Dear all, the cleaning of the chamber #21 will take place in the beginning of next week. Please empty the chamber by end of this week! The chamber will be operational again next Thursday, 27th of February. If you have any questions or need any space for the meantime, please contact me and I will find a solution with you. Thank you very much for your help, best Paula [VBC Logo] Paula Helfenbein Core Technician, Plant Sciences Facility T +43 1 7962324 7090<tel:+43179623247090> M +43 664 80847 7980 paula.helfenbein@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 <paula.helfenbein@vbcf.ac.at> Date: Friday, January 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM To: VBCF Pant Sciences Facility user mailing list <plants-user@lists.vbcf.ac.at>, Ma Lab <ma.grp@gmi.oeaw.ac.at> Subject: Re: [EXT] [Plants-user] Thrips in chamber #21 Dear all, so far it seems like the thrips infection has not spread to other plants and everything is healthy. But to ensure that we are really free from any contamination I would like to clean the chamber nonetheless. The plan now would be to do this in the week of 24th to 28th of February. Please empty the chamber by latest 21st of February! Do not move plants into other chambers, but harvest/trash all plants that are currently in chamber #21. Do not grow any new plants in the chamber. If this time schedule would not work out for you, please contact me so we can find a solution. Also if you have any questions, always feel free to write to me. Thank you all very much for your help and your thoughtfulness! Best Paula [signatureImage] Paula Helfenbein Core Technician, Plant Sciences Facility T +43 1 7962324 7090 M +43 664 80847 7980 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 <paula.helfenbein@vbcf.ac.at> Sent: Friday, January 3, 2025 4:19:56 PM To: plants-user@lists.vbcf.ac.at <plants-user@lists.vbcf.ac.at> Subject: [EXT] [Plants-user] Thrips in chamber #21 Dear all, I hope you all had relaxing holidays and I wish you a happy new year! Unfortunately, we found thrips on one plant in the shared longday chamber #21. The tray was removed and so far, there are no traces that any of the other plants has been infected yet. Therefore, all other plants can stay in the chamber for now. Chamber #21 is now a quarantine chamber, so please follow these rules: * DO NOT move plants out of the chamber, NEVER bring plants to another chamber. All plants may remain in chamber #21. * Harvest and trash all plants in chamber #21 as soon as possible. * Only enter if absolutely necessary. * Leave all waste inside the chamber (take waste bins inside and leave them there). * Leave dirty trays inside the chamber. * DO NOT enter any other chamber on the same day once you entered chamber #21! We will precisely monitor all plants in the chamber and inform you how we will proceed. Please contact me directly if you have any plants that will not be harvested/trashed soon. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. Thank you all for the cooperation and I am very sorry for the inconvenience, best Paula [VBC Logo] Paula Helfenbein Core Technician, Plant Sciences Facility T +43 1 7962324 7090<tel:+43179623247090> M +43 664 80847 7980 paula.helfenbein@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>
