MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013



Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment

Charles Moses

Jan/16 Wed 05:30PM-07:30PM 68-674

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

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 5:30 p.m. in 68-674.


Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-647, x3-4721, bminesin@mit.edu or CT Moses, chastmoses@yahoo.com

Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Brenda Minesinger, 68-647, 617-253-4721, bminesin@mit.edu