Backup freezer locations and usage.

FBRI maintains backup -20 and -80 freezers on all floors of building 2 Riverside Circle and on the second floor of 4 Riverside Circle. They are available for emergency backup, or by reservation for temporary use and while defrosting your lab’s primary freezer.

To reserve space in a FBRI freezer, please “start a conversation” in the FBRI Help Center (help.vtc.vt.edu) and include the follow information.

• Freezer type and Location
• Start and end date
• Brief description of items placed inside
• Number of shelves needed
• Use the "backup freezer signup sheet" located on the front of each freezer

List of Freezers and locations:

2 Riverside Circle

1^st floor 

Laboratory hallway (R1101)

• Thermo -20C freezer (across from room 1091)
• Thermo -80 ultralow freezer (next to the entrance to room 1036)

2^nd floor

 Laboratory hallway (R2013) next to the centrifuge and near room 2017

Thermo -80 ultralow freezer 

Room R2068

•  Thermo -20 freezer

3^rd floor

Laboratory hallway (R3015) near room 3023

• Helmer -80 ultralow freezer

Laboratory hallway (R3026) near vivarium entrance

• Thermo -20 Freezer

4 Riverside Circle 

2^nd floor 

Laboratory hallway (2300) near the autoclave room #2302

• Thermo -80 ultralow freezer
• Thermo -20 freezer

*Location maps attached below