.schloegelhofer(a)univie.ac.at

Nov. 11, 2025

Re: ! Repair in plant growth chamber system, Tue 11th Nov !

by Helfenbein,Paula

Dear all, the technicians were extremely fast and the repair is already done! Water and humidity control are running again, there were no strong deviations from the humidity during the time of the repair, if you need any recordings feel free to contact me! Best Paula ________________________________ From: Helfenbein,Paula <paula.helfenbein(a)vbcf.ac.at> Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2025 6:55:32 PM To: plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at <plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at> Cc: VBCF Plant Sciences (PlantS) <vbcfplants.grp(a)vbcf.ac.at> Subject: ! Repair in plant growth chamber system, Tue 11th Nov ! Dear all, unfortunately, our internal watering pump for the growth chambers in the 8th floor is leaking and needs to be replaced as soon as possible. At the moment all chambers are running as usual and temperature and humidity are the same as always and will also stay this way. But it is important to replace the broken pump as soon as possible, as it could cause further damage to the system otherwise. The repair is scheduled for next Tuesday, 11th of November at 8:30 am. During the repair, the watering pipes will be closed, therefore, there will be no watering (automatic or manually) and no humidity control in the chambers! We estimate that the repair will take a few hours, maybe less. Please contact me as soon as possible in case you have any humidity sensitive experiments running in the chambers at the moment. Please ensure that everyone in the lab is informed, that there will be no water accessible in the chamber during this time. I will inform you once the repair is done, and you can water your plants as usual. The automatic watering on Monday morning will happen as always. Thanks a lot for your understanding, best Paula [VBC Logo] Paula Helfenbein Core Technician, Plant Sciences Facility M +43 664 80847 7980 paula.helfenbein(a)vbcf.ac.at<mailto:paula.helfenbein@vbcf.ac.at> Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 1030 Vienna Austria www.vbcf.ac.at<https://www.vbcf.ac.at/>

Nov. 11, 2025

! Repair in plant growth chamber system, Tue 11th Nov !

by Helfenbein,Paula

Dear all, unfortunately, our internal watering pump for the growth chambers in the 8th floor is leaking and needs to be replaced as soon as possible. At the moment all chambers are running as usual and temperature and humidity are the same as always and will also stay this way. But it is important to replace the broken pump as soon as possible, as it could cause further damage to the system otherwise. The repair is scheduled for next Tuesday, 11th of November at 8:30 am. During the repair, the watering pipes will be closed, therefore, there will be no watering (automatic or manually) and no humidity control in the chambers! We estimate that the repair will take a few hours, maybe less. Please contact me as soon as possible in case you have any humidity sensitive experiments running in the chambers at the moment. Please ensure that everyone in the lab is informed, that there will be no water accessible in the chamber during this time. I will inform you once the repair is done, and you can water your plants as usual. The automatic watering on Monday morning will happen as always. Thanks a lot for your understanding, best Paula [VBC Logo] Paula Helfenbein Core Technician, Plant Sciences Facility M +43 664 80847 7980 paula.helfenbein(a)vbcf.ac.at<mailto:paula.helfenbein@vbcf.ac.at> Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 1030 Vienna Austria www.vbcf.ac.at<https://www.vbcf.ac.at/>

Nov. 6, 2025