Virtual - Introduction to ÄKTA™ chromatography systems and UNICORN™ 7.x control software

About course

This 3-day virtual course informs students on how to better use their ÄKTA™ chromatography system and UNICORN™ software through a combination of live online lectures and hands-on experiments in their own laboratory.

 

During the practical sessions, you will be encouraged to purify bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model protein to gain hands-on experience in system preparation, method programming, performing a chromatography run, and evaluating the results.

Students will also use the results of a CiPP (Capture, intermediate Purification, Polishing) purification approach to purify enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) while using UNICORN™ 7.x software modules such as Method Editor and Evaluation (New)/Evaluation Classic.

 

A basic understanding of computer handling and fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC)— including common techniques such as affinity chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, or size-exclusion chromatography—is required.

 

Also required are a computer, camera, and microphone capable of running Microsoft Teams through a web browser or app (a short technical support session is offered at the beginning of this course).

 

Prior to attending this course, refresh your knowledge on chromatography with these recommended online courses.

- Get started: UNICORN™ software for chromatography

- Get confident: UNICORN™ method editing for chromatography

- Get started: ÄKTA pure™ system

VIRTUAL CLASS, offered by our EMEA Protein Research Lab, Munich, Germany

Jan 27-29, 2026 (English)

Feb 17-19, 2026 (German)

Mar 17-19, 2026 (English)

Apr 21-23, 2026 (English)

May 19-21, 2026 (German)

Jun 09-11, 2026 (English)

Jul 21-23, 2026 (English)

Aug 04-06, 2026 (German)

Aug 25-27, 2026 (English)

Sep 22-24, 2026 (English)

Nov 10-11, 2026 (German)

Dec 01-03, 2026 (English)

After the course, you will be able to:

- Prepare and control your ÄKTA pure™ or ÄKTA avant™ chromatography system manually

- Program and run predefined methods, implement scouting functions and method queues

- Work with prepacked chromatography columns and sample applicators

- Evaluate the result files of your chromatography experiment and avoid common handling mistakes

- Perform basic troubleshooting and maintenance tasks on your ÄKTA™ chromatography system

Who should attend?

- New users of ÄKTA pure™ or ÄKTA avant™ systems and UNICORN™ 7.x control software

- Researchers, technical staff, process operators, process supervisors, and project managers

- Users who already have some experience with these systems but want to become more familiar with them

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