Flow Cytometry Core Facility
Flow cytometry is a very powerful technology, it allows the interrogation of particles, primarily cells and cellular constituents , through their ability to deflect and or be detected by various light sources, these light sources most usually being laser beams of differing wavelengths.
The particles are interrogated as they pass through a focussed light source , usually a laser , for properties such as relative size , internal cellular complexity and any fluorescent probes that have been inserted onto or into the cell.
Flow Cytometry is useful for many research and clinical applications in life sciences, including identification of cell surface markers, in addition Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (F.A.C.S.) has the added benefit of not only identifying the cells of interest but also being able to capture, by varying means , the cells of interest and then harvest the cells into for example tubes, plates , culture dishes or onto microscope slides.
The Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Science Flow Cytometry Core Facility provides a comprehensive flow cytometry service to both internal University customers , as well as external Universities and commercial companies.
Training is very much a focus for us, we offer internal user training on many aspects of flow cytometry, in addition we offer courses on colour compensation , in addition we run a one day international meeting every year to cover both practical aspects of flow cytometry as well as recent developments .
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