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Flow cytometry is a way to look closely at the features of cells or particles. A sample of blood or tissue goes into a machine called a cytometer. In less than a minute, a computer can analyze ...

For example, flow cytometry can distinguish different cellular properties from morphology to cell cycle stage. Furthermore, the information provided by a flow cytometer reflects the individual cells ...

This webinar will cover the fundamentals of panel design. We’ll use examples in each step to demonstrate how to apply best practices of panel design to generate a theoretical panel. We will then ...

Assessing the freshness of fish continues to be a painful and long-winded task for the fishing industry. However, there are many ways of evaluating freshness based on physical, chemical, ...

Larry Sklar (left) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico (UNM; NM, USA) whose interest in flow cytometry as a tool for drug discovery led to the development of ...

Flow cytometry enables researchers to label proteins of interest using fluorophore-conjugated antibodies and other fluorochromes. Much like immunohistochemistry, which produces two- or ...

Flow cytometry is an invaluable method for biomedical research. Since its development over 50 years ago, technology for flow cytometry has progressed rapidly, allowing for the detection of more and ...

How do we “name” a cell and assign its identity? How do we know that we are all talking about the same cells? How do we agree on what it takes to confidently correlate previous with current research ...