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>Hi all!
>
>Our lab has just received funds for a FACS & are currently deliberating over
>whether to get a B-D FACS Calibur or a Coulter Epics XL. Any
>comments/suggestions would be appreciated. (I'm leaning towards getting a
>FACS Calibur, but my supervisor wants to get the best deal)
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>
>Maribel Leong
>via HappyMail!
>
>Dept Medicine (RMH)
>University of Melbourne
>Australia
It is impossible to advise someone on which instrument best suits their
needs. However our laboratory recently evaluated these two instruments - we
were looking for an instrument to fulfill our need for an automated clinical
cytometer.
After several weeks with both instruments in the lab to *play* with, we
concluded that they are largely technically equivalent in terms of achieving
the final answer.
The decision therefore became one of which vendor will provide the *best
deal* with regard to overall value for money and lowest operating cost.
Such a choice will of course vary in different parts of the world due to the
local marketing strategy's of the two companies. It is therfore possibly
in-appropriate for me to state in this forum which analyser we selected.
I notice however that your institution is situated less than 1Km from our
laboratory and therefore think that there is possibly scope for us to
communicate directly on these matters.
I can be reached by voice or e-mail as shown below.
Peter Chapple
Senior Scientist - Haematology
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
e-mail: peterc@petermac.unimelb.edu.au
voice: +613 9656 1530
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