Business hours for the Beckman Center are Monday through Friday from 7am to 7pm. You will need a building access card during after hours and on the weekend. The security office provides the access card. Do not share your card with anyone in the department even if they are in your lab. You are responsible for your card. Please see Yong or Todd to fill out the form.

You can reserve any of the three conference rooms in our department as long as the time slot is available. Please check with the front office staff to reserve your room. The conference room numbers are B383, B381 and B302. Room B383 is the only conference room with a phone jack. All conference rooms are equipped with a projector. Make sure you turn the projector off once you are done using the room, as the bulbs are extremely expensive. Please be responsible and clean up after yourself and throw away any garbage.

To reserve the Munzer Auditorium check the schedule and make sure you read their "Usage Policy". Contact Jane Kroeten and be sure to include time and date requested, event title, sponsoring department, contact name and phone number.

There are two deliveries made by both FedEx and UPS. Expedited deliveries are made no later than 10:00am. Standard deliveries are made later in the afternoon. There are other courier and vendor deliveries that are made throughout the day.

Either Rich or a staff employee in the front office will sign for all incoming courier packages. Most packages will be on the table in the hallway outside the stockroom. It is your responsibility to check the table for any deliveries you may have.

If you’re expecting a package and it has not been delivered please get the tracking number from the shipper. Go to the package delivery companies website and track the package. Typically you can get the status of the package and the name of the signee if it was delivered.

To ship packages via FedEx please see your lab’s Administrative Associate. Each lab is assigned their own account number. Place all outgoing packages on the same table where deliveries are made. FedEx will pick up packages on our floor between 2:30-2:45pm. If you miss the pick up time on our floor there is also a FedEx pick up box in front of the Alway building. The pick up time in front of the Alway building is 4:45pm.

The department doesn't have a UPS account therefore they will not pick up packages on our floor. You can schedule a pick up for a fee by going to their website or calling 1-800-PICK-UPS. There is also a UPS drop box in front of the MSOB building (the parking lot side).

Your lab manager should be certified to ship non-hazardous materials on dry ice. If your lab manager is out for the day or not certified please see Todd, Yong or Rich. They are certified to ship dry ice and can help you.

Please have your package ready to ship before asking for assistance.

Pack your non-hazardous material on dry ice. (Directions for packing dry ice with non-hazardous materials.)

Fill out the Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods form. (Directions on how to fill out the Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods form.)

PLEASE NOTE: There are organizational changes to the ICAO/IATA packing instructions that all dangerous goods shippers must follow.

For auditing purposes the shipper has to be the individual that is certified to ship dry ice. Please let the addressee know that the shipper is NOT you and give them the name of the certified shipper.

If you would like to be dry ice certified register for the following course through Axess:
DOT: Shipping Biological Goods or Dry Ice (EHS-PROG-2700)

The Beckman Fly Media Center is part of the Developmental Biology Department at Stanford University catering to labs researching Drosophila melanogaster.

Barna, Maria
Barres, Ben
Beachy, Phil
Bejerano, Gill
Chen, James
Crabtree, Gerald
Fuller, Margaret
Kim, Seung
Kim, Stuart
Kingsley, David
McAdams, Harley
Nusse, Roel
Scott, Matt
Shapiro, Lucy
Talbot, Will
Villeneuve, Anne
Weissman, Irv
Wysocka, Joanna

The department doesn’t have a lost and found but typically items are turned in to the front office. If you lost an item please check with the staff in Room B302. You can also check the business office for the Beckman Center located in the basement in Room B062.

Most general lab supplies can be found in the stockroom (B302). To order specific lab supplies please talk to Rich or order them your self through iProcurement. If we’re out or running low on certain lab supplies please let Rich know.

The SUNet ID is a unique 3-8 character account name that identifies you as a member of the Stanford community, with access to the Stanford University Network of computing resources and services. Your SUNet ID is a permanent and visible part of your Stanford identity:

• It appears in your Stanford email address: sunetid@stanford.edu
• It appears in your Stanford web page URL: www.stanford.edu/~sunetid
• It's your unique identifier and/or login ID in many of Stanford's online systems

Your SUNet ID will be with you throughout your affiliation with Stanford. If you graduate from Stanford, then return later as an employee, you'll retain the same SUNet ID.

All incoming mail will be sorted by last name in the communal mailbox. The mailbox is located in front of the Developmental Biology library (Room B302). It is your responsibility to check the mailbox for any incoming mail.

For all outgoing mail please place them in the bin located in the front office. Outgoing mail is picked up during the week at approximately 10:00am. If you miss the 10:00 mark there is a USPS mailbox located in front of Stanford Hospital.

The postage meter in the front office is used only for work related parcel. Please see someone in the front office to get your parcel stamped. You cannot use the postage meter for personal parcel.