Administrative Resources
BIOCHEMISTRY CONFERENCE ROOM RESERVATIONS
View READ ONLY availability of shared conference rooms:
602 LH (seats 14-16, TV monitor with connectivity)
618 LH (seats 40, TV monitor with connectivity)
876 RRB (seats ~20, TV monitor with connectivity)
676 RRB (seats 20, projector and teleconferencing phone)
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After using shared spaces, please clean the whiteboards, raise blinds, and turn off TV. Thank you.
Room reservations are made via email to these Biochemistry Representatives:
TRAVEL & EXPENSE REPORTING
How-tos for Travel Expense Items and Reports
Checklist for booking Guest Travel
FAQs for issues that cause the most confusion on expense reports.
Travel and One Card Policies:
Expense https://finance.vanderbilt.edu/policies/Travel_and_Business_Expense_Policy.pdf
One Card https://finance.vanderbilt.edu/policies/One_Card_Policy.pdf
ACCESS
- Keys are obtained from our Biochemistry Keymaster via RedCap request
- Key request form
- Jen Smith, 615-343-4458 or j.l.smith@vanderbilt.edu
- All Biochemistry Faculty are allotted two conference room keys — one personal key and one communal key which should be placed in a central location accessible to all lab members. See below on details for making room reservations.
- Keycard access to 6th floor Light Hall shared lab space is authorized through Delta via VUMC Facilities Management
- Click on “Badge Request Link” at https://www.vumc.org/facilities/welcome
- In case of emergency, contact Delta 615-343-6825 or debb.allen@vumc.org
- Keycard access must be re-authorized if a keycard is lost/replaced
- For general building access, contact Vanderbilt Basic Sciences Human Resources or F.I.R.M. vbs-firm@vanderbilt.edu
MAINTENANCE
- VUMC-owned buildings, such as LH/RRB/PRB/MCN:
- Emergency needs, plumbing leaks, light bulb replacement and general questions
- https://vumc.org/facilities
- 615-322-2041
- Building repair work orders
- https://www.vumc.org/facilities/vu-departments
- Needs VU coding in “Account Number” of: 1-11-061-0700
- As of 2022, “Description of Work” text box needs to include this info:
- BUILDING
- ROOM
- PI Name
- Description of Work
- VU COA/POET to be charged
- Cleaning requests:
- Generally contact Larry McKissack, floor manager, at larry.c.mckissack@vumc.org or 615-294-2846
- General Environmental Services (bathroom soap/toilet paper, etc.), contact 615-322-6107
- For Head of VUMC Housekeeping, contact Freddie Easley at freddie.easley@vumc.org or 615-293-3178
- Pest Control contact ORKIN, under VUMC contract, at https://www.orkin.com or 844-483-4204
- Emergency needs, plumbing leaks, light bulb replacement and general questions
- VU-owned buildings, such as MRBiii:
- Contact the Basic Sciences Facilities, Infrastructure & Risk Management (FIRM) (vbs-firm@vanderbilt.edu) for door access, key requests, custodial needs and general questions
- Emergency needs: 615-343-9675 via VU Plant OPS
- Non-emergency needs: https://ready.app.vanderbilt.edu
- Building Outage Alerts (FAN Alerts) https://www.vanderbilt.edu/plantops/services/FAN.php