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I'm incredibly proud of my wife Marianne Parker - one of the best pianists in Chicago! Here's why! https://youtu.be/jdHXTeFp6kI?t=1129 This is Amp, a piano concerto with wind ensemble composed by the most excellent Alan Theisen to showcase Marianne's musicality and...
Edit 04/23/24 : The Service Contract session was well attended and I'm very grateful to everyone who joined us for the discussion. I want to thanks the panelists Roy Martin, Brooke Ben Massani, and Julie Auger. Their contributions were incredibly insightful! And a...
The latest ChUG podcast is out where we discuss a number of topics. But I wanted to revisit the unmixing with beads issue that we discussed in a previous post. So it turns out beads create unmixing matrix that do not correct spectral artifacts completely. I'm...
Earlier today, Mike blasted an email about how the CAT Facility is ditching bleach for the cleanup of its instruments. We're now going to use something we call CaviCon! Sounds like something that wants to punch Optimus Prime in the face (I learned English watching...
We recently said good bye to the LSRII 4-12 and I wanted to say a few words about what happened. There are a some things to highlight here, as the retirement of these units is somewhat controversial in the field. BD had announced the end of their support of the...
Should I use cells or beads? This question is at the center of many discussions nowadays in the flow cytometry world. Beads were once lauded as the easy alternative to cells to prepare your compensation controls. But as more and more researchers look at their...