Dear Colleagues, I would like to get some pricing information. We are in the process of an equipment upgrade at our Flow Cytometry Facility. We want to know the market value of our current Flow Cytometer. We have had a BD FACStar Plus since 1991. The machine has seven detectors and two lasers (Coherent Innova 305, 306 series laser system). One is an argon ion laser emitting a 488nm wavelength beam and the other is a dye laser of variable wavelength. The machine also has an Automatic Cell Deposition Unit (which allows for single cell cloning onto tissue culture plates) and Pulse Processing Electronics for the measurement of signal pulse height, width, and area (essential for doublet discrimination in DNA analyses). The flow cytometer has also been upgraded with a Sort Enrichment Module. All equipment has been under service contract with BD (flow cytometer), Coherent Inc.(laser) and SMS Inc. (computer). It is in good working order and is used everyday. We provide service for around 100 users in our medical center. If you can tell us any information about this machine's current market value, please e-mail me. It will help us make decision whether we should trade in our machine with BD or sell it and buy new one. By the way, any information about used FACSVantages for sale would also be of interest to us. Thanks in advance for any help. Juntao Liu Flow Cytometry Facility Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center Columbia University
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