NECAT Beamline

The Northeastern Collaborative Access Team (NE-CAT) facility at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory is managed by Cornell University and consists of seven member institutions:

  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Harvard University
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Rockefeller University
  • Yale University.

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    Primary funding for this project comes from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences(NIGMS) , a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additional financial support for NE-CAT comes from the member institutions.

    NIGMS Fast Facts

    Supported by:

    National Institutes of Health
    National Institue of General Medical Sciences

    Sample shipments to/from Argonne have separate requirements according to their status as hazardous or non-hazardous.

    Non-Hazardous Materials
    Non-hazardous samples -including dry shippers without liquid-, materials and tools may be shipped to Argonne, or transported by the user. Please contact your local Safety Office for assistance with proper shipping methods.

    Shipping dewar addresses:

    Monday - Friday (except Holidays)
        N. Sukumar
        NE-CAT, Building 436E
        9700 South Cass Avenue
        Argonne, IL 60439

    Phone: 630.252.0681

    Weekends and Holidays
    Make sure your shipping service delivers on those days that you are requesting delivery!!! The shipment has to be sent to the Argonne Guest House, addressed to the registered user. The user is responsible for getting the dewar to the beamline and topping it off with LN2.


        Name of PI or User (who has a room reservation at AGH)
         c/o Argonne Guest House, Building 460
         9700 South Cass Avenue
        Argonne, Illinois 60439

    PLEASE NOTE:

    The Argonne Guest House will take delivery of non-hazardous Fed-Ex Shipments on weekends with at LEAST one of the following conditions met:

    1. The listed recipient is registered at the Guest House or is expected to arrive within three days.
       
    2. The listed recipient has notified the Guest House that a shipment is expected.
       
    3. The listed recipient is on a list maintained at the Guest House for individuals authorized to receive shipments.

    If none of these conditions apply or the shipment is hazardous, the shipment will be refused.

    The listed recipient is expected to contact the Guest House to ascertain that the shipment has been delivered and arrange to pick it up.


    Hazardous Materials
    Users are NOT allowed to bring/ship hazardous or infectious substances -substances identified as hazardous by DOT or IATA such as liquid nitrogen, propane, feon or ethane and biological samples that are identified as hazardous by DOT or CDC- directly to NE-CAT. These substances have to be shipped to the address given below.

    The shipment of samples frozen in propane must abide with all DOT and IATA regulations, the failure to do so may result in a delay or loss of your shipment along with possible fines. Argonne National Laboratory has obtained a letter of competent authority from the US DOT for the legal shipment via air transport of macromolecules frozen in propane, freon, and other flammable and nonflammable gases when packaged in a dry shipper. Please refer to APS Technical Updates on the shipment of samples frozen in propane for shipping instructions. (Technical Publication TUD-25)

    For shippments of small quantities of hazardous materials - Click here -.

    Under no circumstances may users transport a nonexempt hazardous or bio-hazardous material to the APS in their own vehicle. To have a hazardous material shipped to NE-CAT, please inform the NE-CAT staff user contact of shipment and address the package to:
        NE-CAT Staff Person Name
        NE-CAT , Building 436E
        c/o HazMat Receiving, Building 46
        9700 South Cass Avenue
        Argonne, IL 60439
     

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