Volunteers Needed - Contact Alison

The NRF has been asked to speak with a couple middle school classes, and we have learned that the students prefer to hear experiences of and ask questions to the younger more relevant crowd. Since our users have, much more recently than us staff, experienced college applications and college life in general we are desperately begging you to volunteer to help us look hip, cool, and relevant to the middle schoolers. For just 1-2 hours of your day you can help inspire the next generation of scientists. If you have an hour to spare, May 26th 11:30am-12:30pm, and/or May 27th 10am-11am, we would love for you to join us for this classroom zoom visit. To get the zoom link, just email Alison and let her know you'd like to volunteer.

Upcoming NRF Events

• Game Night Thursday May 21st, 5-8pm, NRF 115 Click to RSVP
• UF Holiday - Memorial Day - Monday May 25th - NRF is AHA only
• Users Advisory Committee May 28th, Noon - NRF 115 or Zoom
• UF Holiday - Juneteenth - Friday June 19th - NRF is AHA only
• Ongoing: Do you feel like you need some practice time on a tool before you start paying to use it? Email us and ask about scheduling a subsidized extended training practice session.
• Ongoing: New publication? Data collected at the NRF? Click to tell us!
• Still writing? Check out our new easy acknowledgement templates.
• Miss something from a previous week? You can find our weekly update archive on our Microsoft teams channel. Click to Join us on Teams!

Safety Side Note

Stay safe this summer: NO OPEN TOE SHOES are allowed in any of the NRF lab spaces. Long pants required when working with hazardous materials, strong acids and cryogenic fluids. Don't forget your safety glasses when conditions warrants their use. We recommend sunscreen for times you aren't working in the lab. When traveling or working alone, keep in touch and let people know where you are (like an ebuddy).

Publication Shout Out

Congrats to Ladan, and his research team for their recent publication Reliability of ultra-thin metal films integrated onto embossed and bonded liquid-crystal-polymer (LCP) sheets for neural-interface applications. We love to hear about it when you publish data you collected here at the NRF. In fact, we annually make a report of publications from our users, and you filling out our form saves us the trouble of hunting for your papers and publications. We really appreciate those of you using our template acknowledgement statement to let the world know how awesome our facility is.

Upcoming NRF Events

• Game Night Thursday May 21st, 5-8pm, NRF 115 Click to RSVP
• UF Holiday - Memorial Day - Monday May 25th - NRF is AHA only
• Users Advisory Committee May 28th, Noon - NRF 115 or Zoom
• UF Holiday - Juneteenth - Friday June 19th - NRF is AHA only
• Ongoing: Do you feel like you need some practice time on a tool before you start paying to use it? Email us and ask about scheduling a subsidized extended training practice session.
• Ongoing: New publication? Data collected at the NRF? Click to tell us!
• Still writing? Check out our new easy acknowledgement templates.
• Miss something from a previous week? You can find our weekly update archive on our Microsoft teams channel. Click to Join us on Teams!

Safety Side Note

Reminder to all our AHA users: You must have an e-buddy when working after hours, and both parties need to respond for hourly check-ins. Failure to adhere to this policy can result in suspension or removal of your after hours access. Do you need to refresh yourself on the required information in your e-buddy text/email check-ins? You can review the e-buddy training slides here anytime. If you don't currently have After hour access, you can apply with our AHA request form.

Do You Need to Renew Your HF Training?

This is your random interval reminder: if you are a cleanroom user and your HF training expires you will lose access to the cleanroom until the training is renewed. This training is not offered online meaning you must attend an in person session. If your training is nearing the expiration, we recommend taking the course before you lose access to prevent research delays.

Upcoming NRF Events

• Game Night Thursday May 21st, 5-8pm, NRF 115 Click to RSVP
• UF Holiday - Memorial Day - Monday May 25th - NRF is AHA only
• Users Advisory Committee May 28th, Noon - NRF 115 or Zoom
• UF Holiday - Juneteenth - Friday June 19th - NRF is AHA only
• Ongoing: Do you feel like you need some practice time on a tool before you start paying to use it? Email us and ask about scheduling a subsidized extended training practice session.
• Ongoing: New publication? Data collected at the NRF? Click to tell us!
• Still writing? Check out our new easy acknowledgement templates.
• Miss something from a previous week? You can find our weekly update archive on our Microsoft teams channel. Click to Join us on Teams!

Safety Side Note

Safety glasses are required at all times in the cleanroom, and when working with hazardous materials in any lab space at the NRF. When working in 125 and 239 especially, be aware. Work others are doing in these spaces may warrant all occupants to wear safety glasses. Please notify others in the lab if they too should be wearing their safety glasses during your process.

When in doubt, wear the safety glasses. No one ever regrets being too safe.