[Demelerlab] Fwd: Preparative Ultracentrifuge Imbalance - 24/11/23

[Borries Demeler]

FYI...also please share with the Patel lab.
Thanks, -Borries
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From: Nehal Thakor <nthakor2022 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Preparative Ultracentrifuge Imbalance - 24/11/23
To: Borries Demeler <demeler at gmail.com>
Cc: Martin, Reece <reece.martin at uleth.ca>, Patel, Trushar <
trushar.patel at uleth.ca>, Hayes, Paul <p.hayes at uleth.ca>, Thakor, Nehalkumar
<nthakor at uleth.ca>, <maurice.needham at uleth.ca>, Lakshmi Narasimha, Pavan <
p.lakshminarasimha at uleth.ca>, Hegde, Veda <veda.hegde at uleth.ca>, Patel,
Jinay <jinay.patel at uleth.ca>


We will make gradients and will use the weighing machine in the
ultracentrifuge area to balance the tubes so that my students do have to
walk to the centrifuge from my research area.
Please use my official e-mail (nthakor at uleth.ca) for faster communication.
Thanks,
Nehal

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:12 PM Borries Demeler <demeler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fyi... We need some additional training of the Thakor lab members, these
> instruments should not be that much out of balance. -Borries
>
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023, 16:00 Martin, Reece <reece.martin at uleth.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bo and Trushar,
>>
>> Another run on the Beckman Coulter Optima XPN-100 Preparative
>> Ultracentrifuge was stopped due to an A700 imbalance error. This error
>> suggests the tubes were out of balance by at least 5 mL or 10% of the total
>> volume (whichever was greater). The user was from the Thakor lab, and the
>> imbalance was properly reported in the logbook (see attached image). Feel
>> free to forward this information to whoever needs it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Reece
>>
>>

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Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The University of Lethbridge

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