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IAP 2011 Activity


Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Charles Moses
Wed Jan 12, Wed Jan 26, 07-08:30pm, 68-089

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none

Sponsored by Graduate Women in Science.

Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a course on repair of laboratory equipment, geared toward but not limited to beginners. Equipment will include: electrophoresis units, spectrophotometers, motors on shakers and centrifuges, etc. General topics will also include: assessing the tools required to disassemble, fix and reassemble a piece of equipment; tool quality; and rational disassembly of equipment when the function of some component is not known. Bring broken equipment on which to practice. Session starts at 7:00 p.m. in Project Lab, Bldg 68.
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-641, x3-4721, bminesin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
Latest update: 17-Dec-2010


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Last update: 7 Sept. 2011