The 15th Annual Worshop on Analytical Ultracentrifugation

The 2006 Workshop on Analytical Ultracentrifugation will be held May 22-25, 2006. The announcement for the workshop can be viewed (PDF format) by clicking on this link. The registration form should be filled out and faxed as soon as possible to Sue Levesque at (860) 486-5005.

This workshop does not replace the course that Beckman Coulter Inc. teaches. Workshop participants are strongly urged to take the Beckman course or have experience operating an XL-A/XL-I before attending this workshop. The focus of this workshop is the design of AUC experiments and data analysis, not the operation of the instrument.

For exact dates and complete information please contact Sharon Pandes at SBPandes@beckman.com>

During the Workshop, you can expect to

• Interact with national experts in analytical ultracentrifugation
• Learn to characterize macromolecular interactions and complex mixtures of components
• Receive training in the latest experimental approaches and data analysis methods
• Discuss advanced analytical ultracentrifugation topics and specialized methods
• Bring your own data for on-site analysis and consultation

Overview of Course

• Fundamentals
  • Basic theory and overview
  • Sedimentation Velocity
  • Sedimentation Equilibrium
• Practical Analytical Ultracentrifugation and Demonstrations
  • Experimental design
  • Use of specialized sample cells
  • Operation of the Beckman-Coulter XL-I instrument
  • Interference optics: adjustment and optimization
• Data Analysis and Interpretation: Sedimentation Velocity
  • Modeling by Lamm equation solutions
  • Time derivative methods
  • Continuous distributions
  • Analysis of mixtures and detection of aggregates
  • Analysis of interacting systems
• Data Analysis and Interpretation: Sedimentation Equilibrium
  • Self-association and hetero-association
  • Thermodynamic nonideality
  • Global multisignal analysis
• Advanced Topics and Specialized Approaches
• Evaluation of Participant Data