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<div>Hi John,</div>
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<div> We may very well be interested in selling our XL-A.
We don't have interference optics, but our instrument has low number
of hrs; it was purchased in 8/98 and has a fairly large number of
accessories. It was obtained from NSF on a Major Mult-User
Grant program for which I was grant and instrument supervisor
and the grant was written with this instrument and facility as the
sole facility in our state. I was, and still think I am
the only one in our state with extensive experience with analytical
ultracentrifuges. It was used heavily for the first few years,
but then fell into so little use that we cannot afford to keep
it on a maintenance contract, a pretty essential need. I
doubt that we can consider a recovery basis more than 50%, which is
what I recall was our State's match of the NSF's grant, so it will be
a good deal. I will first have to obtain the approval of my
Department and then, if approved, offer the instrument to any other
State facility in OK. But other than these conditions, we would
be happy to consider your offer.</div>
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<div> I will be leaving for the ASBMB meetings early,
starting Fri. 3/27 and returning to Stillwater, OK on 4/8. You
can contact me at any time on my phone or my email address during
these times or see me at these meeting if you wish. I will be
presenting one of the "late breaking" posters on Wed., 4/6,
so you can catch me there also.</div>
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<div>Look forward to talking with you more - or better yet meeting you
in S. D.</div>
<div>Cheers and Beers as whoose-it says,</div>
<div>Olin</div>
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<div>At 1:51 PM -0800 3/22/05, Hill, John wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Does anyone have, or know of, a used XL-A
for sale?</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks,</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>John</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">John J.
Hill, Ph.D.</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Senior Staff Scientist</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">ICOS Corporation</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">22021 20th Avenue SE</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Bothell, WA 98021</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">425-415-5536</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">fax: 425-486-0300</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">jjhill@icos.com</font></blockquote>
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