{"id":17,"date":"2026-06-26T14:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:32:15","slug":"centrifugation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/study\/our-facilities\/centrifugation\/","title":{"rendered":"Centrifugation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this lab helps me to achieve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>pellet solid samples from solution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>separate cell lysate or tissue lysate based on size, shape, density or viscosity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>isolate small particles such as ribosomes, proteins and viruses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>isolate cellular components on density gradients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>isolate organelles and membranes using differential centrifugation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can use it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>training will be provided for high and ultra-speed centrifuges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>all STEM students, academics, visiting researchers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What instruments are there<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>microcentrifuges to process small volumes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>bench-top centrifuges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>high-speed centrifuges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ultra-speed centrifuges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is the lab located<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venables C Wing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is responsible for this lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:brett.keith@open.ac.uk?subject=centrifugation%20lab%20enquiry\">Brett Keith<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:george.bryant@open.ac.uk?subject=centrifugation%20lab%20enquiry\">George Bryant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research groups using this lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>multi-user facility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/people\/iar26\">Ignacio Romero&#8217;s group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about centrifugation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/science-maths-technology\/science\/tour-the-cell\/content-section-2.2.1\">read more about centrifugation in this free course<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What this lab helps me to achieve Who can use it What instruments are there Where is the lab located Venables C Wing Who is responsible for this lab Research groups using this lab Learn more about centrifugation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_unity_review_frequency":"","_unity_review_next_due":0,"_unity_review_reset_requested":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/18"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}