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A-State Closing Early Thursday, Jan. 9, Closed Friday
Arkansas State University is closing all academic and business offices at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, and remaining closed on Friday, Jan 10, in response to the incoming inclement weather.
However, while regular business offices are not open, the campus continues to operate. Essential personnel who maintain on-campus activities, including University Housing, Dining Services and Facilities Management, will report to work. Employees who are uncertain about their status as “essential personnel” are encouraged to check with their supervisor.
Full-time employees who track working hours can submit their time as “Authorized Leave.”
Revised Facility Hours:
Dining Services will operate under brunch hours at Acansa Dining Hall from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Dinner service will begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 7 p.m. Howl's Grill and Starbucks will be open from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
TheDean B. Ellis Librarywillbe closed, but is scheduled to reopen on Sunday, Jan. 12, from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m.
TheReng Student Unionwill open for on-campus student usage at 8 a.m., closing at 8 p.m.
TheRed WOLF Centerwill be closed.
TheA-State Bookstorewill be open on Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
All campus residents are reminded to monitor official university media, including official social media accounts for updates.
Our students are engaged in a wide range of academic pursuits that include degree programs in 160 undergraduate and graduate fields delivered by 6 different colleges.
The Lemnatec Scanalyzer HTS is a powerful, non-destructive, high-throughput phenotyping tool that allows for the collection of sensitive, temporal information regarding plant size, architecture and health.
It is equipped with 4 different cameras [visible (RGB), fluorescence (FLUO), near infrared (NIR), and far infrared (IR)]. With the visible camera, it is possible to extract information about projected leaf area, caliper length, compactness and chlorosis; the fluorescence and near infrared cameras provide information about in planta chlorophyll fluorescence and water content, respectively and the infrared camera provides information about leaf temperature.
Additionally, the arm is equipped with humidity and temperature sensors to detect ambient changes within the chamber.
Services
1. The Phenomics Facility regularly and consistently performs assays to evaluate different abiotic stresses including salinity, heat, cold, water limitation, light, nutrient deficit. We evaluate as well the effect of biostimulants in plants.
2. Various experimental setups that have been optimized in the Phenomics Facility.
Quickpot 15 tray
Multiwell plates can be utilized for seed phenotyping like maize or rice.
Half a gallon pots
One gallon pots
Petri dishes
3. Images analysis with commercial (LemnaGrid) and free algorithms (PlantCV, Phytomorph Image Phenomics Tool Kit Application, and SMART).
Other services
The Phenomics Facility offers supplemental services to complement the high-throughput phenotyping provide by the Lemnatec Scanalyzer HTS.
Measurements with the MultispeQ: a hand held fluorometer, developed by the Kramer Lab at Michigan State that offers a suite of information regarding photosynthetic efficiency.
The Elmor C3 seed counter allows for accurate seed counts following an experiment to assess yield variability between treatments or genotypes.
The Decagon water potential meter can help assess soil saturation conditions for more accurate water limitation experiments.
