UTSA Research

The Office of Research promotes all aspects of research and other creative endeavors among colleges, centers, institutes, and collaborating partners. UTSA is an urban-serving university focused on driving San Antonio’s knowledge economy, living out the notion that great universities need great cities and great cities need great universities.

UTSA Users

Required Safety Training

Those who enter the core facility space are required to complete the requisite Lab Safety Training as detailed below to maintain cardholder access to the facility.

Base training for all users:

• TRN-SA-0401 (Hazardous Waste Generator Training)
• TRN-SA-433-01 (Hazard Communications & Laboratory Safety)

Instrument/Facility Specific Training:

If you have access to the following core facilities: Genomics (BSE 3.108), Cell Analysis (3.108), or Stem Cell (SEB 4.166), please also complete:

• TRN-SA-0483 (Researcher Biological Safety and Bloodborne Pathogens)

If you will operate instruments with lasers or are radiation-emitting, please also complete:

• TRN-SA-0465 (Laser Safety)
• TRN-SA-0433 – (UTSA Radiation Safety Training)

To complete the Lab Safety Training, please visit https://mytraining.utsa.edu. For additional instructions, please visit https://research.utsa.edu/research-funding/laboratory-safety-training.

Please note: Cardholders who do not meet iLab training and lab safety requirements risk having their access revoked during the Fall 2021 semester.

New User Access

Non-Principal Investigators:

Step 1. Select your PI Group/Lab association and verify your contact information.
Step 2. The PI and Lab Manager will receive a notification that you have requested a membership to the Group/Lab. Before you can use core facility resources, your PI/Lab Manager will need to:

• Approve your membership
• Assign/activate funds to your account (Speedtypes=Project ID/Cost Center)

Principal Investigators (PI):

Step 1. Select your PI Group/Lab from the dropdown.   If your account is not listed, select the “PI-Not Listed (UTSA) Lab” and the UTSA iLab Support Team will contact you to create your Group/Lab account. 
Step 2. Navigate to the Left Menu bar [top left button]>My Groups>Member Request & Funds tab
Step 3. Click the checkboxes under the “Manage Speedtypes“ section to assign funds for each lab member and set Default Speedtype. PIs with a Project ID assigned in PeopleSoft will see these fund numbers (speedtypes) automatically populated to your Group Account. PIs using Cost Centers such as Start-Up, Cost-shares, or Department Funds should contact their BSC team to send a confirmation email to iLab@utsa.edu for fund approval in iLab.

*All fund information is updated daily and must have a positive budget balance. Please contact the UTSA iLab Support Team if the desired fund account is not available in our system.

Non-UTSA Users

Step 1. Complete the External User Access Request Form (here).
Step 2. UTSA Staff will validate if your institution has a Service Agreement on file to use Research Core Facilities (RCF) at UTSA. If so, your iLab user account will be granted access to UTSA's iLab System so that you may begin requesting work at our core facilities. If it does not, UTSA will coordinate with your legal contact(s) for signatures. This agreement must be signed by both institutions before any work can be performed. 

Step 3. Register for an iLab account using the iLab Registration Wizard (skip if complete). NOTE: If you are a PI, then you will be provisioned as the "Group/Lab" account owner. This role will need to add/link or accept all other members to your Group/Lab. If you are not a PI, you must request access to your PI's Group/Lab. For assistance with the UTSA iLab System, please contact iLab@utsa.edu. 

For more assistance with iLab, please contact our UTSA iLab Support Team at iLab@utsa.edu.