Research News & Information

Important update on research for E1s

Many Galveston residents will be allowed to return on Wednesday, and travel onto the island might be difficult. It is recommended that research E1s complete freezer checks and liquid nitrogen fills before then and turn off all equipment and controlled temperature rooms as soon as possible. Major progress continues to be made in bringing our buildings back up to power. The MRB came on the city grid today. However, we will not have air conditioning in these buildings until the City of Galveston provides sufficient water pressure to run our cooling towers.

Until then, the E1s must continue to monitor their research areas and turn off all electrical equipment in the labs that are not essential (cold rooms, hot rooms, freezers and refrigerators that have already defrosted, ice machines, etc.). This equipment will generate additional heat in the buildings as they become fully electrified, putting the essential freezers under additional heat stress. Make sure you have access to the keys to unlock the control room access panels. Please lower the temperatures to -50 and prop open your room doors to provide adequate ventilation and bring additional fans down to help ventilate small rooms with freezers.

If you have questions, please contact David Gorenstein at 281-851-7785.