Re: A clean machine -Reply

Betsy R. Robertson (brrob@ims.alaska.edu)
Mon, 10 Feb 1997 08:21:44 -0900 (AKST)

Small beads staying in the instrument can be a problem. Triton X-100 at
0.1% (the same concentration used to permeabilize cells) in water will
remove most of them.

Betsy Robertson
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Antony Bakke wrote:

>
> Nona Sheila R. Agawin asked:
> " is it always very hard to clean the flow cytometer after passing samples with
> fluorescent beads ?"
>
> I have found that small beads (< 4 micron) can stay in the instrument for a long
> time appearing in multiple samples after the beads were run. Running ethanol
> after the beads seems to help push them through more quickly.
>
> Tony Bakke
>
>
>