The CAT Facility will host two instrument demonstrations in the next few months. Details can be found on the Events page.

Miltenyi MACSQuant Tyto cell sorter (October 21st to 25th)
1 – The Miltenyi MACSQuant Tyto is designed for high efficiency cell sorting in true sterile conditions.

Your research can benefit from:
– Sterile Environment – Use sorted cells in downstream applications such as cell expansion, cell differentiation and functional assays.
– Eliminating cross contmaination – The single-use, closed cartridge removes environmental contamination and sample cross contamination. The sorting can be completed on the benchtop without a biosafety cabinet.
– Decreasing cellular stress – Temperature controlled valve sorting decreases cellular stress by maintaining constant temperature and not exposing cells to electrical charge, decompression or high pressure.
– Increasing yield & purity – Sequentially sort the negative fraction to obtain more cells or re-sort the positive fraction of cells to increase purity.
– Sorting high-risk samples – The disposble, sterile cartride enables sorting of possible infected cells, bacteria, yeast and parasites without risk of instrument contmaination.

Register here for a demo the week of October 21, 2019. The CAT Facility staff will reach out to you with more information.

Particle Metrix ZetaView® QUATT 4-Laser NTA system (September 30th)
If you are interested in measuring extracellular vesicles (EVs), exosomes, viruses, or virus-like particles, sign up for the Particle Metrix ZetaView QUATT.

The new QUATT 4-laser system uses automation for enhanced sampling, yielding very reliable concentration measures, as well as fast sampling for reduced bleaching during fluorescence NTA (f-NTA). Our QUATT laser system allows for the detection of multiple fluorescently labeled EV and their biomarkers during f-NTA, where laser & filter selection are fully automated.

Register here for more details.