FW: I got them compensation blues...

From: Donnenberg, Albert (donnenbergad@MSX.UPMC.EDU)
Date: Thu Dec 30 1999 - 12:26:14 EST


 
-----Original Message-----
From: Donnenberg, Albert 
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:25 PM
To: cyto-inbox
Subject: RE: I got them compensation blues...



Lest anyone draw the wrong conclusion, setting your compensation depends
very much on the brightness of the compensation standards!  You can only
count on your compensation being correct for events as bright or dimmer than
the standards.  Mario wrote the book on this, but his statement might be
misconstrued.  Moral:  If you use compensation standards at all (as opposed
to setting compensation for each individual pair of reagents) the standards
should be as bright as your brightest reagent. 

Happy Y2K.

Albert



Albert D. Donnenberg, Ph.D. 
Interim Director 
Bone Marrow Transplant Program, UPCI 

Phone: (412) 624-9596 
Fax: (412) 624-9624 




By the way, I want to remind everyone that compensation settings DO
NOT DEPEND on the brightness of a reagent!  Therefore, you should
always use the brightest reagent you have in any given channel to set
compensation!



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