PPMS Pasteur/Rockefeller Platform Management System The PPMS system is a web-based application for the management of technology-related shared core facilities (platforms). It is developed by Pasteur Institute and Rockefeller University. Its features and functionalities arose directly from the ideas, the experience, the habits and the feedback of the staff and users of the PFID platform in the Pasteur Institute and of the BIRC facility of the Rockefeller University. University of Maryland is a licensed user of PPMS For more information of PPMS, please go to http://ppms.info/index.html Click here to go to log in page You need to log in in order to see user details, comment and make your own reservation You can either find your user name in the drop down list box (1) or type it in by yourself (2) Your user name will be the username portion of the e-mail account you register. Please try to use your umaryland e-mail for registration e.g. [email protected] Your user name is “johndoe” 2 1 Your password will be the same as your scope login. Users from the same research group will be assigned the same password. CIF password (Xxxx@nnnn) is consisted of the first four letter of the PI’s last name, the first letter is in upper case. nnnn is the four digit CIF account number After log in, you will see system booking page, only the scopes you are authorized are listed in your booking page You could use this page to report any problem of the scope, or call CIF staff Any problem of the scope will be listed here. CIF will also block off scope time in the calendar to let user know the scope is not available You can set up here so your scope reservation is shown in your own calendar You can modify your profile if you choose to list your phone number Please do not change your password Your reservation and cancellation is listed here An example of incidence reporting page Do not reserve more time than you need. You will be charged at least ½ of your reserved time even if you do not use the scope Reservation can be cancelled free of charge 12 hours before scope time. You can still cancel your reservation less than 12 hours before reserved time, but you will be charged at least at a 50% rate for the full amount of time you reserved To avoid penalty charges, you can try to contact other active scope users to see if anyone will take up your reservation. Click on the “view/edit” link to access user information and user comment. Purple reservation means the user has left some comment that you can read by clicking on the view link. This option is reserved for specifying the laser (s)that will be used during the scope session for confocal microscopes reservation. Green reservation indicate that user may cancel 12 hours before the reservation, if you have urgent need to access the scope, you may find the user contact info by clicking the “view” link and contact the user directly. If you swap your reservation with another user, please inform the CIF staff. Blue reservation