Re: trypan blue to reduce background

From: Merlin, Steven (MerlinS@HSS.EDU)
Date: Mon Jul 31 2000 - 12:42:02 EST


On Wednesday, 26 July 2000, Shannon C. Ritchie (sritchi@emory.edu) asked:

>>I have heard of using trypan blue to reduce background. Does anyone know
the concentration and protocol?

Try the following reference:

"Reducing Cellular Autofluorescence in Flow Cytometry: An In Situ Method"
Mosiman et.al., Cytometry (Clinical Communications in Cytometry) 30:151-156
(1997).

There was also an article in Cytometry  by Amersfoort and Strijp (Cytometry
17:294) examining different brands of trypan blue and quenching efficiency.

Steven Merlin
Associate Director
Hospital for Special Surgery
Flow Cytometry Core Facility
Caspary Research Bldg., Lab 312
541 East 71st Street
New York, N.Y. 10021

Tel: 212-606-1925
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E-mail: merlins@hss.edu <mailto:merlins@hss.edu>
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