FY22 Facility Rates now active: After an initial delay, our FY22 rates are now fully approved and are retroactively taking effect beginning Oct 1, 2021. All new rates are posted HERE. This is the first rate increase PMF has experienced since July 2019 (start of FY20) and represents updated reagent and instrument service costs over the last 2 years. Some rates increased while others decreased slightly due to ever changing reagent costs. New rates include those for our newly installed Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid proteomics instrument (soon to be available for PMF users – we are now in the initial benchmarking phase) and the introduction of PMF-assisted rates for the Synapt G2Si and Xevo G2-XS instruments. Previously, these two mass spectrometers were available for user-operation only, but we are now offering full-service or assisted usage for those that would prefer this option.
New Policy for User-Operation Instrument Reservations: As of November 18, 2021 all instrument reservations for the Synapt G2Si and Xevo G2-XS instruments must be requested using the new “Reservation Request Form” located on the PMF website HERE. The new online form will provide me and Jen with all of the information necessary so that we can finalize reservation schedules and accurately prepare the instrumentation prior to each new appointment. This will cut down substantially on the number of emails we need to respond to daily by providing all required details in one simple form. You should be aware that the form requires the inclusion of KFS (Storrs) or Banner Account (UConn Health/TIP) information which will be used to process all instrument usage. This will help us save time tracking down these accounts well after the experiments are finished and allow us to process billing events much faster. Our policy on billable usage time has not changed: you will only be charged for the time used for acquired experiments, not for the requested reservation time.
Please direct any questions to Jeremy or Jen (contact information can be found HERE).