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Welcome to the Cytometry and Antibody Technology Core Facility
a Comprehensive Cancer Center Core
Cancer Center members should cite the Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA014599) when publishing any work assisted by this core facility.
Welcome New Users!
Instructions for getting trained to use CAT Facility instruments and the available services can be found on our New User page. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the CAT Facility Staff.
Institute for Translational Medicine Core Facility Grant
The ITM wants to help you take advantage of core facility resources, awarding up to $5,000 to offset any costs associated with using one of UChicago’s Core Facilities.
Instrument Status
The CAT Facility staff works hard to ensure the instruments are working properly. In the event that there are ongoing issues with any of the instruments the status will posted at the bottom of this page.
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Blog
EasyPanel V2 – What’s in it for you?
We had Omar Abouzid from EasyPanel to discuss the new developments that comes with version 2. I've been pretty happy with the tool so far, but I'm now very excited to see how the new antibody inventory system will work out. The panel design tool itself has a few new...
ChUG Podcast #14: Cytometry on Air #3: Cell Sorting
The former Director of the CAT Facility, Ryan Duggan, had a good thing going with a Google Group in cytometry, before Google decided to shut down that tool. He was hosting Google hangouts, called Cytometry on Air, to discuss all things flow cytometry, which attracted...
Do you OMIP?
Here's a quick note to showcase OMIPs, a library of optimized panels published in Cytometry part A. They are a collection of peer-reviewed multi-parameters panels that include a truckload of technical details. If you're looking for a shortcut in your panel design,...
Instrument Status
See notes below if bars are yellow or red. Click on each instrument to access the instrument-specific page.
- No Issues 0%
- Minor issues 0%
- Can not be used 0%
- Aurora-B
- Aurora-R
- Penteon 5-30
- Quanteon 4-25
- Fortessa 4-15
- Fortessa HTS 4-15
- Attune NxT 4-14
- Bigfoot
- Aria Fusion 5-18
- AriaIII
- Tyto
- Jonas Center Quanteon
- PME Fortessa
- PME Aurora
- Helios Mass Cytometer
- Image Stream MarkII
- Luminex 200
- MSD Quickplex SQ120
04/05/24 Fortessa 4-15 HTS issue: The pressure regulator seems to have failed and pressure on the samples is variable, causing all sorts of weird things. The instrument is not reliable and should not be used until further notice. We have contacted BD Tech support and will await a service engineer to schedule a visit.