Hi all, Can anyone point me to a good source for flow cytometer components? Those who have "home brew" flow systems: Where did you get your components? Did you build from scratch, or start with a stripped down commercial machine? We are most interested in obtaining the fluidics, optics, pmt's, etc. but information on any part of the machine is of interest. We are developing electronic modules for flow cytometry and sorting (see our web page if you are interested) and need to assemble a sorter for developmental testing. Since we expect our products and services to initially be of most interest to those with home-built, high performance sorters we would prefer to go that approach over purchasing a commercial unit. This approach will also allow us to easily re-configure often. We are only planning to use this system for electronics/component development (amplifiers, fluidics controls, sort control hardware and interfaces, etc.) and therefore, do not even initially care to add data acquisition at this time. Our more sophisticated modules, like our 3-Color Compensation System, are rigorously beta tested for performance and usability in real laboratories, so we do not need to run any "real" applications on our bench. Any advice or suggestions from those who have gone down this road would be greatly appreciated. We would also like to do this as inexpensively as possible, so if there are any sources of used components, we are very interested in that information. Thanks in advance for useful pointers. Mark A. Corio Rochester MicroSystems, Inc. 200 Buell Road, Suite 9 Rochester, NY 14624 Tel: (716) 328-5850 Fax: (716) 328-1144 e-mail: rmi@frontiernet.net http://www.frontiernet.net/~rmi/ ***** Designing Electronics for Research and Industry *****
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