General Information - Flow Cytometry

 

Instrumentation:
The laboratory houses a dual laser, Becton Dickinson FACSVantage with five fluorescence PMTs plus forward and right
angle light scatter, doublet discrimination, Autoclone-CYT automated deposition system for cloning cells, ratioing capability
option, and Cytek Time Zero sample injection system.

Other equipment:
The RCL also houses a 6-foot laminar flow tissue culture hood, a Shandon Cytospin II cytocentrifuge, water bath, pH meter,
fluorescence microscope,refrigerator, water-jacketed CO2 incubator, and clinical centrifuge.

User Fees:
     Single laser:
          Analysis $6.25/sample ($25.00 minimum)
          Sorting/cloning/biochemical(*) $65.00/hr ($65.00 minimum, 1 hr segments)
     Dual laser:
          Analysis:$7.25/sample ($30.00 minimum)
          Sorting/cloning/biochemical(**)$75.00/hr ($75.00 minimum, 1 hr segments)

(*) e.g., Ca2+ analysis using Fluo 3. (**) e.g., Ca2+ analysis using Indo 1