Institution: UC Santa Barbara

Equipment Category: General sample handling

How to Incorporate Instrumentation:

It is a current model preparative model centrifuge used for pelleting fine particulate fractions such as nucleic acids, DNA, cellular organelles, microsomes, and viruses. What’s under the hood is the same Optima reliability of the entire ultra line. This Beckman ultracentrifuge can also be used for gradient separations and protein purification, and features a dynamic temperature regulation system which efficiently maintains optimal processing temperature. Designed with a shallow rotor recess, the Optima™ XE-90 offers most users a convenient operating height. The vacuum encased induction drive is essentially frictionless and will provide YEARS of trouble free operation-the pretty much don’t wear out!