BioServe Centrifuge
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. Centrifuge
Facility Description
The Centrifuge was modified and flight-certified to support a wide variety of investigations in the life, physical, and material sciences. The Centrifuge is capable of holding up to 12 microcentrifuge tubes (0.2 to 2.0ml) or 16 PCR tubes (0.2ml) The non-refrigerated centrifuge, modified from the Eppendorf MiniSpin, and can provide speeds from 800 to 13,400 rpm (100 to 12,100g) at an accuracy better than 3% . The crew member can manually set spin duration between 15 sec and 30 min and speed in increments of 100 rpm via the user-friendly front panel. The time for both acceleration and deceleration is below 15 s, depending on operational speed. The Centrifuge is a portable device that operates with 120V AC power. Due to its small size and minimal setup time, the Centrifuge can be used directly at the experiment workspace such as the Maintenance Work Area (MWA) or Life Science Glovebox (LSG) avoiding the transport of sterile samples between workspaces.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Please contact the facility manager
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. BioServe Space Technologies
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
BioServe Space Technologies
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
BioServe Space Technologies
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Stefanie Countryman
BioServe Space Technologies
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
countrym@colorado.edu
Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy.
Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.
Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA
Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability ISS National Lab CSP Facility
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
