Howard is referring, of course, to my query for help in coming up with a suitable name for the technology that is the future of FACS (see <http://www.drmr.com/facsname/>; thanks again to everyone who helped!). But my intent is to name it "Laser UltraCytometry", not "Flow...", with the useable abbreviations "LUC" (Darth: "It is your destiny, LUC"), "LUCyt" (finally making FACS clear to everyone!), LUCAS (for LUC analysis and sorting, among others). And I must agree with Howard that FlowJo IS the natural (if not only!) tool for analyzing such data--in addition to standard, run-of-the-mill, 3-color data... (By the way, Tree Star has released FlowJo 3.0, a version that makes FlowJo not only the premier data analysis package, but also the first fully integrated Flow Data presentation package! See <http://www.treestar.com/flowjo/>). I will submit your "FACStarbucks" suggestion to the person in charge of franchising, McFlower MACFacs (thanks Bill Hyun). mr (PS, no making fun of my biblical ignorance as I had no idea who Joseph of the many-colored coat was.) At 9:56 AM -0400 10/19/99, Howard Shapiro wrote: >Mario Roederer still seems intent on describing his work with 10 colors and >up as "Flow Ultracytometry", despite my recent suggestion face-to-face that >he should call it "Joseph Cytometry" or maybe just "Joe Cytometry" because >the cells are coated with many colors. And what would be more natural for >analysis of such data than FlowJo? Since very few people can now afford >10-color machines, not to mention make or find the reagents, I can envision >a national franchise, FACStarbucks, where you could send your cells for a >cup of Joe. But I guess Mario knew not Joseph. > >-Howard
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