Learn the latest news about the CAT Facility and tips for learning flow cytometry. Feel free to share your opinion in the comments section of each post. The comment section will be moderated for tone and content.
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...
Our Luminex and MSD QuickPlex platforms are pretty neat. They allow users to look at several analytes of different kind using the smallest amount of bio fluid. If you run a lot of ELISAS or Westerns on different targets, you should definitely look into these...
Edit 01/16/24: I was just pointed to the Flow Cytometry subreddit, created by Daniel Vocelle at CSU. I have been missing out on it for all these years. I'm so old. It's more active than the Purdue list, and probably more useful at this point. I've been looking at...
Pricing for the CAT Facility services have increased by 3% for fiscal year 2023-2024. This is to allow us to align our prices with current inflation and keep the facility cost neutral. A notable exception is with FlowJo, which jumped to 54.25 - an 8.5% increase....
We received a heads-up from the IT group that some work needs to be done on the 07/18 at 4am. If you happen to be on our instruments at that time, don't. But if you happen to be on our instruments at that time, be aware that the network connection will be...
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...