Paul, I completely agree. All one has to do is check out all the various locations around our wonderful NIH campus to see that it is not, for the most part, the location that determines whether you get good flow data. Building 10, the clinical center, has so much vibration from all the construction that it is hard to weigh out reagents, but all 3 of our machines are performing beautifully. Now if I could only get that corner lab... Happy Memorial Day to all, Randy T. Fischer NIH/NIAMS Building 10, Room 6D65 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 594-3537 fischer1@mail.nih.gov > ---------- > From: J.Paul Robinson > Reply To: jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:07 PM > To: Cytometry Mailing List > Subject: Re: How much vibration is a problem? > > > Well at the risk of being unscientific and ignorant....I am going to > weigh in on this one... > > 23 years ago when we bought our first cytometer..we were told > "you must have it in the basement....vibration will kill you....etc etc" > ...we put it on the 2nd floor of a 100 year old building, surrounded > by busy roads.....no problems > > At Michigan when I was there they renovated the entire basement > and created a beautiful flow unit, but a dungeon.... > > Here at Purdue - before I came here, someone decided that the > flow had to be in the basement.....we have beautiful lab, no > windows, bla, bla...and most of us are starting to look like > moles...(well I am anyway) > > I think 99% of the perception that vibration is a problem is > overdone......pick the corner lab, with the best view and go for it... > > Paul Robinson > (Committee for prevention of cruelty to flow lab people) > > > > > > Date sent: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:12:27 +0100 > From: Richard Grenfell <rlg@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > To: cyto-inbox > Subject: How much vibration is a problem? > > > Hi everyone > > I'm new to the list and new to cytometry. > > We have a Cytomation MoFlo and are considering moving it to > another > lab (larger hopefully!) > > The question of vibration has come up. Now, not being used to > these > instruments, I wondered if anyone here could help. > > How would I go about measuring vibration in a lab and how much is > 'too > much'. > > Also, as a general rule of thumb, is it best siting these instruments > as low down in a building as possible, though fairly near a road, or > higher up in the building? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Richard Grenfell > > -- > Richard Grenfell > Laboratory of Molecular Biology > Medical Research Council > Cambridge > rlg@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk > J.Paul Robinson, PhD PH:(765)4940757 > Professor of Immunopharmacology > Professor of Biomedical Engineering > Purdue University FAX:(765)4940517 > EMAIL:jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu > WEB: http://www.cyto.purdue.edu > >
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