Facility Access & Locations
PFCC instruments are located at:
Parnassus Campus: Medical Science Building S854-S864, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143
ZSFG Campus: CIL locations
Please note: ONLY ONBOARDED or TRAINED USERS WILL BE GRANTED ACCESS TO PFCC. If you are a New User please start > HERE <
Steps to Request Access using the UCSF system:
Following onboarding training, make sure you get access to all the instrument areas. The same process applies for existing users that require their access renewed yearly.
- Ask your Home Department Administrator, or lab manager, to request access through ‘Door Access System’ on MyAccess. Here is the UCSF Guide for Door Access.
- Request access to codes #: HSE3 (# TCC021), S854-S864 (# TCC383) (Parnassus locations only)
- Request "End Date": accepted for ONE YEAR time only (Plan to renew access yearly)
- Add to "Requester notes": "attended Onboarding session on: (month/day)" OR "renewal"
Keep in mind it may take several days until the approval is confirmed.
If you are having trouble sending your request through the system or running into any issues after 7 days since submission please email [email protected].
PFCC Instruments are housed in the following rooms:
HSE
Med Scien Bld
HSE301D
S854-S864
Aurora (Pascal)
Analysis Workstations (Rowl, Barkley & Scooter); FACSAria (Animal; Beaker; Bunsen Honeydew; Boo Boo; Jabba the Hutt, Mylo and Yogi Bear); CyTOF-Helios (Blue); Luminex (The Count); Fortessa X20 (Bert & Ernie, Dobby); Fortessa (Cookie Monster, Grover); FACSymphony (Marshmallow Man); Aurora (Abby Caddaby, Eevee, Pascal); Aurora CS (Jirachi): Bigfoot (Manny); Xenith (Scrat)