University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

CCSG Acknowledgement

Required CCSG Acknowledgement

The NCI requires that publications acknowledge the UPCI CCSG support, and they are tracking compliance. If a UPCI CCSG-supported Shared Facility provided data used in your publication, please include the following statement in the acknowledgment section of your publication(s):

"This project used the UPCI [insert name(s) of shared facility(ies)] that [is/are] supported in part by award P30CA047904."

Shared Facility Directors: Please make sure to include this statement on all of your order forms, contracts, etc. as a reminder to your users to acknowledge the UPCI CCSG support.


Contact & Scheduling

Flow / Imagestream
Michael Meyer
Cytometry Facility Manager
Hillman Cancer Center, Lab 1.45
Phone: 412-623-3282
Email: meyere@upmc.edu

ArrayScan
Xiaoyan Liang, PhD
Imaging Cytometry Facility Manager
Hillman Cancer Center, Lab G.21
Phone: 412-623-1211
Email: lianxx@upmc.edu

Scheduling Information

  • Utilization of the Cytometry Facility is available to all UPCI members and the research community on a first come, first served basis.
  • Unless appointments are canceled 24 hours in advance of the scheduled time, the customer's account will be charged for one (1) hour.
  • Please specify any special requests, such as downloading of data, acquisition of extra events, etc., as these requests require extra time. The more we know about your experiment, the better we can help!

Scheduling Options

For assistance, please call Mike or Bata at (412) 623-3282.

UPCI users can schedule directly through Outlook via the Public Folders:

  1. In Outlook, expand "Public Folders", then expand "All Public Folders"
  2. Expand "UPCI Flow Cytometry", and select the machine you would like to schedule time on.
  3. Select "new" on the top bar, and make an appointment for the time you would like to use the machine.