July 2026 - plants-user - lists.vbcf.ac.at

Thank you and farewell

by Helfenbein,Paula

Dear all, tomorrow is my last day in the VBCF Plant Facility. The last five years, three of which I spent as the Core Technician of the Plant Facility, have been extremely transformative for me. I am so deeply grateful to have had the chance to grow and learn in such an amazing place. I want to thank especially my amazing team at the Plant Facility, which made this time truly special. I could have not imagined a more understanding, collaborative and supportive team, where everyone jumped to help each other without a second thought, and where we always shared some laughs, even if it could get stressful sometimes. And I want to thank all the wonderful and kind people, that made working here everyday so amazing. Thank you for the deep discussions over experiments, the last-minute trouble shooting, the late night talks on the terrace, the smiles to cheer you up on a challenging day, the cheerful moments, the fun conversations over lunch and the memorable Friday evenings. This place and especially the people here will always have a very special place in my heart. I would love to see some of you tomorrow at the social hour, and hope we stay in contact, so please feel free to reach out to me vie paula.helfenbein(a)gmail.com and linkedin.com/in/paula-helfenbein<https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-helfenbein/> :) 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/>

July 30, 2026

This Friday- cleaning plant chamber #19

by Guevarra,Paige

Dear MPL plant users, I will be taking over Paula Helfenbein's position in VBCF Plants and would like to introduce myself: I have been in GMI for the last 4 years and am looking forward to my new role and hope to meet many of you soon. Paula will still be here through July. In addition, chamber #19 needs professional cleaning, and the entire process would be possible in one day (moving your plants out of the chamber and into the plant working room, cleaning the chamber, and moving your plants back in the chamber). The cleaning day will be this week, Friday, July 24. The cleaning process would start around 10AM and end around 3PM. Please let us know if that would be a problem. Best, Paige

July 20, 2026

Re: Outage chamber #21

by Helfenbein,Paula

Dear all, thank you all very much for being on site so quickly on Monday and helping to move the plants. The cooling system of chamber #21 could be fixed, but we would like to keep it running for another day to check if it is stable now. And I would like to combine this with a cleaning of chamber #21 as it is already empty. Therefore chamber #21 will be usable again this Friday, 3rd of July from 3pm onwards. You can move your plants back in on Friday afternoon or beginning of next week. You can also keep them in chamber #19 if you prefer that, then please just adjust the booking online accordingly. Please find attached also the recordings of chamber #21 on the day of the outage, the maximum temperature that was reached till all plants were moved out of the chamber was 23.5°C (~17:30). If you need more detailed recordings feel free to contact me! Thank you all very much, 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/> ________________________________ From: Helfenbein,Paula Sent: 29 June 2026 16:31 To: plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at <plants-user(a)lists.vbcf.ac.at> Cc: VBCF Plant Sciences <vbcfplants.grp(a)vbcf.ac.at> Subject: Outage chamber #21 Dear all, unfortunately due to the heat the cooling system of chamber #21 is down and the chamber is out of order. Therefore we need to move out all plants immediately. If you have any plants in chamber #21 please come to the chamber now so we can move them to the adjacent chambers. The repair will happen as soon as possible but we don't know exactly how long it will take. Thank you very much! Paula [signatureImage] 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/>

July 1, 2026