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Hello all! It's my great pleasure to introduce Mr. Jacques Parker Leclerc to the world. This fine strapping 7.7 lbs boy was born on June 4th! Since then, his career has skyrocketed: he's been named employee of the month at the CAT Facility for the five last years...
David Leclerc | Jun 5, 2022 | 13 Comments
Flow cytometry equipment has improved quite a bit over the last few years and the CAT Facility aims at offering the best instruments available on the market. In the aftermath of the Flood of '21, we ended up replacing the irremediably damaged Fortessa X20 by a...
David Leclerc | Mar 11, 2022 | 0 Comments
I didn't talk about it much, but amongst the instruments we lost in 2021 were our two ELISA plate readers. We honestly don't run that many of these, so I'm quite unclear on why we had two to begin with. At any rate, both broke down within the same month, just as we...
David Leclerc | Feb 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
Dr. Howard Shapiro passed away in November 2021. When I started working in the Flow Cytometry Core Facility in 2005, my new colleagues Ryan Duggan and James Marvin's knowledge of Flow Cytometry already towered over most. I rapidly figured that I needed to catch up...
David Leclerc | Dec 3, 2021 | 0 Comments
The CAT Facility got flooded over the weekend and we want to provide as much up-to-date information about the situation and what we're doing about it. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns. Check back again here for the most recent updates....
David Leclerc | Nov 17, 2021 | 0 Comments
The manner in which manuscripts acknowledge the work done in Shared Resource Laboratories (SRLs) is inconsistent and an ongoing topic of discussion. These acknowledgements are critical to the survival of SRLs as they are used to satisfy the requirements of federal...
David Leclerc | Nov 9, 2020 | 0 Comments
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