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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...
David Leclerc | Dec 12, 2023 | 1 Comment
We recently launched a new YouTube channel to help us service our own equipment. You see, for the longest time, the CAT Facility has avoided purchasing service contracts for our equipment in order to make some very valuable savings. It does mean that the burden on...
David Leclerc | Oct 10, 2023 | 0 Comments
We're back from Madison where Everett and myself attended the GLIIFCA 2023 meeting. Mind you, I'm on the Board of Directors of that meeting so I'm a bit biased here. But it's a great meeting! It's only two days so the scientific content is distilled to its purest,...
David Leclerc | Sep 28, 2023 | 0 Comments
I had a discussion with our users about our cell sorters and the topic of the AriaII came up. It was removed from our roaster in 2022 and I realized I never explained what happened. Long story short, the AriaII was a victim of computer obsolescence. That sorter was...
David Leclerc | Aug 18, 2023 | 0 Comments
At some point many years ago, my former boss told me I needed a Twitter account for the CAT Facility. As someone who was happily living outside of the social media sphere, I was a bit annoyed at the prospect. But we did anyway, and used the tool to announced our...
David Leclerc | Jul 4, 2023 | 0 Comments
It's this time of the year where we need to renew the FlowJo site license. With the new Portal system made available in 2020, users have a better handle of their own account. But let's be honest: if you managed to defend your thesis and are preparing the next steps...
David Leclerc | Jun 15, 2023 | 0 Comments
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