To establish cohorts and to share lessons learned, we’ve created three mailing lists:
- A mailing list for new and existing facilities directors. A ‘Facility Director’ is the individual whose primary job function is day-to-day management and supervision of a core facility. The Facility Director prepares the annual report, conducts meetings with facility staff, and arranges to maintain and replace equipment. Facility directors can be reached for help and pointers at rcf-facility-directors@list.pitt.edu .
- A mailing list for new and existing faculty directors. A ‘Faculty Director’ is a tenure-line faculty member whose primary responsibility is research and/or teaching but who provides oversight to a core facility. The Faculty Director provides strategic direction for the facility, coordinates with other faculty, and helps identify new equipment of interest. Faculty Directors can be reached for help and pointers at New and existing faculty directors that are using the common system can be reached for help and pointers at rcf-faculty-directors@list.pitt.edu .
- A mailing list for PIs that use Pitt’s shared research facilities. New and existing individual faculty members or their delegates may also need help adding their students, managing budgets, and approving requests. PIs that use RCFs can be reached at rcf-lab-administrator@list.pitt.edu. This is a large mailing list; please use this thoughtfully.
In addition, those seeking to migrate to iLab or asking general questions can send an email to cores@pitt.edu .
Requests to be added or removed from any of the mailing lists can be made through our online form.