Procurement Services Auxiliary Services

Laboratory Supplies and Gases

This includes general lab supplies, lab equipment and lab startup packages. There are no shipping costs, and deliveries are made daily to the West Lafayette campus.

General Lab Supplies and Equipment

Fisher Scientific

Value Added Services Team (VAST)

cs.vastchicago@thermofisher.com
Phone: 866-884-2020
Fax: 866-843-9603

For product issues, contact:

Nick Schetzsle, Sales Representative
nick.schetzsle@thermofisher.com
Mobile: 317-413-8747

For your convenience, Fisher also provides two on-site store locations on the West Lafayette campus:

Locations: Lilly Hall and Wetherill Hall
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Closed 12-1 p.m.)
Contact: Shawn Branz
shawn.branz@thermofisher.com
765-494-4979

The department's account number will be required to complete the purchase process for tracking and billing purposes.

If you cannot locate your supply item in the Fisher catalog the below catalogs are available.  

  • Life Technologies
  • VWR

browse-only online catalog is available. Orders may not be placed from this site. The Ariba catalog must be used to place your order. When searching the catalog, be sure to look for items with the best value and contract icons to optimize savings. Visit the Fisher Scientific site to register. For detailed instructions, please review the Fisher Scientific Browse-Only Online Catalog QRG.

MilliporeSigma

MilliporeSigma supplies a broad portfolio to the global life science industry with solutions and services for research, biotechnology development and production, and pharmaceutical drug therapy development and production. Products for various areas including chemistry, biology, lab water, biomonitoring and diagnostic and regulated materials are available.

MilliporeSigma is Purdue's primary source for custom oligonucleotides and peptide libraries. The sequencing needed can be input and ordered through the Ariba catalog. Refer to the contacts section below for assistance with these orders.

MilliporeSigma provides primer and probe design services, applications support, troubleshooting assistance and real-time order status.

Contacts:

General questions and bulk quote requests
Melissa Howard, Purdue Account Manager
howard@milliporesigma.com
978-430-1724

Custom oligonucleotides and peptide library orders
Tyrone Garnett, DNA/RNA Oligos Specialist
tyrone.garnett@milliporesigma.com

Gas Cylinders

Indiana Oxygen is Purdue’s contracted supplier for gas cylinders for both stock gases and custom blended specialized gases. Deliveries and cylinder pick-ups are made daily to the West Lafayette campus.

Request Cylinder Pickup

Complete the Empty Cylinder Pickup Form to notify Indiana Oxygen for collection.

Indiana Oxygen

Coty Powell, Purdue Accounts Manager
purdue@indianaoxygen.com
765-588-1137

Becky Born, Sales Representative
purdue@indianaoxygen.com
317-697-5027