MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACTS

Penny Hines
Phone: 3-1245
Location: 40A Giannini Hall
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Each Principal Investigator is assigned to work with one staff member who will provide the following research support services for start-up funds and all contracts and grants:

• Forms preparation, assistance with budgets and delivery of grant proposals to SPO
  
• Award administration
• Expenditure management
• Financial Reporting
• Final close-out for research funds

The unit can NOT provide manuscript typing, proposal preparation (except those services listed above), or correspondence related to research.

Other Accounting

Deborah Wolfe
Phone: 3-0114
Location: 40 Giannini Hall
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• Copier Codes
• The unit is responsible for budget and financial administration for non-research Departmental funds. Provides financial support & administration to all recharge units and GAO.

Bob Vallejo
Phone: 2-2467
Location: 208 Barker Hall
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LSA and VLSB:

Barbara Duncan
Phone: 3-8121
Location: 165 LSA
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Barker Hall and Koshland Hall:

Greg Vitan
Phone: 2-0943
Location: 206 Barker Hall
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Carol Wehr
Phone: 2-6604
Location: 206 Barker Hall
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Building Operations:

• Key and other access control for buildings occupants under their area of responsibility
• Building safety, security, maintenance, and floor plans
• Telephone (and cell phone), fax line ordering
• Assistance with obtaining Radioactive Use Authorizations (RUA), Biological Use Authorizations (BUA), Laser Use Authorizations (LUP)
• Also see the campus Environmental Health & Safety web site (http://ehs.berkeley.edu/index.html)
• For assistance with Animal Use see Marcy Brown of the Animal Care and Use Committee in 201 Northwest Animal Facility: http://www.acuc.berkeley.edu/

David Austin
Matt Paul
Jimmy Wu
Phone: 3-5294
Location: 549 LSA
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• Contact for network (i.e., Ethernet connections and I.P. addresses) issues including new installation requests
• Troubleshooting and support of computer hardware, operating systems, networking, peripherals and common software (primarily PC and Mac)
• Provides advice on new computers, monitors, printers and other peripheral purchases
• Contact for the campus UC Backup services which provides automated nightly backups of workstations
• To set up lab and course websites or problems related to the MCB website, please contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• For other useful contact information, please check: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/main/computing/

Brian Joseph
Phone: 3-3993
Location: LL54 Koshland Hall
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Workshops are located in the basement of Koshland Hall. Shops provide design, CAD design, fabrication, and repair of laboratory equipment and facilities on a recharge basis. Work order forms are available at LL54.

• Carpentry Shop: Fabrication and installation of laboratory casework and custom layouts.
• Machine Shop: Basic metal shop operations including sheet metal fabrication.

Don Chimpky
Phone: 3-3983
Location: LL59 Koshland Hall
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• Repairs of scientific equipment.

David Askin
Phone: 2-0844
Location: 40F Giannini Hall
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• Provide information about MCB, campus and University academic personnel policies
• Prepare faculty and career non-senate researcher cases (appointment, separation, merit, promotion)
• Process faculty summer salary, stipends, and leave requests
• Process requests for MOP (Mortgage Origination Program) loans and other housing assistance
• Annual collection of biobibs and APM 025 reports
• Prepare requests for exceptional PI status
• Coordinate administrative support for faculty recruitments
• Prepare appointment cases for temporary instructors
• Visa issues for faculty, career non-senate academics and Visiting Scholars
• Council of Chair and Division Heads (CCDH) meeting agenda and minutes

Nicolle Laird
Phone: 3-8127
Location: 40E Giannini Hall
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Web: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/hr/

• Support with hiring most employees (e.g. Visiting Postgraduate Researchers and Postdoctoral fellows), clerical employees, administrative and research professionals, technical employees, services employees and academic student employees
• Obtaining visas for postdoctoral scholars and Academic Specialists

Bradley Fuchs
Phone: 3-6878
Location: 40 Giannini Hall
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• Processing payroll for monthly and hourly paid employees.
• Additional services provided by the unit include maintenance of leave accruals for eligible employees and provides sick leave and vacation leave balance to all employees monthly

David Murphy 
Phone: 2-2262
Location: 40C Giannini Hall
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The procurement of all goods and services is handled by the purchasing group.

• Orders are submitted through the web based MCB on-line Purchasing system
• To request a password for the system please complete the password request form: password_request.pdf
• Entertainment Reimbursement and Travel Reimbursement requests require the use of special Department forms and an off-line approval process.

Chris Clark
Phone: 3-6305
Fax: 2-0738
Location: 1A Barker Hall
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The Department has two large stockrooms carrying an assortment of office and lab supplies.

• Life Science Addition Stockroom: 171 LSA, Monday-Friday from 8:45am – 4:45pm
• Barker Storeroom: 1 Barker Hall, Monday-Friday from 8:00am-noon and 1:00-5:00pm.

Ann Fischer
Phone: 2-5956
Location: 201A GPBT
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• Facilities include, Tissue Culture/Cell Culture, DNA Sequencing, Fermentation, Media Prep, Fly Food, and On-Call Glassware Washing

Auben Winters
Phone: 3-4423
Location: 397 LSA
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Erol Kepkep
Phone: 2-8747
Location: 2098 VLSB
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• Biology 1A - General Biology
  

Fei Lin
Phone: 2-4168
Location: 4017 VLSB
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• MCB 32L - Introduction to Human Physiology Laboratory
• MCB 130L - Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory
• MCB 137 - Computer Simulation in Biology
• MCB 150L - Immunology Laboratory
• MCB 160L - Neurobiology Laboratory
• MCB163 - Mammalian Neuroanatomy

Ann Fischer, Supervisor
Phone: 2-5956
Location: 201A GPBT
336 Barker Hall
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• MCB 110L – General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory
• MCB 140L – Genetics Laboratory

Sharon Lindley
Phone: 3-6451
Location: 399A LSA
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Eileen Bell
Phone: 2-0944
Location: 298 LSA,
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• Graduate Student Affairs: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/grad/

Anne Aaboe
Phone: 3-7473
Location: 2083 VLSB
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• Undergraduate Student Affairs: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/

Chris Clark
Phone: 3-6305 (fax 2-0738)
Location: 1A Barker Hall
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Mailing addresses and mailing codes for MCB buildings:

• 142 Life Sciences Addition: MC 3200
• 40 Giannini Hall: MC 3200
• Donner Lab: 239 Hildebrand Hall, MC 3206
• Genetics and Plant Biology Teaching Building (GPTB): 16 Barker Hall, MC 3202
• Koshland Hall: 16 Barker Hall, MC 3204
• Stanley Hall/Hildebrand: QB3/MCB, MC 3220
• Valley Life Science Building (VLSB): 142 LSA, MC 3200