News and Events
We are happy to announce the arrival of Bigfoot spectral cell sorter. This high-end, jet-in-air instrument is equipped with 7 lasers , 60 detectors, high- throughput plate deposition unit ( 96-, 384- and 1536- well plates, deep well plates) and a range of nozzle sizes (70um, 100um, 120um and 150um). It allows both acquisition and up to 6-way sorting on spectrally unmixed data or conventionally compensated data.
Furthermore, it features an integrated biocontainment enclosure providing protection protection similar to a Class II biosafety cabinet.
We have upgraded the Automated Sample Loader on the Cytek Aurora analyser. The important points concerning this change are:
- it can now handle 96-well plates as well as deep-well plates and a new 40-tube (5 ml) rack
- the samples are now mixed by vortexing. Thus, it is recommended not to overfill the wells to prevent spills, i.e. not more than 200ul per well in 96 well plates.
- In the software, you have an extended drop-down menu to select which type of acquisition format you like, and if you use plates, the software has now new options for how you want to mix it (speed of vortexing, how long to vortex, and after how many wells you’d like to vortex).
- Conveniently, because of the 40-tube rack you can prepare the cleaning tubes that are required for instrument shutdown and perform the cleaning-series (Clean/Water/Contrad/Water) automatically. However, you still need to press the “power-off” button afterwards.
The second edition of the Swiss Lunch Cytometry Program, giving you the opportunity to learn more about the Flow Cytometry and related technologies, starts in October 2023. Please join the seminars at noon via Microsoft teams.
