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About the FACS Aria 2

  • Enables purification of cell populations for downstream assays
  • Enclosed in a biosafety cabinet for safe sorting ofBSL-2 materials
  • Three lasers, up to nine channels
  • Sorting into tubes or 96-well plates
  • Operated by CAC personnel (Andy Sebrell) 

Outside of FACS Aria 2 cell sorter

 
 
 
Laser
Filters
Fluorochromes
488 nm
530 nm
FITC
576 nm
PE

616 nm

PE-Tx Red

695 nm

PerCP-Cy5.5, PI
780 nm
PE-Cy7
561 nm
582 nm
Tomato Red
633 nm
660 nm
APC
780 nm
APC Cy7

 

About the BioRad ZE5™

  • 5 lasers, up to 30 parameters
  • User-friendly plate and universal tube loader
  • Small particle detector for bacteria, viruses, and exosomes
  • Temperature control and orbital agitation
  • Fast data collection – up to 100,000 cells/second
  • Please acknowledge USDA 2023-70410-41180

exterior of the BioRad ZE5 Cell Analyzer

 
5 Lasers (27 Colors) 
Laser
Filter
Fluorochrome
355
387/11
BUV395
447/60
AF350, DAPI
525/50
BUV496
670/30
BUV611
700LP
BUV737
405
420/10
BV421
460/22
SBV440, Pacific Blue
525/50
SBV515, BV510, CFP
615/24
SBV610, BV605
670/60
SBV670, BV650
720/60
BV711
750LP
BV786
488
488/10
SSC
525/35
FITC, GFP, YFP, AF488, BB515
593/52
PE, PE-CF594, 
692/80
SBB700, PerCp-Cy5.5, PE-Cy5
750LP
BB790, PE-AF750, PE-Cy7
561
577/15
PE
589/15
DsRed, td Tomato
615/24
PE-Dazzle, PE-CF594, mCherry
640/20
mPlum
670/30
PE-Cy5, PE-AF647
720/60
PE-Cy5.5
750LP
PE-Cy7, PE-AF750
640
670/30
APC, AF647
720/60
AF700
775/50
APC-Cy7, AF750
800LP
AF790, APC/Fire810

 

About the Stratedigm SE520EON

  • Located in Cooley Lab
  • Two lasers, up to six colors and eight parameters (incl. FSC/SSC)
  • Acquired with support from INBRE (P20GM103474)

exterior of the Stratedigm SE520EON

 
Laser Filers Fluorochromes
448 nm 530 nm FITC
580 nm PE
676 nm perCP / PE-Cy5
780 nm PE-Cy7
640 nm 676 nm APC
780 nm APC Cy7

 

About the FACS Calibur

  • Located in Cooley Lab
  • Older instrument
  • Two lasers, six parameters

exterior of the FACS Calibur

 

 
Laser
Filters
Fluorochromes
488 nm
530 nm
FITC, GFP, AF488
585 nm
PE, PI
670 nm
7-AAD, PerCP, PerCP-Cy5.5, PE-Cy5, PE-Cy7
635 nm
661 nm
APC, AF647

 

About the BD LSR Fortessa

  • Located in Cooley Lab
  • High-end BD cell analyzer
  • 18 colors, 20 total parameters
  • Available for self-service to trained users
  • Diva software

exterior of the BD LSR Fortessa

 

 
Laser
Filters
Fluorochromes

355 nm

(UV laser)

450 nm
DAPI
535 nm
Indo-1
405 nm
450 nm
BV421, Pacific Blue, DAPI
535 nm
BV510, V500, Pac. Orange
610 nm 
QDot605
670 nm
BV650, Qdot 655
710 nm
BV711, Qdot 705
488 nm
530 nm
FITC, Alexa Fluor 488,
695 nm
PerCP-Cy5.5
561 nm
582 nm
PE
610 nm
PE-Tx Red
660 nm
PE-CY5
710 nm
PE-CY5.5
780 nm
PE-CY7
640 nm 
670 nm
APC
780 nm
АРС СУ7
790 nm
AF700

 

About the ImageStream Mark II

  • High throughput analyses
  • Equipped with 20x, 40x and 60x objectives
  • Can perform image analysis on >10,000 events
  • Records >100 cellular features
  • IDEAS software has integrated machine learning algorithms
ImageStream Mark II Exterior

ImageStream Mark II interior

 

 

Channel

Band
Excitation laser (nm)
488
642
785
1
435-505
 
 
 
2
505-560
FITC, AF488,GFP, YFP, Dylight488, PKH67, Syto13, LysoTrackerGreen, MitoTrackerGreen
 
 
3
560-595
PE, PKH26, DSRed, mOrange, Sytox Orange, Cy3
 
 
4
595-642
PE-TexRed, PI, RFP, QD625, eFluor625
 
 
5
642-745
PECy5, PEAF647, 7AAD, PerCP, PerCp-Cy5.5, DRAQ5, QD705
APC, AF647, AF660, AF680, APC, Cy5, Dylight649, PE-AF647, PE-Cy5, DRAQ5, PerCP, PerCP-Cy5.5
 
6
745-780
PE-Cy7, PE-AF750, QD800
APC-Cy7, APC-AF750, APC-H7, Cy7, AF750, PE-Cy7, PE-AF750
SSC

 

About the 10x Genomics ChromiumX

  • Microfluidic system
  • Processes cell suspensions for single cell sequencing
  • The mRNA of each cell is tagged with a cell-specific nucleic acid barcode
  • Users then generate cDNA and sequencing libraries
  • Sequencing enables analysis of each individual cell’s complete transcriptome
Exterior and Interior views of the chromiumX instrument
Single Cell RNASeq Diagram