Dear all,

due to the given design and setup of the Facility (remote control) and taken measures we will be able to keep up the main operation of the phytotrons and most of our (digital) services (…from today’s point of view).

Please find important information, taken measures, reaction times and contact details summarized below:

1. We have increased the stock of consumables to avoid ordering and deliveries in the upcoming 3-4 weeks.
2. Anneliese and Jolanta will reduce their on-campus presence to a necessary minimum adapting to the actual workload of the research groups
3. Phytotron operation and control incl. alarms and repairs will continue via remote control/home-office mode by Anneliese and Jakub
4. Maintenance and repairs will continue, as usual 24/7, by our external partner Incotec-Cooling GmbH and GMI/IMBA Haustechnik
5. Image- and data analysis service (Ethan) as well Software development & PHENOBox (Sebastian) will continue in home-office mode
6. Please direct your requests, as usual, to: plants@vbcf.ac.at; in urgent cases (additionally to the mail!) call 1. Jakub: +43664 8084 77 090 and/or 2. Anneliese: +43664 80 51 53 9101
7. In very urgent cases the PlantS team will arrive at the campus within 1-2h latest.

Please contact me in case of any questions!!

Best wishes, Jakub.

Jakub Jez Head, Plant Sciences Facility T +43 1 7962324 7090 M +43 664 8084 77090 jakub.jez@vbcf.ac.at

Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 1030 Vienna Austria www.vbcf.ac.at

Chair, Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network (APPN) and Support Group Member of ESFRI EMPHASIS project

Twitter: @VBCF_PlantS

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jezjakub

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