Dear all,

on Monday, the 18^th July 2022, we will switch our present booking system (MPL intranet) to Stratocore PPMS.

PPMS is already in successful operation at e.g. GMI, IMP, VBCF, MPL and ISTA.

All present bookings from the MPL Intranet will be transferred to PPMS by us, and there is no action on your side needed.

Detailed instructions on how to access and use the new booking system will follow soon, and in time.

Pre-warning:

The PPMS is not 100% suited to deal with our use case (trays in phytotrons; and long-term bookings) as it was originally designed for booking of microscopes, rooms, etc. on an hourly basis. However, we did our best to establish some painless workarounds to make it fit our special needs. The booking procedures incl. the workarounds will be explained to you in detail soon.

Best regards, 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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