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2.A.1 Name of plan "owner" (should be faculty PI)Nesrine
2.A.2 CMU-Q email of plan ownerEmail hidden; Javascript is required.
2.A.3 Department of plan ownerBiological Sciences
2.B Justification of on-site work

I have ongoing research using cell lines and experiments that require my physical presence in the lab. I will try my best to do these experiments in the lab and analyze the data remotely.

2.C.1 Facility details and locations
Room No. Location name/description
2033 Research Lab
2037 Research Lab
3025 teaching lab
2039 consumable storage for program
3184 Affara Office
2.C.2 Personnel details
Name AndrewID Personnel type (faculty, staff, student) Relevant spaces to access # Level of access ##
Nesrine Affara naffara faculty 2033, 3184 B
Nesrine Affara naffara faculty 3027, 3025, 2039 C
2.C.3 Acknowledge that people listed above have been consulted
  • Yes, people listed above have been consulted
2.D Pandemic Safety Officer
PSO Name PSO AndrewID Date of training #
Nesrine Ismail Affara naffara July 14, 2020
2.E.1 Short descriptoin of project(s) and type(s) of work

The project will involve growing cells in 3D cultures and optimizing techniques for flow cytometry and immunofluorescence staining, in addition to performing migration assays with dye tracers. These assays will be optimized by the faculty alone in the fall semester in anticipation/ preparation for students in my lab currently interested in working on their Honor thesis for the spring semester.
All work will be based on cell culture, Flow cytometry, and microscopy.

2.E.2 Does your work involve human subjects?No
2.E.3 If not requesting ongoing access, list date ranges for which you are requesting access

ongoing access

2.G.1.a Describe any scheduling tools you will use to control access to particular rooms and appratus?

Our department had created a shared research activity planner that was et up by IT to avoid crowding and overlapping in lab spaces.

2.G.1.b If you intend to use pre-defined rotations or shifts, attach (at end) or provide below an example schedule

see attached example from a shared calendar indicated people rotations and different log in times into shared lab spaces
The number of individuals permitted per room will be placed on the front door. Occupancy numbers as determined by Facilities are as follows: Lab 3025: 9 persons, Lab 3027: 4 persons. Entry will not occur if the rooms are at capacity.

2.G.1.c Are there any circumstances where personnel CANNOT maintain physical distancing for short periods of time?No
2.G.2 Anyone who is sick must stay home
  • Yes, I affirm
2.G.3 Face masks
  • Yes, I affirm
2.G.4 Individual hygiene & hand-washing
  • Yes, I affirm
2.G.5 Facility entrance/exit logging processes

All users of research space will enter their planned occupancy in a shared calendar, they will revise the calendar if their plans change. The department has discussed with facilities using the normal door card scanners to generate an independent log of room access.

3 Ramp-down and temporary suspension of work plans

Ongoing cells will be frozen and stored at -80 freezers. any ongoing experiment will be stopped and cells killed by bleach. Ramp down time < 24 hours for all of these activities. See additional information in the uploaded document in 6b.

4 Regular reporting details
  • Yes, I acknowledge
5 Acknowledgement of positive COVID-19 diagnosis response protocols and temporary work suspension
  • Yes, I acknowledge
6.b Attachments