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General information on Quarks#

How to access Quarks?#

https://quarks.lcsb.uni.lu

What does SSO connection mean?#

SSO connection means connection with Uni credentials: name.lastname@uni.lu and associated password. VPN connection is required if not connected to the local network.

How is the Quarks flow organized at LCSB?#

  1. Ordering an article via the purchase platform in Quarks.

  2. If it is a chemical, the product is automatically created in the chemical product inventory of Quarks. Biological reagents and medication are also automatically created in the chemical product inventory.

  3. Reception of the article by the Biotech Support Team. If it is a chemical, the label is printed and placed in the dedicated box.

  4. The buyer comes to pick up the deliveries and the labels.

  5. The buyer

    • Uses the Quarks website with the computer to enter the new batch number and final location of the product.
    • Uses the Quarks application to enter the batch number and final location of the chemical products received (by scanning).

Dedicated How-to Cards are available for the different steps.

How are the Quarks devices organized?#

  • Computers of the lab or personal computers allow to access the website.
  • Scanners also called TC21 allow to use the Quarks application in order to move, discard or get information about a product by scanning its Quarks label. For more information on the TC21, please refer to corresponding How-to Card.
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What are the roles in Quarks?#

Quarks gives us the possibility to have different role profiles, with different rights.

Viewer: only view orders from own group.

Researcher: place article in a cart and view orders from/for own group, create new article.

Technician: place article in a cart and view orders from/for own group, create new articles, receiving notifications on status of all orders.

Budget responsible: validate carts of own group, choose budget codes for orders, have an overview of the spending.

How is a newcomer assigned to a group?#

After first log in to Quarks, the Biotech Support Team will attribute a role and a group to the newcomer.

Help needed?#

In case of any question, request or issue, please send a ticket.