Masafumi Suzaki, Noboru Urushiyama, Yukiko Koyama, Takuya Nakase
(Central Research Laboratory)
Partnership: Beckman Coulter, Inc.

　Most of us appreciate the need for careful design, handling, and maintenance of certain kinds of laboratory equipment-the optics of a spectrophotometer, for instance. It may not be obvious, however, that anything as substantial-looking as a centrifuge rotor must be designed to exacting specifications, and properly maintained during use in order for it to fulfill its life expectancy.
　Beckman Coulter, Inc. will give a following lecture for your safety of centrifugation.

　遠心機は、生化学研究、特にタンパク質や遺伝子の解析を行う実験において、試料の調整等実験の基礎的な部分で多用される装置です。
　遠心機には、非常に簡便なものから注意深い操作を要求されるものまで様々な種類が有り、使用方法を誤ると故障や重大な事故につながる恐れも有ります。
　この実習では、誤った使用をすると重大な事故や故障につながる恐れのある超遠心機や高速冷却遠心機について、安全に、効率良く使っていただくための正しい取り扱い方法を、遠心機の操作をとおして学んでいただきます。

Contents of Training and Workshop

* Why Rotors Fail
* Ultracentrifuge Classification Program
* Out-of-Warranty Rotors and Rotor Retirement
* Proper Use and Maintenance

We hope this seminar will clarify these points.
Because after you purchase a rotor, its safety largely depends on you -the person responsible for its use, maintenance.