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Mitlenyi Biotec Tyto Lux demo until 05/20FluoroFinder webinar | 05/20 at 10:00AM
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Instrument Status
The CAT Facility staff works hard to ensure the instruments are working properly. In the event that there are ongoing issues with any of the instruments the status will posted at the bottom of this page.
Spectral Flow Cytometry
Get started in the spectral flow cytometry world
Blog
Suggested Reading: Cytometry Colibri
Very good flow cytometry blogs filled with information on sample preparation and tips and tricks on data analysis are few and far between. I strongly recommend you having a look at Cytometry Colibri from Dr. Oliver Burton from the University of Cambridge. The posts...
Setting up the voltages on your scatter plot
It's been a minute since we recorded any training material, I'm planning to be better about that this year! Here's some quick notes about the voltage settings on the FSC and SSC detectors. https://youtu.be/J0BeEkUikmg If you went through the Flow Basics class,...
New Online Data Server Portal: Tips and Tricks
The new server online portal has been in use for a while and I thought we could provide a couple of tips and tricks to improve the experience. 1 - Don't use the online portal! It is slow, and the 2FA challenge gets to be annoying over time. We suggest that you use...
Instrument Status
See notes below if bars are yellow or red. Click on each instrument to access the instrument-specific page.
- No Issues 0%
- Minor issues 0%
- Can not be used 0%
- Aurora-B
- Aurora-G
- Aurora-R
- Penteon 5-30
- Quanteon 4-25
- Fortessa 4-15
- Fortessa HTS 4-15
- Attune NxT 4-14
- CytoFLEX LX 4-16
- Bigfoot
- Aria Fusion 5-18
- AriaIII
- Tyto
- Jonas Center Quanteon
- PME Fortessa
- PME Aurora
- Image Stream MarkII
- Luminex 200
- MSD Quickplex SQ120
04/18/25 Aria Fusion issue: The waste sensor is defective and will not allow us to run the instrument. We swapped the air compressor to the AriaIII and got that one going. BD has been informed of the issue and we are waiting for a visit from a service engineer.