Isolation of naive mouse T cells, should I positively select on CD62L after I negatively select?

Does anti-CD62L antibody lead to some form of signaling on the naive T cells?

07 August 2018 2,772 2 View

Can I use anti-CD11c-PE and anti-TCRb-PE in the same staining panel since they are expressed on different cells?

Can I use anti-CD11c-PE and anti-TCRb-PE in the same staining panel since they are expressed on different cells?

06 July 2018 2,055 1 View

Protein Expression Level Reference Online for flow cytometry panel design?

Hello, I am looking for any online reference on any/all available protein expression data on any cell type to aid in the optimal design of flow cytometry panels. If anyone knows of any such...

01 February 2018 6,039 3 View

Setting voltage for compensation control vs actual samples?

I am newbie to flow cytometry. I use a LSR fortessa with FACSDiva software. When I run compensation controls, I have to set the voltages for each comp control to minimize the histogram overlaps...

11 December 2017 2,749 0 View

Do I need to run compensation controls for the same panel every time?

I am quite new to flow so I was just wandering if I have to do it every time. Seems I can use previous compensation setting.

10 November 2017 3,514 2 View

Not enough cells for FMO control, what's the alternative?

Is there an alternative to FMO controls if you don't have enough cells for FMO controls?

10 November 2017 8,443 3 View

I see "free acid" on HEPES bottle on some brands but not others, what does it mean?

see question

09 October 2017 509 0 View

Do FMO controls need same number of cells as actual samples?

I am flowing a lot of cells per sample

09 October 2017 2,419 3 View

What is the best digestive enzyme solution to digest mouse thymus for single cell suspension?

I want to look at dendritic cells by flow cytometry. I've been using Collagenase IV plus DNase I in blank RPMI1640 media.

06 July 2017 7,123 2 View

Does anyone have experience doing IHC for FFPE mouse ear? How do you keep the tissue from falling apart?

The blocks were cut into 6um sections and let float in 43C water bath before scooping up with microscope slide (time in water approx

31 December 2015 2,683 4 View

What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Why do the air flow results vary totally when adding scalar in CFD ?

Dear All, We are using Autodesk cfd to calculate the air flow in a single sided naturally ventilated room, where air flow depends only on buoyancy due to temperature difference between inside and...

25 February 2021 9,602 4 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 View

Why anti-CD20 or other antibodies are not used to label target cells in flow cytometry t-cell cytotoxicity assay?

New to the field of cell therapy. Why fluorescent-labeled antibodies to target cell antigens are not used for determining target cell count by flow cytometry in cytotoxicity assay (eg car-t)? Cell...

21 February 2021 3,278 3 View

How to calculate time-averaged fields from Ansys CFX solver?

I would appreciate any comments on the following problem. I need to calculate mean fields (e.g. pressure, velocity and vorticity), for which I activate Trn Stats tab in CFX-Pre. However, what I...

21 February 2021 8,548 7 View

Which software is best to analyse multi-phase fluid flows ?

Hello everyone, hope all is good. I want to analyse multi-phase fluid flow through pipe, which software is best to do so ?

21 February 2021 4,230 8 View

Can anyone help with an Accurate Diffuser Expansion Loss formula for rectangular shaped diffusers in turbulent flow regime?

I have tried Idelchik's Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance 4th Edition (2007 page 300) formulas and across some range the formulas are reported valid for, the law of conservation of energy is...

20 February 2021 2,504 1 View

Oil red O protocol for flow cytometry?

18 February 2021 4,214 3 View

How to read a flow cytometry graph detailing cell cycle?

Hello everyone, When determining cells in different stages of the cell cycle, cells are stain for Brdu and Propidium Iodide. I understand how PI can be used to discriminate between G1 and S/G2...

18 February 2021 3,920 3 View