[sudo-discuss] Gear from BioCurious up for grabs/sale

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

I've let Eric know that we would definitely love to have both specs
(working or not), and the heat blocks. And that there is also interest in
the shaking incubator, shaking water bath, centrifuge, and the GC and
HPLCs. I may be able to bring over a few pieces Thursday evening already.

I think the Hitachi spec is a no-brainer, but I suspect folks at BioCurious
will want to keep it after all, after hearing Josiah's endorsement.

Should we get both the shaking incubator, and the shaking water bath? The
incubator is definitely the largest piece of the bunch (small fridge sized;
may not fit in my car), and needs a controller. Duane was working on
putting a new controller in, and may have some pointers. The shaking water
bath has been a workhorse piece of equipment at BioC for the past 4 years,
but also a source of frustration. Very easy to cross-contaminate, and since
it runs 24/7 something seems to break at least once a year.

For the GC and HPLCs, I feel like we need someone who knows these machines,
is willing to see to it that they get fixed up, and to train others to use
them. So far, Alan was the only one asking about these. Can I get a
definite "Yes, get them!" from anyone?

We should definitely not be collecting pieces of half-broken machinery that
nobody uses (see: acoustic microscope)...

Patrik

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> BioCurious is doing a spring cleaning and getting rid of some equipment.
> Do we want any of these? Let me know!
>
> Patrik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eric Harness <eharness at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:16 PM
> Subject: E - waste and equipment that must leave
>
> Here are the photos of the equipment that must go, photos below. Red
> needs repair green works.  Green we are going to sell, red we are going
> to Recycle.along with the hoods. I will run this to the recycling on April
> 12th. All of these will be removed on the 12th. Duane I know you feel
> passionally about the shaking incubator but unless it is repaired it cannot
> stay no exceptions on this one. sorry.
>
> Centrifuge  (In working order but works stops randomly)
> Shaking incubator  (Needs repair)
> Shaking water bath (Heating element dangerous)
> Apple computer (Needs repair)
> Hitachi Spectrometer (Needs repair)
> Gas chronograph (Needs repair)
> HPLC  (the recent acquisition and the old HPLC)  (Needs repair)
> Tecan Spectrometer (Not working) (No Photo)
> 1970's balence Functional maybe but have not checked
> NEW -20 Needs a good home  works but as is has a defrost cycle    (Blows
> every 20 amp fuse in our building If we want to use it we need a higher amp
> breaker)
> Deconstructed machines in office
> Laser from Q-PCR machine (looks Functional but cannot tell powers up but
> need on/off control signals from computer)
> 2 printers (Non-functional)
> A couple of non-functional heat blocks.
>
> Photos
>
>
> [image: Inline image 10][image: Inline image 13][image: Inline image 17][image:
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> Inline image 12][image: Inline image 15]
>
>
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