Detailed Instructions for Submitting and Tracking Samples

 

You can submit samples and track their progress on our laboratory information management system (LIMS or MiniLIMS).  Please email a brief description of your project and your phone # to proteomics@fas.harvard.edu to discuss your project, preparation and pricing in detail.

Instructions for User Registration and Sample Submission: 

1)   Click on “Sample Submission” from the top menu of our Home Page

2)   If you have previously logged into our site enter your Username and Password 

3)   If you have not previously logged into our system then click on “[New users register here]” found below the Harvard Seal at the bottom of the page.

 

  

4)   This will take you to the registration page. Please fill in all the boxes and hit the submit button.

 

Note: Once your information has been reviewed by the administrator of the site, you will be entered in as a valid user.  This is typically very quick!  Once registered, you can simply login to the webpage for our sample tracking and login with your user name and password.  Your user name is in this format:  FirstName_LastName and then whatever password you chose.

 

Instructions for Electronic Sample Submission:

1)   Once you have registered and have a login and password, when you log in, you will see your home page which has a menu on the left and all previous samples listed.

2)   Click "Request Analysis" from the menu on the left side of the page to submit a new sample and enter its relevant information.

  

3)   Clicking on Request Analysis will allow you to add a submission.  You can copy and add more submissions, keeping the basic information and just changing the name and MW and other variables by clicking the Add Sample button circled in red.

 

4)   You will be required to enter either a Purchase Order (outside Harvard users) or a 33 digit HARVARD code (for inside users). If you are submitting a PO then you are also required to upload a copy or .pdf of the PO document.  We will not be able to begin work without this copy of the official PO. This PO must have our correct billing address.

Accounts Payable
1033 Massachusetts Ave
2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA  02138

T: (617) 495-8500

5)   Please contact us if you have any further questions using “sample submission” in the subject (proteomics@fas.harvard.edu), or phone 617-495-4043.

6)   You will then print out a copy of the form(s) to send with your sample(s).  If you are not bringing your samples to the lab yourself then send your samples on dry ice to the following address:

Harvard University - MSPRL
Northwest Labs - room B247
52 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA  02138

T: (617) 495-4043

7)   You can track the progress of your sample. Click on "LCMS Runs" or "Sequest Runs" under DATA on the left side of your front page to see the progress and any results.