ABRF COVID-19 Resources
ABRF COVID-19 Resources
ABRF COVID-19 Initiatives and Resources
ABRF is pleased to share these resources suggested by the ABRF member community. Inclusion here does not represent ABRF's recommendation or endorsement.
To add to these resources, send your information to abrf@abrf.org.
ABRF virtual town hall meetings
ABRF members convene on a regular basis to discuss issues and provide support to one another during the COVID crisis. All participants agree to comply with the
ABRF Code of Conduct for Virtual Events.
General Discussion - Future meetings to be announced
Core Administration - monthly, third Thursdays at 1:00 pm ET - upcoming, Thursday, February 18
Topic: Review Results of Core Facilities' Personnel Job Satisfaction Survey
Presented by Nicole White, Cincinnati Childrens Medical Center
View recording here.
November 19
Leadership in Times of Crisis
Katy Fonner, Senior Organizational Development Consultant at Oregon Health and Science University, will present on the topic of leadership in times of crisis. We will follow that up with discussions on core and administration leadership, as well as wellness and mental health challenges we all face in the time of COVID and other compounding crises.
Access presentation. View recording.
> If you have suggested agenda items you'd like to discuss, please send those suggestions to abrf@abrf.org
- MAD SSCi 2021 - Building a Better Core: Best Practices for Shared Resources: A Meeting in Twelve Parts - second Tuesdays at 12:00 pm ET
- ABRF Covid-19 WhatsApp discussion.
- Draft Guidelines for re-opening:
- ABRF Core Facility Ramp-Up Information
- Draft ABRF Core Facility Ramp-Up Information (version 4.1). If you would like to provide feedback on this document please click here.
- Georgia Tech
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Oregon Health & Science University Resources:
- Levels of Operations (5/5/20)
- Light Microscopy Core return to resarch plan (5/19/20)
- Medicinal Chemistry Core return to research plan (5/19/20)
- Multiscale Microscopy Core return to research plan (5/19/20)
- PSR Core return to research plan (5/19/20)
- Research Town Hall on Infection Prevention and Occupational Health (May 26, 2020)
- Template for Returning to Laboratory Work
- University of California Davis
- University of Colorado Denver
- University of Connecticut
- University of Minnesota
- University of Texas
- Moving academic research forward during COVID-19, Science, May 28, 2020
- Recommendations for operating Imaging Core Facilities...by German BioImaging and Microscope cleaning protocols from companies
- Sample shutdown procedures and restrictions
- A series focusing on lab/instrument shutdown
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- 10x Genomics - Critical Tools for Coronovirus (COVID-19) Research
- Advaita Bioinformatics - iPathwayGuide Webinars
- Advancing Biomedical Science: Live Cell Imaging of Vesicle Trafficking using perfectly balanced Super-resolution Dragonfly Microscopy
- Agilent E-Seminars - a series focusing on lab/instrument shutdown
- Working from Home, for Scientists
- Bitesize Bio webinar series, The Happy Scientist
- Bruker online AFM Courses
- Karolinska Institutet- Bionut: yearly microscopy course. Sylvie Le Guyader, Live Cell Imaging Facility Manager
- Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy for Multiview Imaging of Living and Cleared Specimens Webinar
- MicroList – imaging courses and learning materials
- Nanoflix Virtual Seminars - nanoString's series of weekly events
- Promega SARS-CoV-2 Serology and PCR Testing Resources
- Qiagen Educational Webinar Series on RNA-Seq, Methyl-Seq, Covid-19 Seq, metatranscriptomics, metagenomics, mult-modal and immune-oncology workflow solutions
- Rescan Confocal Microscope Webinar – Axiom Optics
- Royal Microscopy Society RMS is compiling a list with sites with microscopy webinars, online training, etc.
- Royal Microscopy Society Virtual Meetings to establish safe working practices in the COVID-19 era
- Stanford University Mass Spec Fundamentals series - Thursdays, 12:00 pm PT
- What the Cell is Going On? Scientists Reveal Methods for Successful Single-Cell Omics Research
- Updated letter from AAU AAMC APLU ACE urging for at least $26B in supplemental appropriations for research workforce (May 27, 2020)
- AAU AAMC APLU ACE letter requesting supplemental funding for research universities, including support for core facilities (March 19, 2020)
- Agilent presentation - Implementing Social Distancing in Core Facilities - SEASR Virtual Meeting (June 10)
- Cellink Hand Sanitizer Pricing
- CORIS Free Remote Temperature Monitoring through 2020
- Emory University Integrated Core Facilities - Research Impact of COVID-19 (June 10 presentation)
- Emory University Employee PPE and Disinfection Matrix (May 2020)
- FormLabs 3D Printing
- GenomeWeb Weekly Coronavirus Newsletter
- How to Sanitize a Microscope
- Intactness of Medical Nonsterile Gloves on Use of Alcohol Disinfectants - Annals of Laboratory Medicine - January 2018
- The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Mice and Services Response to COVID-19
- Microscope cleaning protocols from companies
- Motorola Cellular-connected MultiSensor
- PerkinElmer - Improving the efficiency of SARS-CoV-2 Testing and NGS Research
- Recommendations for operating Imaging Core Facilities
- Washable Keyboards: (A) (B) (C) (D)
- Zeiss Microscopy ZEN Imaging Software - Free 90-Day Version
